Civil Project Manager

About the role

The Project Manager (PM) role is a client-focused position for which the candidate must have extensive project management experience for engineering design services. Working with the team, the PM will lead a variety of project types including site development incorporating best practices related to grading, utility systems, drainage and stormwater design, master planning from campus to district scales, and helping drive entitlement and planning approvals through creative and innovative implementation of infrastructure development. The successful candidate will have a passion for sustainable design, building client relationships and maintaining quality management processes to ensure work remains on track, within scope and on budget. This role includes mentorship of direct reports and will leverage and promote each team member’s strengths as a unique value add.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement innovative design techniques that enhance projects and productivity within assignments
• Directly oversee and manage engineering efforts from project inception through completion of construction in coordination with Design Team, Client, and and construction teams
• Execution of all work professionally, safely, and ethically according to company values, engineering code of ethics and applicable law
• Regular client engagement resulting in continually expanding trust relationships and successful project delivery
• Carefully coordinate with Principals and Operations leadership to assemble the project team and regularly review the project
• Project manage teams to meet scope, schedule, and budget requirements, resulting in consistently profitable work
• Develop, mentor and assist staff in gaining experience and expertise in existing and emerging services, building and strengthening the team’s competencies
• Diligent and timely compliance with and implementation of company business practices, key among these being time entry
• Maintain a Professional Engineer license for employment duration

Requirements

• Typically 8+ years experience delivering engineering and construction projects with solid technical knowledge and skills across the civil industry, including a strong background in condition assessment, planning, rehabilitation, and design
• Bachelor’s degree in civil, sanitary, environmental, chemical or mechanical engineering, or related degree
• Typically 2+ years leading engineering teams through the successful completion of construction, master planning, and entitlement projects
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey complex information, to motivate and influence others
• Dedication to recruit, build, mentor, and foster a diverse engineering team
• Ability to travel to other offices/sites as needed
• Professional Engineering (PE) Registration in California or ability to obtain a PE within one year after starting the role

Preferred Skills

• Master’s or PhD degree in Engineering - Civil and/or Environmental
• Knowledge of civil programs (Civil 3D, LDT, Storm and Sewer Analysis, Hydro CAD, Flowmasters, StormCAD, etc.)
• Design Build project management experience, especially those with civil industry experience or those with experience in industrial (process) oriented construction fields
• Relevant certifications or other sustainability-oriented accreditation (iLEED , Envision, Living Building Challenge, EcoDistricts, DBIA)
• Knowledge of GIS principles

Qualifications

• Passionate about sustainable design
• Strong client relationship building skills
• Effective quality management processes
• Ability to travel as needed
• Professional Engineering (PE) Registration in California or ability to obtain a PE within one year after starting the role

Skills

• Technical knowledge and skills across the civil industry
• Leadership and mentoring abilities
• Communication and client relationship building skills
• Quality management processes
• Travel as needed

Benefits

• Own a part of the firm with ESOP eligibility after one year
• Flexible working - with every other Friday off
• Competitive Health plans, including PPO and HMO options, Dental and Vision plans
• Learning and Development stipend to use as you see fit
• Generous PTO and 8 paid holidays
• Automatic 401k enrollment
• Fun team events, lunches and happy hours to get to know colleagues outside of work

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $124,000 to $139,000. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

Schedule

Flexible working - with every other Friday off