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Rutgers University

Research Project Manager

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Piscataway, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $94K - $145K

💻 Project Management

🗓️ July 16th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Research Project Manager for the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) within the School of Engineering. The role involves leading and managing asset management, GIS, visualization, and related research projects, overseeing proposal management, project timelines, budgets, and resources, and serving as a subject matter expert on infrastructure asset management in spatially enabled environments. The manager will also act as principal or co-principal investigator on various transportation-related research tasks and liaise between academia, industry, and government partners.

Highlights
  • Leads asset management, GIS, visualization, and asset-related research projects at CAIT.
  • Manages proposal development, project timelines, budgets, and deliverables while ensuring quality standards.
  • Serves as a subject matter expert on infrastructure asset management and spatially enabled environments.
  • Acts as principal or co-principal investigator on transportation planning, maintenance, smart cities, sensor technologies, and advanced materials research.
  • Provides technical input for contracts and proposals; represents Rutgers at national and international technical meetings.
  • Requires strong project management, research design, communication, and multitasking skills with ability to work independently.
  • Preferred expertise includes 15 years in enterprise asset management, GIS/EAM integration using ESRI ArcGIS, and policy/governance execution for spatially enabled asset investment planning.
  • Must have a Bachelor’s degree plus five years relevant experience or equivalent education and experience combination.
  • Competent in GIS applications and office software such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
  • Salary range: $94,492 to $144,715 annually, with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, retirement plans, and educational benefits.