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In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. Job Description: Parsons is seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to join our growing highway and transportation infrastructure practice in Fresno, CA . This role will manage and lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality transportation infrastructure projects for clients in Fresno and other surrounding areas of the Central Valley, including Caltrans. Responsibilities include business development in support of growing our Fresno office, managing multidisciplinary design teams, overseeing technical deliverables, and ensuring that design submittals, construction documents, and specifications are completed on schedule. The successful candidate will ensure the highest standards of engineering quality and compliance with Caltrans requirements, local agency standards, and applicable industry criteria. Our Project Managers remain closely engaged with design development, technical reviews, project controls, and delivery. What You’ll Be Doing Act as a company representative, leading discussions with the client, Caltrans, local agencies, and subcontractors during project execution Work with discipline leads and project engineers to develop, negotiate, and monitor scope, schedules, and budgets Oversee and review technical project deliverables, including ensuring that all applicable technical standards are followed Act as a mentor to junior staff and enhance the current high-performance culture. Ensure all quality processes and requirements are continuously followed, including applicable Parsons and Caltrans quality-management procedures. Lead the monthly reporting of project financials and metrics. Market and secure additional work with existing and prospective clients. What Required Skills You’ll Bring Professional registration as a California Professional Engineer. Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related technical field. 15 years of related civil engineering and project management experience on transportation projects. Ability to manage projects, interface with clients and stakeholders, and remain actively involved technically in project delivery. Experience with project planning, scope development, fee preparation, scheduling, and the preparation of planning documents. Experience leading final design development and a demonstrated record of successfully managing and delivering transportation projects. Excellent written and oral communication, as well as problem solving skills. What Desired Skills You’ll Bring Strong technical design background with extensive experience delivering transportation projects for agencies within Central California. Comprehensive knowledge of transportation engineering principles, Caltrans standards, industry standards, design criteria, project controls, and quality management practices. Experience with transportation design software and modeling platforms, such as Civil 3D, OpenRoads, MicroStation, or equivalent, is preferred. Security Clearance Requirement: None This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team. For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next! Salary Range: $134,100.00 - $241,400.00 We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle! Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status. We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY! Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to parsons.com .

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In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!
What You’ll Be Doing
Act as a company representative, leading discussions with the client, Caltrans, local agencies, and subcontractors during project execution
Work with discipline leads and project engineers to develop, negotiate, and monitor scope, schedules, and budgets
Oversee and review technical project deliverables, including ensuring that all applicable technical standards are followed
Act as a mentor to junior staff and enhance the current high-performance culture.
Ensure all quality processes and requirements are continuously followed, including applicable Parsons and Caltrans quality-management procedures.
Lead the monthly reporting of project financials and metrics.
Market and secure additional work with existing and prospective clients.
What Required Skills You’ll Bring
Professional registration as a California Professional Engineer.
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related technical field.
15 years of related civil engineering and project management experience on transportation projects.
Ability to manage projects, interface with clients and stakeholders, and remain actively involved technically in project delivery.
Experience with project planning, scope development, fee preparation, scheduling, and the preparation of planning documents.
Experience leading final design development and a demonstrated record of successfully managing and delivering transportation projects.
Excellent written and oral communication, as well as problem solving skills.
What Desired Skills You’ll Bring
Strong technical design background with extensive experience delivering transportation projects for agencies within Central California.
Comprehensive knowledge of transportation engineering principles, Caltrans standards, industry standards, design criteria, project controls, and quality management practices.
This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.
We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/ .

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Experience with transportation design software and modeling platforms, such as Civil 3D, OpenRoads, MicroStation, or equivalent, is preferred.

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