Project Manager

Position Summary:

Project Manager position is a licensed professional engineer with 5 years of design and team management experience. The Project Manager will be responsible to manage multiple civil engineering/subdivision design projects with multiple team members, maintain the organizations production level of service and quality, customer service expectations and team accountability while executing business development efforts to meet monthly production metric. Project Manager provides oversight, guidance, and leadership to the team of professional services and uses resources to identify solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Management and Leadership

• Maintain commitment to guiding principles: people, processes and performance.
• Maintain commitment to safety.
• Maintain client satisfaction and ensure customer service is held as a top priority
• Lead with a commitment to team professionalism, responsiveness and accountability.
• Work with management to develop strategic plan and lead its execution.
• Work with Dept Coordinator & Director to submit monthly projections reports.
• Conduct weekly project coordination meetings with production team.
• Develop new and maintain current client relationships for business development.
• Review and approve proposals for subdivision development projects, engineering design projects, and request for qualifications to meet company metrics.
• Contractual scope reviews for proposal concurrence prior to authorized signature.
• Review of and concurrence of subconsultant agreements and progress invoicing.
• Make decisions to overcome obstacles while prioritizing team workload and project schedules as needed to meet project schedules.
• Attend project, council, board meetings as required for project review and/or reporting of progression to client/owner.
• Lead communications with project stakeholders.
• Clearly communicate project details and expectations with supervisors, co-workers, subordinates and clients.
• Ensure that all company policies and SOPs are adhered by oneself and the team.
• Motivate to maintain high productivity, morale and the benefits of teamwork.
• Identify areas of team improvement and develop a plan of action/support training schedule.
• Develop and implement employee growth plans at onboarding to advance the department.
• Conduct employee onboarding as per company standards.
• Conduct team evaluations as per company standards.
• Review project profit and loss reports as per company standards.
• Review team timesheets as per company standards.
• Hold continual education has a high priority for professional and technical knowledge, licenses and certifications for self and team.
• Comply with and enforce all governmental laws, policies and regulations.
• All other duties assigned by management.

Design & Technical Oversight

• Maintain oversight of project production from proposal phase to final design submittal.
• Provide production team with technical engineering knowledge and guidance.
• Provide intermediate reviews and quality control of project design/construction plans and specifications.
• Provide approval by signature and licensure seal on project deliverables.
• Review and approve progressive schedules and estimate of projects throughout design phase.
• Oversee and review the development of project bid documents, contract documents and technical specifications.
• Maintain familiarity as an individual and as a team on State and Local entity design regulations and compliance codes.
• Review and approve drainage reports for approval by local reviewing entity.
• Provide guidance of hydrology & hydraulic engineering through use of software such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, Geo-HEC-RAS, and storm sewer analysis.
• Ensure project files are maintained to company standards.
• Conduct periodic field observations to ensure compliance to project plans and specifications.
• Comply with and enforce all governmental laws, policies and regulations.
• Ensure that all company policies and procedures are adhered to by you.
• All other duties assigned by management.

Skills and Qualifications:

Project Manager is required to demonstrate computer literacy and proficiency with Microsoft Office software, advanced knowledge of AutoCAD and/or Micro-Station and Hydrologic and Hydraulic modeling software, have obtained a 4-year degree in engineering, has obtained professional licensure, and has 5 year of experience with design and team management. The Project Manager position requires reliability, leadership, thoroughness with details, solutions based approach, belief in the development of others, promotes Teamwork, capable to motivate a team, communication skills that promotes clarity, productivity and professionalism.

RACI MATRIX

R: Responsible: the “doer” who actually does the activity

A: Accountable: the “buck stops here” person ultimately responsible for the activity

C: Consult: “in the loop” the individual who should be consulted prior to final decision

I: Inform: “keep in the picture” the individual who should be informed after the decision