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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Grant Compliance Manager to join our team! In this role, you'll have the privilege of working on the premier Infrastructure project in the Country, as well as receive all of the benefits of working for Parsons! This Program is the most Urgent infrastructure program in the country - a comprehensive set of rail investments that will improve commuter and intercity services, add needed resiliency and, in its later stages, create new capacity between Newark NJ and NYC.

Program background

The Gateway Program is the most urgent infrastructure program in the country – a comprehensive set of rail investments that will improve commuter and intercity services, add needed resiliency and, in its later stages, create new capacity between Newark, New Jersey and New York City, the busiest section of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The first phase of the Gateway Program includes the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP), which includes the construction of a new two-track tunnel under the Hudson River connecting to Penn Station New York as well as the full rehabilitation of the existing 110-year-old North River Tunnel. The Gateway Development Commission (GDC), established through bi-state legislation, is responsible for the financing and development of the Hudson Tunnel Project.

As a tri-venture partner with Parsons, Arcadis, and Mace (MPA) is the Delivery Partners (DP)to provide advice, leadership, and support to GDC for the development and implementation of HTP. This is a master service with task order contracts for a 15-year contract encompassing a broad range of strategic advisory services, project management, design management, construction management, stakeholder coordination, federal compliance, operations support, office administration, and related services.

Purpose of Role

GDC interacts daily with agencies including the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and their Program Management Oversight Consultant (PMOC) to provide information as needed for grant and regulatory compliance across the HTP. Activities can include monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance audits, as well as day-to-day interactions and communications on an ad hoc basis for PMOC to monitor grant recipients' ability to deliver quality projects on schedule and within budget.

PMOC attends program and project-level meetings and reviews compliance-required deliverables to provide oversight advisory services to FTA and FRA.  This results in various requests for information and clarification across the Program. This role will primarily manage coordination and responses to requests across GDC and the various agencies. The main aim of this role is to ensure that requests are dealt with appropriately and in a timely and quality manner and involve the right stakeholders from across the organization.

Key responsibilities:

• Work closely with GDC in managing FRA/FTA grant compliance and associated requirement across the Hudson Tunnel Project
• Attends key program meetings to enable effective response to agency information requests.
• Builds broad relationships across the GDC organization to enable effective internal stakeholder engagement when responding to information requests.
• Ensures the successful delivery of the program in line with all stakeholders’ expectations communicating strategies to the wider client/consultant/contractor team.
• Delivers continuous improvements in processes through application of best practices and lessons learned. Drives transformational change.
• Actively drives collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure consistency, accuracy and efficiency in project delivery.

Necessary qualifications and skills:

• 10 + years related work experience 5+ years administering a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) for a large transit agency.

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Urban Planning, Public Administration or related technical/business field.
• Writing skills – able to write clearly, formally, and succinctly to respond to information requests.
• Communication skills – able to tailor communication approach to the task-at-hand.
• Coordination skills – able to manage multiple streams of work concurrently to meet deadlines.
• Deep knowledge and expertise in the rail/infrastructure industry.
• Relevant technical qualification/certification for project portfolio/s.

• Proven experience of successful execution of program delivery and/or program support on major infrastructure programs.  
• Tertiary qualifications in related (project management and/or construction related discipline), non-related degree or equivalent professional experience/apprenticeship, combined with a demonstrable intermediate level of role knowledge.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 75 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see new possibilities.

Salary Range: 

$117,000.00 - $210,600.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!