Senior Transportation Project Manager, Illinois PE/SE
Atlas Technical Consultants · Chicago, IL
Atlas is a nationwide leader in civil engineering, materials testing and geotechnical consulting services for environmental, industrial and infrastructure construction projects. Headquartered in Denver, CO, Atlas currently has over 3,500 employees with offices throughout the US, including Alaska & Hawaii. It’s no accident that Atlas creates a better experience for infrastructure and environmental projects. It’s how we are built – with the best people in the industry, with the reach and expertise to help at any and every step of the project, and with a heart-led approach that puts quality and safety at the center of everything we do. We’re just built to be better. We are a great company. Come join us.
We are seeking a Senior Transportation Project Manager (Illinois PE/SE) to lead a growing transportation practice, oversee high-profile IDOT, Illinois Tollway, and municipal infrastructure projects, and strengthen strategic client relationships throughout the region.
Salary Range: 150,000 To 275,000 Per Year
What You'll Do
- Manage transportation and roadway projects from planning through design and delivery
- Serve as a trusted advisor for clients including IDOT, Illinois Tollway, municipalities, and local agencies
- Lead multidisciplinary project teams
- Oversee project scope, schedule, budget, and quality
- Mentor and develop junior engineers and project staff
- Support proposal development and project pursuits
- Identify opportunities for additional work with existing and new clients
- Collaborate with regional leadership on strategic growth initiatives
Minimum requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Illinois Structural Engineering (SE) License
- 15+ years of transportation engineering experience
- Experience managing roadway or transportation infrastructure projects
- Experience working with public-sector transportation clients
- Strong client relationship and communication skills
Technical requirements:
- Professional Engineer (PE) Illinois Structural Engineering SE License
- Adept at digital literacy skills Medium Required
- Adept at execution and delivery (planning, delivering, and supporting) skills Medium Required
- Defines structural engineering design projects by identifying short-term and long-range issues, and preparing timelines, cost estimates, and required resources for issue resolution plans.
- Conducts complex calculations relating to foundations and structures, loading, structural response, and connection designs to ensure project specifications are met
- Ensures and supports construction by performing compliance inspections and tests, resolving construction problems related to structural design, and coordinating with construction and production contractors
- Implements processes that help ensure constant organizational compliance with all laws, codes, and regulations that govern structural engineering planning and design operations.
Benefits:
Atlas offers a comprehensive benefit program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, Atlas benefits include health, dental, vision, life, AD&D, voluntary life / AD&D, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401k, paid time off, paid holidays, employee assistance program, educational assistance program.
Who We Are:
We strive to be the most sought-after infrastructure and environmental solutions company, known for our unique, values-driven approach and brought to life by the industry’s most exceptional people.
Atlas provides professional testing, inspection, engineering, environmental and consulting services from more than 100 locations nationwide. We deliver solutions to both public and private sector clients in the transportation, commercial, water, government, education and industrial markets.
With a legacy of providing consistent quality and results, Atlas creates a better experience at every stage of an infrastructure project. We connect the best experts in the industry to deliver value from concept to completion and beyond. This means doing everything our clients expect and then raising the expectations in a way that only our people can.
Our Values:
Life: We enhance quality of life. We value people and safety above all else.
Heart: As our hallmarks, we act with compassion, empathy and respect.
Trust: We work together as partners, doing what we say with full accountability.
Mastery: Always striving for the highest quality, we ensure greatness inspires all our work.
Atlas EEOC Statement
Atlas is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Atlas makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information, read through our EEO Policy
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