Project Manager - Civil / Site Designer

Weston & Sampson

The Role

Overview

Manage and deliver civil/site development projects, overseeing design, permits, construction.

Key Responsibilities

  • project management
  • design engineering
  • construction support
  • client coordination
  • team leadership
  • staff supervision

Tasks

-Pursue new work associated with planning, design, and construction administration of a variety of site-civil projects for private and public clients as proposed project manager on competitive pursuits, including positioning, marketing strategies, proposing, participating in interviews, and negotiating contracts, to the extent required. -Manage projects, including scoping, task management, invoices and final closeout. Plans, schedules, conducts and/or coordinates detailed phases of engineering work of several large-moderate scale projects -Perform sophisticated and complicated designs and calculations in accordance with applicable design guidelines and established standards and software. -Coordination with clients, sub-consultants, regulatory agencies, and members of the public will be necessary to accomplish assigned objectives. -Participate in construction support activities including responses to requests for information (RFIs), submittal reviews, construction site observations, and design revisions/ management of change orders, startup and commissioning and troubleshooting. -Lead project teams on the design and delivery of site civil and facilities design, including related studies. -Supervise and support the work of others and mentor junior level engineers & design technical staff. -Review assigned and prospective project(s) to define project scope, determine work procedures/sequences and develops schedules, budgets, staffing, sub-consultant involvement, and progress billing milestones. -Planning, organizing, and controlling the activities of a project team. -Participate in professional organizations and technical committees. -Make technical presentations to approving authorities.

Requirements

  • pe license
  • bachelor's
  • design
  • permitting
  • project management
  • communication

What You Bring

-Planning, design, permitting, and construction phase skills will include the preparation of project reports, calculations, drawings, construction plans and specifications, permitting packages, and documents for inclusion in the final project deliverables. -Strong written and verbal communication and technical skills along with project plans and presentations. -Valid driver’s license required. -P.E. license in South Carolina and North Carolina or the ability to obtain within 12 months of hire. -Bachelor’s Degree in environmental engineering or civil engineer required, Master’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering a plus. -10 - 15 years in working with private and municipal clients in engineering or project management roles. -Demonstrated capabilities and success in managing medium to large projects on time and within budget, multi-office projects and/or multiple projects.

The Company

About Weston & Sampson

-Founded in 1899 by Robert Spurr Weston, the firm pioneered U.S. wastewater treatment and grew with George Sampson to become a water-treatment innovator. -From a one-person consultancy in Boston, it expanded across the East Coast into a multi-practice engineering and environmental services firm. -Today it delivers interdisciplinary design, engineering, and environmental services for public and private sectors, tackling projects from parks to water treatment plants. -Typical engagements include large urban park renewals, flood mitigation studies, PFAS removal at treatment facilities, and structural engineering for civic plazas. -Sector strengths include infrastructure systems and water resource projects, supported by environmental permitting, geotechnical, landscape architecture, and construction management. -Unusual facts: it continues to build on century-old innovations in wastewater treatment while evolving into climate resiliency and community revitalization.

Sector Specialisms

Water

Sewer

Electric

Gas

AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction)

Municipal

Commercial

Buildings

Utilities

Government