Transit Design Sr Project Manager

• Minimum Experience: 8 years
• Education: BE
• Registration: Professional Engineer (PE)
• Sponsorship: Immigration related employment benefits, e.g. visa sponsorship, are not available for this position.
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B&N Transit Design Sr Project Manager Responsibilities:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading the planning, design, engineering, and implementation of Rapid Transit projects from concept through construction and launch. This role oversees complex, multi-disciplinary project teams; manages budgets, schedules, and stakeholder relationships; ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements; and delivers high-quality transit solutions that enhance mobility, equity, and community development.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in transit capital projects, preferably BRT, along with strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end delivery of rapid transit capital projects, including planning, design, environmental review, procurement, construction, and commissioning of bus rapid transit, arterial rapid transit, light rail, and/or streetcar.
• Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, risk registers, and performance metrics.
• Ensure projects comply with FTA requirements, including NEPA, Title VI, Small Starts/New Starts, and other federal grant funding processes.
• Oversee design and engineering activities for stations, corridors, transit signal priority (TSP), guideways, vehicle interfaces, ITS, and supporting infrastructure.

Stakeholder & Partner Coordination

• Serve as primary point of contact among clients, internal teams, subconsultants, contractors, government stakeholders, and community groups.
• Facilitate interdepartmental coordination across planning, engineering, operations, communications, and procurement.
• Lead public outreach efforts and represent the project at public meetings, board meetings, advisory groups, with elected officials, and community events.

Technical Expertise

• Provide subject matter expertise in rapid transit design elements for multiple modes including bus, arterial, light rail, and/or streetcar such as:
  • Dedicated lanes
  • Station and platform design
  • Signal priority and queue jumps
  • Fleet and charging infrastructure (if applicable)
  • Corridor branding and customer amenities
  • Integration with pedestrian, bike, and land-use improvements
• Review and approve technical plans, engineering drawings, and cost estimates.
• Demonstrate ability to develop design budgetarily and operationally feasible solutions to meet client expectations.

Financial & Grant Expertise

• Develop project budgets and track expenditures.
• Apply knowledge of federal, state, and local grant funding requirements.
• Ensure compliance with funding requirements, procurement policies, and agency standards.

Skills & Qualifications:

• 8+ years of transit design experience with demonstrated project management capabilities
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration
• Bachelor of Science degree from an ABET accredited civil or transportation engineering program
• Strategic and systems thinking
• Leadership and staff coordination
• Financial and risk management
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Conflict resolution and negotiation
• Ability to balance long-term vision with day-to-day execution

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