(USA-AZ-Phoenix) Senior Project Manager (Transit)

**Company Description**

**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**

The **Sr. Project Manager - Transit-Rail** position in the **Phoenix, AZ** office is a key position and will report into the **US West Region Transit/Rail Engineering Department** .

**JOB SUMMARY:**

The position includes responsibility for business development, management of transit studies, preliminary design and final design of transit infrastructure projects including BRT, LRT, Streetcar, Commuter Rail, Heavy Rail, and High Speed Rail throughout the western United States. Clients can include Valley Metro, City of Phoenix, DART, LA Metro, BART, Caltrains, San Diego MTS, UTA, RTD and more. The successful candidate may be asked to serve as an AECOM team and/or discipline lead, project manager and/or technical task leader on selected projects and will coordinate, cooperate, and work collaboratively with others in the AECOM US West Region.

**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:**

+ Performs specific and moderate portions of a broader assignment of an experienced engineer.

+ Gathers and correlates basic engineering data using established and well-defined procedures.

+ Works on detailed or routine engineering assignments involving calculations and relatively simple tests.

+ Proposes approach to solve new problems encountered using modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignements.

+ Identifies discrepancies in results.

+ Provides guidance to entry level engineers.

+ Performs work in accordance with agreed upon budget and schedule with little supervision.

+ Independently performs all the tasks necessary to complete primary design

+ elements for engineering works.

+ Performance at this level requires developmental experience in a professional position.

**Qualifications**

**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:**

+ BA/BS + 10 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:**

+ PE license in one or more states in the western US or ability to obtain

+ Experience with business development and client relations

+ Experience designing transit and transportation infrastructure

+ Experience with design software including Microstation and GEOPAK and/or OpenRoads- Track and manage task budgets and schedule

+ Demonstrate leadership skills and communication skills requiring client interaction

+ Ability to work with various multi-disciplined teams is essential to this role

+ Provide in-depth Quality Control and Quality Assurance for design/project management/program management.

+ Familiar with MS Office

**Additional Information**

+ All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

+ Sponsorship is available for this position.

+ Travel may be required for this position.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID:** REF13531D

**Business Line:** Transportation

**Business Group:** DCS

**Strategic Business Unit:** West

**Career Area:** Program & Project Management

**Work Location Model:** Remote