Associate Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

About Us

Larson Design Group (LDG) is an award-winning, employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm. Guided by our core values, we’re expanding our team, opening new offices, and adding new offerings to provide responsive, innovative solutions to clients nationwide.

Being 100% employee-owned directly impacts our culture: it drives our decision-making, motivates our teams, increases our productivity, improves retention, and contributes to the future success of our company. Our culture is one where we work hard for our clients and for each other – and we have fun collaborating, sharing experience and expertise, and learning along the way. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional quality, elevating client relationships, enriching the careers and lives of our employee owners, and enhancing the communities where we live and serve.

At LDG, we strive to create an organization where people want to work. We offer a flexible work environment, paid training for required licensures, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) while supporting your professional and personal growth.

Your Opportunity Impact

The Associate Project Manager is responsible for assisting the Project Manager, Sr. Project Manager, and/or Program Manager with management of projects including design, communications, personnel management, budgets, schedules, quality control, business development, and client communication & relationships. This position is required to be familiar with all aspects of the projects they are supervising. The Associate Project Manager will help prepare and implement annual business goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation & modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Assists senior management with overall management of projects to include preparing technical & price proposals, amendments, statements of interests, schedules, QA/QC, and overseeing sub-consultants.
• Reviews and interprets local, state, and federal regulations to determine project constraints.
• Develops network of professional contacts through involvement in thought leadership, civic, and technical organizations.
• Knowledge of Codes and Standards applicable to design of projects.
• Recognizes opportunities for new projects and assists senior management with developing leads and business development activities.
• Responsible for coordinating submittals, RFI’s, and other project components.
• Directs, mentors, and guides team members and staff; provides performance evaluations and reviews as directed.
• Devises new approaches to problems encountered.
• Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors & omissions.
• Performs and checks design calculations and technical specifications and prepares cost estimates.
• Assists in workload forecasting reports.
  
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in position relevant Engineering from ABET accredited school preferred.
• Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Must possess the ability to work both independently and as part of a Project Team, possess strong leadership & interpersonal skills, and strong time management skills.
• Must be able to interact professionally with clients, vendors, regulatory agencies, and other external sources in a professional manner.
• Must be proficient in public speaking, creating presentations, and delegation.
  
  
  

EEO Statement

Larson Design Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.