Sr. Project Manager, Geospatial

Gannett Fleming (GFT) is a privately held architecture, engineering, and construction firm serving transportation, water, power, and buildings infrastructure markets. The Senior Project Manager, Geospatial will lead asset management services, facilitate requirements gathering, document and model business workflows, and support software development, testing, training, and client engagement. The role collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to assess and improve GIS and asset management processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and facilitate meetings; prepare agendas and detailed meeting minutes
• Participate in requirements elicitation with client to define needs
• Document As-Is environment and model business workflows
• Support the compilation of To-Be environment and business workflows
• Participate in agile and waterfall software development lifecycles
• Author software requirements specifications, design specifications, and training documentation
• Develop training materials and support training class delivery based on varying client needs
• Work in multi-disciplinary project teams made up of software developers, GIS analysts, technical managers, engineers and business subject matter experts
• Participate in project team meetings with client mgmt. and other contractors
• Evaluate and document business needs assessments and perform gap analysis
• Resolve problems within working teams and with clients
• Compile user stories with the requisite details and acceptance criteria
• Develop and execute test cases to confirm system requirements
• Generate mock-ups, wireframes, or related graphics to illustrate requirements or workflows
• Experience with asset management principles, best practices and methodologies
• Apply planning concepts and develop processes related to asset inventory, lifecycle management, condition assessments, state of good repair and other asset management activities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A., B.S., or equivalent)
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in business operations and workflow analysis, training, client relations, public speaking, technical writing and/or project life cycle documentation
• Strong ability to engage with personnel at all organizational levels
• Excellent verbal communication and organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of application and data management principles
• Familiarity and experience on agile and waterfall projects
• Ability to work directly with clients to gather requirements based on their needs and translate those requirements into tasks for developers
• Ability to assess and evaluate client asset inventory and management processes
• Experience with GIS and asset management services to support clients
• Minimum of 8 years of business analyst experience in GIS and asset management. (Transportation market preferred)
• Familiarity with GIS and/or geospatial technology
• Experience with Azure DevOps and/or JIRA
• Experience working as a consultant with government clients
• Experience managing small projects
• Experience with asset lifecycle cost analysis, including acquisition, maintenance, and disposal costs
• Ability to develop and document standard operating procedures for asset acquisition, maintenance, disposal, and other related lifecycle activities