Project Manager III

Posting Expires: 10/17/25

Salary Range: $80,594.95-$126,500

The City of Atlanta seeks a highly motivated and dedicated Senior Transit Project Manager with excellent communication, organizational, and technical skills to support delivery and coordination of the More MARTA transit program. The Senior Transit Project Manager is responsible for planning and coordinating with MARTA project managers and teams to support planning and construction of the $2.6B More MARTA transit expansion program. The Senior Transit Project Manager will serve as the primary City of Atlanta counterpart to MARTA project managers and MARTA project teams on day-to-day coordination activities which include but are not limited to transit project development, review of technical planning reports and documentation, engineering plan review, construction coordination, permitting, and inspection, coordination between City subject matter experts in ATLDOT and other departments.

The Senior Transit Project Manager will be part of a team of City planners, engineers, and other professionals moving Atlanta toward a future that is less reliant on personnel vehicles and prioritizes the movement of sustainable transportation including transit, walking, biking, and shared micro mobility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate project implementation and review across City departments (ATLDOT, Dept. of City Planning, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, etc.) and partner agencies such as MARTA and Atlanta Beltline Inc.
• Coordinate and attend all project team meetings and program governance meetings, as needed
• Develop briefings for City staff and leadership, as needed
• Review engineering plans and ensure compliance with City policies and standards
• Review project planning documentation and technical reports for compliance with City standards, design guidance, zoning and code requirements
• Develop and review legislation that would impact transit planning and implementation
• Support project team community and stakeholder engagement efforts as City representative
• Serve as resource of transit performance metrics, transit data, and transit design standards
• Monitor and reports on program and project goals through collected data and metrics
• Be able to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders and audiences
• Develop policy proposals to advance transit planning and coordination
  Participate in evaluation and selection of contracts as City representative

Essential Knowledge and Experience:

• Demonstrated project management success
• Strong understanding of principles of multimodal transportation planning
• Strong understanding of NACTO planning and design guidance, as well as MUTCD and other relevant design guidelines and research.
• Demonstrated knowledge of transportation and mobility topics such as
• Street design, engineering, and construction
• Planning and zoning
• Right-of-way activities and property acquisition
• Dedicated and priority bus lanes
• Public transit operations
• Green and complete streets
• Sidewalk construction and maintenance
• Utility coordination and relocation
• Signal technology
• Regulatory environments
  Grant administration, and finance, and compliance.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Public Policy, Public Affairs, Transportation Planning, Civil Engineering or related field is required. A minimum of five (5) years of transportation planning or engineering experience required. At least two (2) years of managerial or supervisory experience required. Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters degree in Architecture, Public Policy, Public Affairs, Transportation Planning, Civil Engineering or related field, along with 5-8 years' of project management experience in transportation planning, engineering, consulting, or construction.

PE or AICP accreditation

Essential Capabilities and Work Environment

Required physical and sensory capabilities to perform the job successfully. Typical environmental conditions associated with office work and in-person reporting as least 2-3 days per work. May require occasional field/site visits.