Overview
MSA has an opportunity for a Project Manager - Transportation in our St. Paul, MN office. You will have the opportunity to see, and contribute in, projects from start to finish. The various projects you'll be working on make a significant and positive impact on the communities you serve.
WHO WE ARE
What does it mean to serve communities for over 100 years? It means doing the type of work that helps people raise a family, grow a business, engage with their neighbors, and enjoy a variety of unique, enduring spaces that form the fabric of “home.”
MSA’s roots reach back to 1919. What began with an entrepreneurial solo practitioner in Baraboo, Wisconsin, has grown into a robust and thriving company of over 400 employee-owners working across the country. As a 100% employee-owned firm, we mean it when we say we “own” our work. We stand behind the quality of our designs, the integrity of our people, and the generations of client relationships we’ve formed based on trust, firm handshakes, and the belief that together — we can accomplish anything.
Responsibilities
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Responsible for assembling internal and external resources necessary to complete a project with a high degree of complexity often involving more than one team and more than one service line.
- Serves as primary point of contact for project team for workshare coordination
- Leads a project team to deliver technical projects through the phases of: Pursuit, Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling, and Close Out.
- Pursuit: Performs marketing and business development in partnership with Team Leader, Client Liaisons, and Client Service Managers.
- Initiation: Evaluates opportunities, current workload, client risks, potential profit, competition, etc. and makes an informed decision/recommendation to pursue or not pursue.
- Planning: Create a sound and accurate scope of services through developed understanding of the project and communication with client. Review and prepare proposals and follow up with client. Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and budget/fee estimates.
- Execution: Prepare effective and documented communications with client, project team, and other key stakeholders. Stamps and or certifies deliverable documents as appropriate
- Close-out: Ensure delivery on all commitments, conduct quality reviews, and utilize a process or checklist to close out the project.
Qualifications
WHAT YOU BRING
- Experience and understanding of Department of Transportation design principles and submittal processes.
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture, business, construction management, engineering, GIS, geography, landscape architecture, planning, surveying, or related degree, preferred.
- Six years of related experience or five years with an advanced related degree for PE individual
- In-depth knowledge of the philosophies, principals, practices, and techniques of their discipline as well as project management
- Ability to work in a team environment while organizing and prioritizing changing workload
- Ability to negotiate persuasively to produce positive outcomes, instill trust and confidence from others, and demonstrate high personal and professional standards in performance
- Proven initiative in the development and completion of projects
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage projects
- Demonstrated ability to manage program investments, expenses, and receivables, and other costs over a sustained period
- Strong organizational skills to work independently and manage projects with many moving parts and successfully meet deadlines
- Desire and ability to mentor less experienced staff
- The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future. We are unable to provide or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role.
WHY MSA?
- Better Together – A collaborative work environment that promotes open doors, new ideas and honest opinions, and space to bring our authentic selves to work, and where opportunities to learn and succeed are afforded to all, and in which diversity of perspective leads to an innovative and successful employee-owned firm.
- Multi-disciplinary Opportunities – As multi-talented people in a multi-disciplinary firm, we encourage everyone to follow their interests, seek new experiences and apply their skills where they feel most impactful.
- We’ve Got Your Back – Support when you need it, independence when you don’t. We’re 400+ team members strong, operating as one cohesive MSA.
- Passion & Purpose – We’re passionate about what we do and proud of it! Join us to share inspirations, “geek out” and think big.
- Pay & Perks – We offer competitive industry pay and a variety of perks — just a few of the things that make us uniquely MSA.
- Communities of Practice – Our CoPs are our company think tanks and idea generators, the perfect means to regularly share, collaborate and learn together.
- Work-Life Integration – Life doesn’t stop when the workday begins. MSA supports our employees as professionals, parents, citizens and friends — with the understanding and flexibility to meet your obligations and balance your time.
- Commitment to Learning – We support the professional aspirations of our employees with ongoing training options, tuition reimbursement opportunities, and the technology to keep us connected, creative and competitive.
- Community Engagement – We give back to the communities in which we live, work and play. MSA employee owners are volunteers, educators, STEM outreach participants and event attendees, supported by dedicated corporate sponsorship and donations initiatives.
BEST-IN-INDUSTRY BENEFITS
Eligible employees will also enjoy the following benefits:
The salary for this position ranges from $97,700 to $156,400 per year commensurate with experience. Higher compensation within this range will be paid to candidates with significant experience and exceptional qualifications.
- Quality Insurance Options – Medical, dental and vision coverage for you, your spouse or domestic partner and eligible dependents
- Paid Time Off – All full-time employees will receive, at minimum, 17 days of paid time off in the first year alone.
- Paid Holidays – MSA offers time off pay for 8 holidays in every calendar year.
- Paid Parental Leave – Both parents will receive 2 weeks of paid time off and birth parents are eligible for additional paid time off under MSA’s Short Term Paid Leave. The paid 2 weeks of time also applies to adoption and foster care placement.
- Supplemental Insurance – MSA pays 100% for all employees to have life insurance, long-term disability insurance and short-term disability insurance.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – MSA is an ESOP S-Corporation, which means that our company is 100% owned by us! Through the ESOP, eligible employees receive MSA stock in the form of company shares as a percentage of compensation, at no cost to the employee.
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan – Employees can also choose to participate in a 401k plan, with a generous employer match that is immediately 100% vested.
- Short Term Incentive (STIP) – This program rewards employees who meet performance goals with a one-time annual STIP payment as a percentage of their eligible compensation — recognition of individual accomplishments and achieving organizational goals. STIP payments are awarded if MSA reaches its corporate financial plan for the year.
MSA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. At MSA, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at hr@msa-ps.com
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