Senior Director of Bus Rapid Transit Planning & Design

Go METROMetro is seeking a Senior Director of Bus Rapid Transit Planning & Design. Reporting to Chief Strategic Planning, Development & Innovation Officer, you would lead a team responsible for BRT planning and design activities across design, construction, and start-up for multiple corridors. This position is responsible for providing management and oversight for the BRT consulting team; leading procurements, contract management and oversight; and developing plans, specifications, and estimates for BRT construction projects, ensuring all necessary actions meet SORTA's requirements for schedule, cost, quality, and safety related to project implementation.Essential FunctionsResponsible for presenting to Board of Trustees, City of Cincinnati, and municipality officials.In alignment with BRT program goals and work plans, manage performance of consulting team: set clear expectations and accountability, develop work plans and goals, manage progress, remove barriers, and achieve project goals.Develop positive relationships, maintain ongoing communication, and meet regularly with SORTA staff to provide support and oversight for project tasks, remove barriers to progress, and ensure accountability for project goals.Generate work plans for multiple projects/phases to define capital project budgets.Meet bi-weekly with leadership to report progress and barriers to project advancement, and define strategies to overcoming these barriers.Manage planning & engineering activities related to design of BRT projects, including working with other units of government, consultants and contractors, and internal staff.Develop scopes of work for planning & engineering services and other engineering phase consultant contracts and direct work of consultant teams, managing large and interdisciplinary work efforts.Lead coordination with internal stakeholders/customers and external agency staff, working to communicate BRT project goals, understand stakeholder needs and concerns, and seek consensus in design solutions while working within defined budget and schedule.Review plans, specifications, estimates, and other design documents for BRT projects, including civil, structural, traffic, and systems design disciplines, that comply with local / State / Federal regulations. Manage design reviews at 0%, 30%, 60%, and 90% completion, tracking and resolving stakeholder comments to ensure internal/external buy-in and plan signoff.Prepare and review/modify contract scopes of work, review proposals, recommend contract execution and administer contracts on behalf of SORTA, following all applicable procurement processes and procedures. Provide Q/A and Q/C oversight on contracts managed by supervised staff.Administer contract changes, including scope revisions, amendments, and maintain project control; manage scope, schedule, and budget of planning & engineering contracts.Develop, modify, and ensure compliance with technical policies, procedures and standards for SORTA's BRT project activities in alignment with overall SORTA's procedures.Develop best practice documentation and project-specific procedures to standardize approaches to common BRT issues (such as design checklists for standalone BRT station construction projects, temporary, or partial implementations).Serve as Project Manager during construction phase. Coordinate with internal staff, stakeholders and consultant staff.Manage consultant development of Invitation for Bid (IFB) documents and lead procurement and contract award of construction contract. Review and approve change orders, invoices, schedule revisions, and other contract actions.Establish and maintain relationships with local and regional planning and economic development entities to coordinate BRT development, de