At Gray-Bowen-Scott our staff is our most valuable asset. Our work environment encourages creativity, promotes continual professional and personal growth, and fosters passion for solving transportation-related challenges. We value the unique backgrounds and experiences everyone brings, and want all who join us to realize their full potential. We are looking for dedicated individuals committed to improving the communities we live and work in.
"We are not a team because we work together. We are a team because we respect, trust, and care for each other."
– Vala Afshar, Chief Digital Evangelist, Salesforce
What We Offer
Amazing
People
We care deeply about each other, our work, and our organization’s purpose. To celebrate our amazing team and to provide opportunities to connect socially with our teammates we host annual retreats, casual happy hours, and our holiday parties are legendary – think fine dining combined with the best-worst white elephant gift exchange around.
We've Got
You Covered
Our goal is to enable and support our teammates to realize their full potential. We offer competitive pay, robust health care options, and a generous retirement plan to support our team’s health and financial future.
Live Your
Best Life
We believe that striking a balance between career and personal life helps foster greater control and ownership over our own lives. We provide options for alternative work schedules and offer generous PTO so we can engage in personal interests, family and leisure activities and come to work refreshed and motivated.
Current Job Opportunities
Gray-Bowen-Scott 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, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
Gray-Bowen-Scott participates in E-Verify.
Job Listings
PROJECT MANAGER - TRANSPORTATION
Our Project Managers are responsible for delivering solutions to complex transportation projects while leading and providing direction to GBS and other consultant staff, providing technical expertise, and acting as the main point of contact with clients and other project stakeholders. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience of strong client relationships and successful project delivery, the communication skills to initiate discussions with clients to understand their vision and critical aspects of the project or program, and the abilities to achieve the client goals. They will find a way to lend strength to the client's team, collaboratively strategize a plan of action, and then work diligently to successful project completion.
The Project Manager will have an entrepreneurial spirit, creating a vision for contributing to the growth of our transportation solutions practice. They will assist in marketing and business development efforts with our existing local municipal, state, and private clients, while delivering a wide variety of transportation projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
- Registered P.E in the State of California
- 12 or more years of experience in transportation projects
- Experience serving as a project manager leading projects and teams
- Experience managing client contacts and relationships
- Experience delivering projects through the Caltrans project delivery process
- Experience writing proposals, making presentations, and writing scopes of work
- Knowledge and experience with the full life cycle of projects from studies to final design
- Demonstrated ability to manage and deliver high-quality work and projects profitably
- Demonstrated ability to estimate proposed work including labor and consultant costs
- Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization
- Ability to manage staff, and direct resources effectively in a positive manner
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ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER - TRANSPORTATION
Our Assistant Project Managers (APM) assist our Project Managers (PM) in delivering solutions to complex transportation projects. The APM will work closely with GBS PMs and contribute to and support the planning and execution of projects. Responsibilities include developing project schedules and budgets, developing contract scopes of work, monitoring project controls and project progress, leading the resolution of project issues, following up with clients and project stakeholders, coordinating meetings, and maintaining project documents and reports. The APM may take direct lead over various project aspects and will be the primary back-up for the PM. They will endeavor to understand the client and the critical aspects of the project and work diligently to help achieve successful project completion.
The successful candidate will have experience developing transportation projects, a solid understanding of Caltrans design and project delivery practices, or similar background and established relationships with local Bay Area transportation agencies. As GBS and the APM grow, there will be opportunities for the APM to become a Project Manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
- Familiarity with transportation engineering design and Caltrans project delivery procedures
- Five or more years of experience working on transportation projects
Desired Qualifications
- Registered PE in the State of California (valuable, but not required)
- Experience managing client contacts and relationships
- Knowledge of Bay Area transportation agencies and their delivery practices and policy
- Experience making presentations
- Experience developing proposals
- Construction management and/or contract administration experience
- Project controls experience with cost and schedules
- Knowledge and experience with the full life cycle of projects from studies through construction
- Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization both in person and in writing
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GRANTS ADMINISTRATION SPECIALIST
We are looking for a detail-oriented person to assist our clients with grant administration from initial approvals to progress reports to reimbursements to close-outs. Client grants include those from sales tax authorities, Caltrans, and FHWA among others.
Responsibilities
- Authorizations/Obligations
- Award packages
- Contracts and amendments
- Draft contract amendments and follow through with agencies to ensure the documents are executed.
- Project controls and reporting
- Create milestone timeline and funding amount matrices for clients; update as needed if contracts are amended.
- Progress reporting
- Reimbursement Requests
- Work with clients to submit periodic requests for reimbursement for participating costs (costs eligible for state and/or federal reimbursement following the guidelines in the Caltrans Local Assistance Procedures Manual). Compiling reimbursement requests for local agencies may also be required.
- Complete required items and include any additional documentation required to submit as part of the Invoice Package for each request. Proactively contact contractors/vendors working for clients for backup documentation, ensuring all data is complete.
- Assist with compiling progress reports in tandem with requests as needed.
- Grant funding agency form completion and submittal, including federal aid close-outs
- Caltrans
- FHWA
- FTA
- Sales Tax Authorities
- Metropolitan Transportation Commission
- Others
- And other duties as assigned such as support of funding opportunities research and applications
Skills and Abilities
- High degree of attention to detail with a passion for accuracy with numbers, logic, and reading comprehension
- Proficient MS Office user, particularly with Excel and Word, as well as Adobe Acrobat Pro. Knowledge of e-Builder a plus.
- Understanding of contracts and legal agreements
- Responsible and analytical, owning problems through resolution
- Assertive yet diplomatic, with ability to work with varied personalities and work styles
- Self-starter
- Organized
- Excellent interpersonal communicator
- Ability to work independently and enjoys working as part of a larger team
- Flexibility to adapt to changing situations and priorities
- Familiarity with transportation projects and phases (project development through construction)
- Familiarity with the Caltrans Local Assistance Procedures Manual
Experience
- Prior experience with invoicing
- Prior experience working with Local Assistance reimbursements and paperwork
- Demonstrated history of problem solving
- Contract administration
- Cost monitoring with spreadsheets
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