Civil Technical Manager

HFW Companies; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bi-Annual Profit/Bonus Distributions

401(k) Contribution Match

Entrepreneurial Culture

Collaborative Learning & Career Dev

Job summary

Cranston, a partner firm of HFW Companies, is seeking a Technical Manager to lead a design team and drive project delivery on time and on budget. You will prepare proposals, staff projects, and maintain strong client relationships while guiding design execution and ensuring quality control.

Your leadership will help identify new clients and opportunities, manage scopes, budgets, and schedules, and foster a cohesive, high-performing team culture across civil and structural projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Civil Engineering design consulting experience.
• Strong supervisory, written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills; solid project management abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and engineering software.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Senior Technical Advisor and SME for projects.
• Identify new markets and clients while maintaining existing relationships.
• Prepare proposals, qualifications statements, estimates, and presentations.
• Prepare project schedules, scopes, and budgets to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Develop and maintain schedules and budgets and prepare planning worksheets.
• Determine project team makeup and assign workloads.
• Conduct kickoff meetings to confirm schedules and agreements.
• Monitor client invoicing and payments.
• Oversee design phase with reviews, QC, and progress reports.
• Coordinate bidding responses and contractor questions.
• Manage construction phase per contract requirements.
• Respond to information requests promptly and maintain communication.
• Ensure QC procedures are implemented and maintained.
• Provide guidance and training to technical support staff.
• Coordinate with other groups for project support.
• Keep project correspondence and design docs orderly and complete.
• Properly close out projects per procedures.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

BS in Civil Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Engineering software

Job description

CivilTechnicalManager

PositionSummary

Join Cranston, an HFW partner firm, as Technical Manager. In this dynamic role, you will lead a design team, overseeing all project elements thepursuing new opportunities, ensuring project delivery is on time and on budget. You willbe responsible forproposal preparation, project staffing, andmaintainingstrong client relationships. Yourexpertisewill guide the execution of project designs, schedules, scopes, and budgets, while ensuring quality control and compliance with corporate policies. Additionally, you will play a key role inidentifyingnew clients and fostering a cohesive team environment. Your leadership will be instrumental in delivering successful projects and driving our firm’s growth and reputation.

Perks and Benefits:

• Bi-Annual Profit/Bonus Distributions:
• 401(k) Contribution Match:
• Entrepreneurial Culture: Work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages innovation and offers growth opportunities for driven professionals.
• Collaborative Learning & Career Development: Enjoy a collaborative atmosphere that promotes multi-disciplinary learning andprovidesample career advancement opportunities.

**Company Overview**

Cranston, a proud member of the HFW Companies network, has been a cornerstone in theCivil andStructural engineering, landscape architecture, planning, and surveying sectors for over half a century. Ourexpertisespans across municipal, private development, transportation, and water resource projects. We are dedicated to making communities safer, healthier, more accessible, and sustainable. With a legacy of passion and integrity, Cranston has built a reputationforleading transformative changes and guiding our project partners through complex challenges. Our commitment to collaborative excellence ensures that we deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions that enhance the quality of lifeinthe communities we serve

At Cranston, our mission is to empower communities to thrive. We achieve this byleveragingour diverseexpertiseand fostering a collaborative culture that values trust, respect, and innovation. Our team is dedicated to solving infrastructure problems and improving the quality of life through sustainable and resilient design. We work closely withourclients, ensuring that our projects not only meet but exceed expectations.Throughour operations and a cohesive office culture, we continue to build lasting partnerships and make a tangible impact on the regions we serve.

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Cranston Core values

Collaboration – A collaborative culture allows us toleverageour diversity ofexpertiseand experience to achieve superior results.

Relationships – Trust means everything to us, and we strive to earn it through long-term relationships built on a foundation of respect, reliability, fairness, and honesty.

Problem-solving – We make it a priority to help guide communities and clients through a rigorous, collaborative process aimed at resolving complex infrastructure design challenges with innovative, cost-effective solutions that promote sustainability and improved quality of life.

Drive for excellence – We foster a learning culture thatleveragesa diversity of technicalexpertise, shared experience, and strong leadership from our team and partner network to drive excellence and achieve the best design solutions possible.

Entrepreneurial spirit – We take ownership of and responsibility for our work and our collective success, encouraging an employee culture that places a high value on individual creative initiative, exploration oflatest ideas, innovation, and a bold pursuit of transformative change.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Serve asSeniorTechnical Advisor and Subject Matter Expert.
• Identifynew markets and clients to bring in newprojects,whilemaintainingpositive relationships with existing clients.
• Prepare proposals and qualification statements, including estimates and presentations.
• Prepareproject schedules, scopes, and budgets, ensuring on-time and on-budget performance.
• Develop andmaintainproject schedules andbudgets andprepare Project Planning Worksheets.
• Determineproject teammakeup and assign workloads.
• Conduct project kick-off meetings to communicate and obtainagreementon project schedules.
• Monitor and follow up on clientinvoicingand payments.
• Oversee the design phase, including conducting design review meetings, quality control tasks,and providing progress reports.
• Manage participation in the bidding phase and coordinate responses to contractor questions.
• Manage the construction phase according to contract requirements.
• Respond promptly to requests for information or problems,maintainingeffective communication.
• Ensure quality control procedures are implemented andmaintained.
• Provide guidance and training to technical support personnel.
• Coordinate with other groups for project support.
• Ensure project correspondence and design documentation are kept orderly and complete.
• Properly close out projectsin accordance withestablished procedures.

Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Experience :5+ years ofCivil Engineering design consulting experience..
• Skills : Strong supervisory skills, excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and exceptional project management abilities.
• Technical Proficiency : Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and technical software.
• Licenses : Valid Driver’s License.

Education and Experience

• Degree : BS in Civil Engineering or a technical equivalent.
• Certification : Professional Engineering Licensein Georgia and/or South Carolina, or the ability to obtain.

Physical Requirements

• General : Ability to stand, walk, use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls,reach withhands and arms,talk,or hear, sit,climb,or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting : Frequently lift and/or move up to 25pounds andinfrequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision : Specific vision abilitiesrequiredinclude close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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