Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Why join us?

We are Hiring! AtkinsRéalis seeks an energetic and highly motivated self-starter to join our Richmond AtkinsRéalis Team to support our State and Regional projects as a Senior Project Manager. Under general direction, supports management of complex projects and delivery systems related to the routine maintenance, capital improvement projects, and key projects within the Commonwealth of Virginia, charged with working collaboratively with clients to successfully deliver projects while AtkinsRéalis field staff and home office leverage AtkinsRéalis national and international best practices that drive value in meeting our client’s objectives.

Under direction, develop concepts and apply technical expertise and project management experience to manage project teams on conventional and unconventional projects in toll systems, toll operations, and procurement and implementation. Validate clients’ bond asset inspection and annual budget. Also performs the basic project functions of production coordination, planning, organizing, directing, controlling, financial management, and marketing assistance. Function as a mentor to technical professionals to assist in their training and development.

About Us

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years.

AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Provides management, leadership, and technical guidance of key clients’ program components to ensure compliance with contract terms, quality management, and technical services are provided and that operating performance targets are met.
• Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors and drafts complex professional service agreements and addenda for review by senior management.
• Prepares project work plan, scope, schedule, and budget and communicates these to project team members; monitors/manages project production for compliance with schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• Monitors reports and schedules to ensure appropriate charging of manhours, costs, and expenses to projects and to communicate project progress/status to senior management.
• Establishes and maintains project account files on the computerized project management information system and periodically reviews project reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Oversee clients’ programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia for toll revenue collection installation and replacement projects.
• Responsible for the direction and supervision of project management and technical discipline staff.  Staff includes project managers, construction managers, tolls subject matter experts, operations managers, and contracts administrators.
• Support our client’s engineering, IT, and operations groups, and work with other consultants and AtkinsRéalis staff, as well as provide support to the client’s staff on numerous types of systems, operations, and toll projects related primarily to toll facilities, collection, and processing of tolls to convert and maintain system-wide All Electronic Toll (AET) collection throughout the region.
• Collaborate with client management in tolls, operations, design production, budgeting/work program, procurement, construction, implementation, maintenance, and major program/project stakeholders with projects typically involving high levels of agency involvement or complex technical requirements.
• Manage typical projects, including planning and budgeting; alternative analysis; development, renewal, and expansion of revenue collection business operations; development of procurement documents/procurement support; implementation of system and infrastructure, issue resolution management; operational analytics and reporting; system testing; and support of maintenance and operations.
• Monitor client billings, assists in obtaining payment from clients, and resolve client disputes, adjusting project billing records as required.
• Monitor subconsultants' compliance with contractual commitments, progress, and performance with assignments, review and approves subconsultant and vendor invoices, and resolve payment and project disputes.
• Schedule and coordinate project meetings with the project team, regulatory agencies, the client, and others involved.
• Report financial, which includes forecasts, budgets, revenue, and expenses status of projects to technical man