Project Manager/Program Planner - Rail and Transit

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Project Manager/Program Planner to join our team! In this role, you'll have the privilege of working on the premier Infrastructure project in the Country, as well as receive all of the benefits of working for Parsons! This Program is the most Urgent infrastructure program in the country - a comprehensive set of rail investments that will improve commuter and intercity services, add needed resiliency and, in its later stages, create new capacity between Newark NJ and NYC.
 

Program background

The Gateway Program is the most urgent infrastructure program in the country – a comprehensive set of rail investments that will improve commuter and intercity services, add needed resiliency and, in its later stages, create new capacity between Newark, New Jersey and New York City, the busiest section of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The first phase of the Gateway Program includes the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP), which includes the construction of a new two-track tunnel under the Hudson River connecting to Penn Station New York as well as the full rehabilitation of the existing 110-year-old North River Tunnel. The Gateway Development Commission (GDC), established through bi-state legislation, is responsible for the financing and development of the Hudson Tunnel Project.

As a tri-venture partner with Parsons, Arcadis, and Mace (MPA) is the Delivery Partners (DP)to provide advice, leadership, and support to GDC for the development and implementation of HTP. This is a master service with task order contracts for a 15-year contract encompassing a broad range of strategic advisory services, project management, design management, construction management, stakeholder coordination, federal compliance, operations support, office administration, and related services.

Purpose of Role

GDC interacts daily with agencies including the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and their Program Management Oversight Consultant (PMOC) to provide information as needed for grant and regulatory compliance across the HTP. Activities can include monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance audits, as well as day-to-day interactions and communications on an ad hoc basis for PMOC to monitor grant recipients' ability to deliver quality projects on schedule and within budget.

PMOC attends program and project-level meetings and reviews compliance-required deliverables to provide oversight advisory services to FTA and FRA.  This results in various requests for information and clarification across the Program. This role will primarily manage coordination and responses to requests across GDC and the various agencies. The main aim of this role is to ensure that requests are dealt with appropriately and in a timely and quality manner and involve the right stakeholders from across the organization.

Key responsibilities:

• Accountable for the delivery of non-project related roles including information requests, grant compliance, business reporting, pipeline management, bid leadership, business development, resourcing, commercial strategy & maximizing commercial position, managing contracts, contract extensions, cross-selling, invoicing, debt collection and P&L responsibilities as directed by the Sector Lead/Senior leadership team.

• Attends key program meetings to enable effective response to agency information requests.

• Builds broad relationships across the GDC organization to enable effective internal stakeholder engagement when responding to information requests.

• Manages internal teams (multi-disciplinary), including providing leadership, line management and guidance to other leadership roles (Associate Directors). 

• Has a deep knowledge of a particular client/sector/service/technical aspect of their role that sets them apart from others and makes them difficult to replace.

• Ensures the successful delivery of the program in line with all stakeholders’ expectations communicating strategies to the wider client/consultant/contractor team.

• Oversees management of the client and consultant team and all external/project stakeholders. 

• Manages, influences & negotiates with key senior external stakeholders.

• Delivers continuous improvements in p