Project Associate Jobs in Orem, UT (NOW HIRING)

Step into Something Bigger.
Lead Projects.

Build a Market.

This isnt your typical Senior Transportation Project Manager role.

Youll lead meaningful transportation projects while helping expand our presence in Provo, UT. This role offers direct exposure to clients, the chance to create new opportunities, and ownership in how the market evolves.

If youre looking for more visibility, influence, leadership, and chance to make your mark, this is your move.

What youll do:

• Guide projects from planning through delivery
• Build your own team
• Grow lasting client relationships
• Support business growth
• Define strategy from day one

Job Summary:

Youll work alongside an experienced technical team to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions while helping drive what comes next. This role is made for the right person whos ready to lead, grow, and make a lasting impact.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Using local or AASHTO standards, oversee horizontal and vertical alignment, roadway sections, intersection layout and sight distance determination, interchange layout, utility plans, traffic control plans, signing and striping, roadway drainage including hydraulic reports, and right-of-way plans
• Conduct planning studies, modeling, and hydraulic calculations
• Develop plans and specifications
• Prepare Preliminary Engineering Reports
• Provide support for project bidding and construction administration
• Mentor junior-level staff
• Actively participate in business development, lead generation, and contribute to proposals, presentations, and other marketing documents
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent project management skills and superb attention to detail
• Ability to support contract negotiation and execution
• Comfortable developing project fees and estimates
• Demonstrated success managing aggressive project schedules
• Able to prioritize multiple projects and deadlines
• Capable of working as part of a team or independently
• Ability to work successfully with experts in multiple disciplines with a range of approaches
• Proficient with applicable software such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, BlueBeam, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Microstationor other design software as appropriate and have the ability to participate in design and plan development

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or related field
• Eight or more years of relevant professional experience
• Current Professional Engineer licensure in Utah, Washington, and/or Idaho or ability and desire to obtain licensure within six months of hire

Benefits:

• Employee medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Company paid life insurance with option to buy up
• Salary Advantage Program
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k match program & access to asset management services
• Year-end bonus
• Costco membership
• Paid time off (PTO) and PTO sell back program
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid day of community service
  

We are a mid-sized consulting firm providing water, wastewater, civil, transportation, and structural engineering services throughout the West including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah. We provide client-focused solutions in surface water, water and wastewater engineering, as well as transportation planning, roadway, bridges and vertical structures, site civil design, construction management, electrical, controls, and surveying. Our clients include federal, state, and local agencies as well as small and medium sized cities. Our work is never boring and always influences the communities we serve. We take joy in everything we do from work to play our staff finds ways to be more human and balanced.

Please review the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form foundhereto answer the questions provided at the bottom of the application process.

Keller Associates, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.