Senior Public Involvement Strategist - Transportation (Nort Texas Region)

The Senior Public Involvement Strategist leads communication and public outreach services for moderately complex to large‑scale permitting, planning, design, and construction projects. The Senior Public Involvement Strategist role provides strategic leadership for public involvement programs, manages stakeholder relationships, mentors less experienced staff, and supports consistent application of engagement standards while addressing escalated concerns in coordination with clients and project leadership.

What you will do

• Lead engagement strategies for moderately complex and large‑scale projects, establishing functional goals, communication approaches, and outreach tactics that align with client objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Manage programmatic and project‑level public involvement efforts, ensuring consistency with engagement standards, commitments, and best practices.
• Manage stakeholder relationships with public officials, agencies, property owners, business owners, and community representatives.
• Address escalated stakeholder concerns at a strategic level, providing guidance on resolution approaches and communication sensitivity.
• Lead development and management of strategic outreach plans, which may include: public meetings, workshops, information sessions, surveys, feedback mechanisms, fact sheets, newsletters, mailers, web content, social media, video.
• Develop detailed workshop agendas, conceptualize content, and facilitate complex or contentious meetings involving opposing viewpoints.
• Conceptualize graphic and visual communication strategies and direct graphic designers in the production of infographics, presentations, and webinars.
• Manage presentation development, client interviews, engagement scoping, and cost estimating.
• Maintain compliance with client public involvement, monitoring quality and consistency across projects.
• Mentor and provide direction to less experienced public involvement staff.
• Lead development of business planning efforts for the division and execute those plans.
• Prioritize project objectives and manage allocation of funds to support engagement goals.
• Track performance against financial, utilization, and profitability targets.
• Participate in government briefings, executive‑level presentations, and client advisory discussions.
• Produce and oversee weekly and monthly reporting on public involvement activities and outcomes.
• Comply with company and site safety policies and procedures.