Project Manager - Civil

About client:Client is a Civil Engineering Firm that provides site design, civil engineering, land surveying, survey and design services to $100M+ development projects, or any project in between.

They work in both the public and private sectors – enjoying enduring relationships with private developers and contractors as well as with public sector clients in the higher-ed, K-12 / educational, municipal, and recreational markets. We address conceptual planning, rezonings, site design, land surveying, flood plain modeling / permitting, stormwater management, and much more.

Project Manager

Reports To

The project manager reports to the Director of Engineering and/or President

Job OverviewThe Project Manager (PM) has two distinct roles – a project-focused Project Manager and a people-focused Team Leader.

Under the people-focused Team Leader role, the PM is responsible for developing the people on the team. Developing the team includes coaching, mentoring, on-the-job training, encouraging people, holding people accountable, explaining the “why” behind what we do, and teaching the team “the FDS way” for work. Ultimately, the PM is doing much of the hands-on training of the next generation of project managers for the firm.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Project proposals / pursuits – plays a significant role (along with Principal) in pursuing project QBS proposals including participating in interview preparation and presentation; takes the lead in developing fee proposal letters (scope, schedule, fee)

• Project schedule – develops the project schedule and establishes all project milestones; then manages and communicates schedule updates to the project team (internal and external) throughout the course of the project – being responsible to bring the project in on schedule

• Communication – functions at the primary point of communication for the firm for the project

• Site layout and schematic design – establishes the project parameters and develops the initial schematic layout / solution for each project; then communicates this to the team to steer project

• Design guidance – provides ‘senior technical guidance’ to the project team

• Specifications – handles the preparation of tech specs or guides the PE on pulling them together

• Quality assurance (QA) – guides the team on following standards and walking the project through well-established patterns to get predictably positive outcomes

• Quality control (QC) – reviews the work products at prescribed points along the project development process and provides markups and guidance to the team

• Invoicing – responsible for preparing the monthly invoices and for tracking project performance

• Develop the team - coaches, mentors, and trains the individuals on the team

• Team meetings – holding regularly scheduled weekly team meetings with the project team to discuss short-term objectives, deadlines, and priorities

• Cross-team coordination – meets weekly with the principals and other PMs to review firm-wide progress, priorities, and production efforts

Qualifications

· Education level.

• Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering or related field

· Experience.

• Deep familiarity with construction plan-set preparation and project delivery process

• Experience running multiple projects at one time

• Preferred previous PM experience

· Personal characteristics.

• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving skills; strategic thinking ability

• Time management skills

• Excellent communication and customer service skills, including conflict resolution

• Ability to lead team and maximize output while providing positive team experience

• People-skills to understand the people on the team and how to guide and grow them

· Licenses

• Hold a PE license

We are a growing civil engineering / land development firm looking to provide an opportunity.

Client offers excellent benefit package and work environment