Assistant Project Manager

STV is a leading, award-winning professional firm offering engineering, architectural, planning, and environmental and construction management services. We consistently rank among the country's top 25 firms in education, corrections, highways, bridges, rail, and mass transit.

We have a thriving Transportation & Infrastructure practice with a close-knit, collaborative group that is growing rapidly. Due to our success, we need to continue to add resources to assist with the delivery of our current extensive backlog of work. This backlog includes tasks associated with various infrastructure improvement projects for local agencies including WMATA, VRE, other transit agencies, railroads, DDOT, SHA, VDOT and other local agencies.

We currently have an opening in Washington, DC for an Assistant Project Manager or Office Engineer in our Transportation & Infrastructure division to work on various freight rail and transit-related construction projects. The successful candidate will support our current staff while assisting in growing the Construction Management and CEI practice to better service our clients in Washington, DC Metro Area.

Responsibilities:

Supports construction management projects providing administrative and technical support tasks for transit, freight rail, bridge, heavy civil, and roadway construction projects. More specifically:

• Maintains full familiarity with plans, specifications, construction schedules, local agency standards and current safety regulations relative to assigned projects
• Establishes, maintains, and updates project record files in the file management system (PROCORE)
• Disseminates information to office and field staff and internal stakeholder offices
• Reviews and processes contractor RFIs and submittals
• Reviews payment applications, coordinates schedule and progress reviews, prepares and distributes schedule and progress reports and meeting minutes
• Verifies technical documents including as-built plans and drawings submitted by the contractor
• Assists construction inspectors and contractors in clarification of contract drawings and specifications
• Coordinates the collection and review of daily inspection reports from field inspectors
• Assists the PM in reviewing, negotiating, and preparing contractor modifications and change orders
• Assists Estimating Engineers in preparing cost and/or time estimates for change orders
• Performs other project related duties as assigned

Typical assignments will include local transit (bus and rail) projects. The position will receive supervision from a Project Manager and/or Resident Engineer and assume additional responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related field of study from an ABET accredited university
• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in construction of major transportation projects including at least 2 years’ experience in transit or freight rail repair/rehabilitation projects
• Knowledge of local agency standards and specifications including AMTRAK and WMATA
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, and strong technical writing skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite and ProCore

Desired Skills:

• AutoCAD
• Experience with Design-Build projects
• Knowledge of local DOTs and utility stakeholders and their standards, including DDOT and DC Water

Compensation Range:

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At STV, we are fully committed to expanding our culture of diversity and inclusion, one that will reflect the clients we serve and the communities we work in, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

STV offers the following benefits • Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) • Disability insurance • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment • 401(k) Plan • Retirement Counseling • Employee Assistance Program • Paid Time Off (16 days) • Paid Holidays (8 days) • Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year) • Parental Leave (up to 80 hours) • Continuing Education Program • Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.