CDM Smith currently has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager with extensive previous experience managing environmental management and/or planning projects to join and help lead our growing West Transportation Group. In this position, you will play a significant role in the management of complex environmental reviews and compliance related projects for major transportation agencies in the Western United States. You will manage multi-disciplined project teams, develop more junior staff, prepare and manage the scope and budget for transportation projects, and assist with marketing and business development activities.

As a member of this team, you will contribute to CDM Smith’s mission by:

• Managing transportation related environmental compliance and planning projects, which may include overseeing: preparation of SEPA and/or NEPA documents; performance of specialized environmental studies; performance of environmental due diligence, assessments, investigations, and remedial activities; and evaluation of environmental permitting and compliance.
• Overseeing and participating in project teams to performs technical calculations, modeling, data analysis, designs, and on-site field evaluations.
• Providing an understanding of local, State, and national environmental regulations.
• Creating project definitions, schedules, budgets and objectives for projects.
• Preparing detailed statements of work with associated work breakdown structures and gains concurrence and approval from internal and external stakeholders regarding various project aspects.
• Assessing potential project risk and outlines risk mitigation solutions.
• Ensuring adherence to company and project management policies, procedures and practices.
• Managing project costs and is responsible for ensuring profitability.
• Creating and reviewing timely client billings with internal billing support.
• Reviewing and approving subcontractor and vendor scopes of work and invoices.
• Performing ongoing review of project status and risks and identifying and implementing risk mitigation solutions.
• Managing project change, using change management protocols, and determining appropriate changes or alternate paths based upon performance and metrics.
• Planning and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and application of standards, procedures, and criteria.
• Managing and coordinating proper staffing within the project including identification of outside resources needed (subs/vendors) and ensures procurement processes are followed.
• Coaching more junior staff and providing feedback to staff and their supervisors on project performance.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Ensuring client satisfaction by delivering quality, on-time project outcomes as a result of good planning and organizational skills.
• Collaborating with sales and marketing staff to meet with clients and develop proposals in response to requests for proposals.