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At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

The PMC Technical Studies Liaison will serve as a multidisciplinary environmental project manager within the DOT client Program Management Contract (PMC), coordinating across technical domains such as cultural resources, ecology, hazardous materials, air quality, and noise. This role is designed for a subject matter expert who can integrate diverse technical inputs into the planning and NEPA process, ensuring regulatory compliance and supporting project delivery.

We are seeking a candidate who is technically versatile, collaborative, and detail-oriented, with the ability to lead coordination efforts across external consultant teams and external agencies.

What You'll Do:

• Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
• Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Leads or actively participates in client contract scoping and negotiations.
• Leads and prepares design documents, technical plans, written reports on projects.
• Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.
• Responsible for/oversees project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, hiring, development, retention, and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.
• Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships and pursuit efforts for mini-mega and mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic, mini-mega and mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.
• May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Typically responsible for management of project team(s) for one or more strategic (<$1M) or mini-mega ($1M to <$5M) projects, or may lead and/or work as a discipline lead on a mega ($5M to <$25M) project management team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Planning, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Engineering, Geology, Biology, Environmental Science, Anthropology, Archaeology, or related field and 10 years relevant experience.
• 2 years of successful management of projects.

What You'll Bring:

• Serve as the PMC’s lead liaison to DOT client’s Environmental Technical Studies Office, coordinating across the Cultural Resources, Ecology, and Hazardous Materials/Air/Noise sections.
• Manage technical studies and documentation to support NEPA and project development, providing alignment with state and federal regulations.
• Coordinate with internal specialists and external consultants to ensure timely and accurate delivery of technical inputs.
• Facilitate interagency coordination with SHPO, USFWS, USACE, TDEC, and other regulatory bodies.
• Review and integrate findings from archaeological surveys, ecological assessments, hazardous materials investigations, and air/noise studies.
• Support avoidance and minimization strategies for cultural and natural resource impacts.
• Ensure technical studies are scoped, scheduled, and delivered in alignment with project milestones and regulatory requirements.
• Provide quality assurance and technical review of consultant deliverables.

What We Prefer:

• Master’s degree in a technical or environmental discipline.
• Experience working on DOT projects (especially TDOT) or within a PMC structure.
• Familiarity with DOT’s Environmental Technical Studies Office and its procedures.
• Certifications such as Certified Environmental Professional (CEP), American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP, or discipline-specific credentials).
• 12 years relevant experience.

Additional Information

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Locations:

Nashville, TN (City Center)

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Planning Group

ReqID: R-30574

Equal Employment Opportunity & Disability Accessibility Statement

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HNTB has implemented the following policy as part of its longstanding commitment to compliance with all applicable affirmative action requirements. HNTB agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, this Affirmative Action Policy.

HNTB is a federal contractor subject to Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (“Section 4212”) and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (“Section 503”). Accordingly, it is HNTB’s policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans (disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal veterans, or active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans) and individuals with disabilities at all levels of employment, including the executive level. HNTB also will provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of HNTB. In order to request a reasonable accommodation, employees should contact the HR Solutions Center at General Policy Inquiry - Employee Center and applicants should contact ReasonableAccommodations@HNTB.com.

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