Assistant Project Manager - Land Development

Title: Assistant Project Manager

Division: Land Development

LJA is an employee-owned company, and our people carry pride into their projects and their workplaces. We have talented employees across the nation and are always looking for exceptional individuals to join the LJA team. With 46 office locations, LJA is growing and ready for talented people to help us build our future. We offer great benefits and are 100% employee-owned.

Summary:

We currently have an opening on the Houston Land Development team as a Project Engineer.

General Responsibilities:

• Responsible for conceptualizing the initial design approach for a major phase of a large project, or having overall responsibility for the engineering work on a project of limited scope.
• Plans, schedules, conducts, or coordinates engineering work involving conventional engineering practices but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements.
• May work as an Assistant Project Manager or Assistant Project Engineer.
• Supervision of less experienced engineers or technical support personnel is exercised on an assignment basis and is not an ongoing substantial component at this level.
• Exercises judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Determines additional information that is needed from internal clients and coordinates them directly with LJA.
• Makes basic decisions regarding alternative procedures when information is not given.

Required Education/Licenses:

• Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering is required.

Required Experience:

• 5 years of post-graduate experience
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to build strong relationships

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)