Transportation Manager jobs in Santa Ana, CA

DEA’s California Region is looking for a Transportation Client Team Leader / Senior Project Manager to help expand our public agency clients with a focus on state highways, structures, and design-build projects. This position can be located in Tustin, Ontario, Los Angeles or Santa Clarita, CA offices.  The Client Team Leader will work with in the region overseeing business development, client management, and project recovery and client profitability for designated clients.  

Client Team Leader Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the full lifecycle relationship with the agency and for selling all DEA services, regardless of internal or business unit structure.
• Develops significant new business, leads client teams and participates on other client teams, leads cross-business unit selling, assesses client technology trends, and performs client sales forecasting.
• Manages the overall client experience and responsible for building, maintaining, and deepening the client relationships, including delivery of the DEA Difference.
• Will serve as principal-in-charge or project manager when appropriate.
• Monitors project manager performance on their client’s projects.
• Conducts client experience surveys (if not the PM on the project).
• May review cost proposals.
• Additionally responsible for coaching project managers on client expectations and providing feedback on project manager and delivery team performance, including removing underperforming project managers or staff.
• Engages in project recovery and supports collections as needed.
• Client Team Leaders determine pursuit staffing and pursuit and project teaming partners, and make go/ no-go decisions.
• Responsible for client profitability, favorable contract terms, revenue forecasting, and the client sales result.

Senior Project Manager Responsibilities:

• Ensure excellence in project execution for on-time, on-budget deliverables of quality that meet or exceed the industry’s standard of care
• Working with the Regional Transportation Group and Delivery Leaders to ensure office resources are available to complete existing project work as well as work committed to in proposals
• Provide design leadership and guidance to staff. Review engineering documents and deliverables for compliance with contractual and professional requirements as part of DEA’s Quality Management requirements
• Adhere to firmwide tools, processes, and policies including project accounting (set up, budgeting, etc.), contracting, and quality requirements.

Basis Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Urban and Regional Planning
• Licensed Professional Engineer in California or AICP certified
• 10 years in transportation design or planning with a focus on roadway, highway, transit, or bridge projects
• Proven track record of working with and delivering public agency/DOT projects

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance
• Health Savings and Lifestyle Spending Account with employer contribution
• Support for continuing education and training opportunities
• Paid Time Off (PTO)/Holiday Pay
• 401k and Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• Flexible 9/80 (every other Friday off) work schedule
• Holistic Wellbeing Program with a focus on physical, emotional, financial, career and community health
• Opportunity for growth with support and mentoring to help with professional goals
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Transportation Jobs with DEA

The increasing complexities of modern transportation include growing demands, aging infrastructure, rising costs, funding challenges, and environmental concerns. Agencies and communities faced with improving their transportation systems must do more with less. From initial investigations through planning, concept development, final design, and construction, DEA responds with solutions that serve today’s transportation needs while accommodating tomorrow’s growth.  Our Transportation Business Unit focuses on five markets; Bridges and Structures, Roads and Highways, Transit and Rail, Smart Mobility and Construction Engineering.

Potential office locations include: Los Angeles, CA; Ontario, CA; Santa Clarita, CA; Tustin, CA.