Materials Project Manager

About the role

Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned multidiscipline consulting firm comprised of more than 8,000 curious minds focused on solving engineering and technical challenges from more than 200 locations nationwide. Since 1965, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services. Terracon’s growth is due to our talented employee-owners exceeding expectations in client service and growing their careers with new and exciting opportunities in the marketplace. Terracon was recognized as the #1 firm in Asbestos and Lead Abatement.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of a facilities, materials, environmental, or geotechnical engineering project to ensure that it is safely completed on time and within scope and budget.
• Complete the project as per its contracted scope; monitor progress and performance against the project plan.
• Troubleshoot and recommend or resolve operational problems and minimize delays.
• May be responsible for resource management, project scheduling, budgets and forecasts, and working with external vendors, subcontractors or contractors.
• Congducts meetings and prepares reports to communicate the status of the project to project team and client.
• Set priorities, assign tasks, and coordinate project staff to meet project targets and milestones.
• May have responsibilities to communicate with the client and deliver work products to satisfaction of client.
• Coordinates effort with APR to make sure that APR has opportunity to engage throughout the project, particularly at critical junctures.
• Is involved with approving invoices, preparing change orders, and collections.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of a small to medium sized project.
• Works with client or NAM to define project scope, schedule and budget.
• Designs, communicates, and implements a project plan for completing the project.
• Leddsafety efforts including preparation and compliance with approved safety plan.
• Takes action to resolve operational problems and minimize delays.
• Identify, develop, and gather the resources to complete the project. This may include preparing calculations, designs, reports and work specifications; developing project schedules, budgets and forecasts; and selecting materials, equipment, project staff, and external contractors.
• Partner with other departments or offices to secure specialized resources for the project.
• Congducts meetings and prepares reports to communicate the status of the project.
• Set priorities, assign tasks, and coordinates project staff to meet project targets and milestones.
• Congducts with APR to ensure appropriate oversight is in place and sufficient time allowed for reviews of all critical junctures.
• Congducts with accounting for financial management of business intelligence, invoicing and collections.
• Develops and models a safe work environment; demonstrates safety practices.
• Promotes pre-task planning for all projects.
• Promotes continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitors quality standards and practices. Engages APRs on projects at their onset.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline practices by the Firm including Engineering, Environmental Science or Geology and a minimum of 5 years’ related experience. Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 9 years’ related experience.
• A valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Professional Engineer (PE), Professional Geologist (PG) or similar professional registration/certification relevant to the type of services and projects being managed.