Civil Project Manager

The role

You will lead cross-functional civil, commercial, retail rollout and utility scale projects for high-profile clients. You will manage project scope, schedule, budget, client relationships and reporting to leadership within Woolpert's Project Management Office.

What you will do

• Lead and facilitate cross-functional projects for high-profile clients in engineering or land development.
• Define client needs and expectations, and resolve project issues affecting profitability and satisfaction.
• Lead project teams and negotiate project scope, schedule, fee and contract terms with Market Leads.
• Support client relationships and business development.
• Act as key point of contact for project communications with internal and external stakeholders.
• Follow Building Sector Project Standards and collaborate with the PMO team.
• Lead project setup, including Project Setup Forms, Project Execution Plans, billing plans and kickoff meetings.
• Maintain financial accountability: budget variance, forecasting, invoicing and accounts receivable follow-up.
• Oversee the quality of deliverables prepared by team members.
• Oversee project resource forecasting and report to leadership, finance and executive teams.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 8-10 years of related industry experience in Project Management, Program Management, or Portfolio Management.
• 4-year degree in Civil Engineering.
• Experience developing PMO procedures, documents, training material, reports, dashboards and management tools.
• Ability to manage multiple clients and multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience in Construction Administration, including communicating with cost estimators and general contractors.
• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals and ability to facilitate stakeholder discussions.
• Demonstrated leadership: negotiation, influencing decisions, managing risk, fostering teamwork.
• Ability to make sound decisions based on synthesis of project information, data and experience.
• Experience with MS Suite and enterprise resource planning, contract management, construction administration, project accounting, CRM and virtual collaboration platforms.
• Must be able to travel up to 10%.

Nice to have

• PE (Professional Engineering) license.
• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Benefits

• Freedom to Work program: set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• Principal program: opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation.
• Career development and learning opportunities.
• Health, life, vision and dental insurance.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend and employee assistance program.

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is not offered; applicants must already have work authorization in the country where the job is located.

About the company

Woolpert is an award-winning, global architecture, engineering and geospatial firm with over 75 offices. It is certified as a Great Place to Work.