Lacey Civil Project Manager & Team Lead

SCJ Alliance; Lacey (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Dog-friendly office

401(k) & ESOP

Job summary

SCJ Alliance in Lacey, WA is seeking a Civil Project Manager and Lacey Team Lead to shape a local civil practice, lead a team of 10, and guide projects from early planning through design and permitting. You’ll stay involved in technical decisions and help your team build skills and confidence to take on more.

You will leverage your licensed engineering credentials to manage scope, budget, and client expectations while expanding client relationships and pursuing new work.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or equivalent.
• A Professional Engineer license.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible civil engineering experience, including project management.
• Experience in site civil or land development design and permitting.
• The ability to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, contracts, and client expectations.
• Leadership experience with responsibility for direct supervision and mentoring of technical staff.
• The ability to provide useful feedback, address performance concerns, and support employee development.
• A demonstrated ability to win consulting work through client relationship development, successful project pursuits, and repeat business.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including leading meetings and presenting to clients and other stakeholders.
• Practical problem-solving skills and the judgment to move work forward independently while knowing when to bring others in.
• Experience with AutoCAD &/or Civil 3D.
• Experience with Vantagepoint &/or Mosaic experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from start to finish.
• Establish project objectives, scopes, budgets, schedules, and work plans.
• Coordinate design and permitting, manage changing needs, and keep clients and project teams informed.
• Bring sound technical judgment.
• Guide site civil design, resolve engineering challenges, and provide quality control and peer review of calculations, plans, and other deliverables.
• Build trusted client relationships.
• Understand client priorities, facilitate productive meetings, manage expectations, and address concerns early.
• Win work and build the practice.
• Take a leading role in securing projects for the civil team. Develop new client relationships, expand work with existing clients, and lead pursuits, proposals, interviews, and presentations.
• Partner with the Office Principal and civil management team to build a project pipeline that aligns with the team’s expertise, capacity, and growth goals.
• Manage project financial performance.
• Oversee contracts, including subcontractor agreements, budgets, and scope changes with attention to client relationships and the firm’s long-term success.
• Lead and develop people.
• Set clear expectations, delegate thoughtfully, provide regular feedback, conduct performance evaluations, and help team members put career development plans into action.
• Coordinate workloads and resources.
• Manage team workload, staffing, and forecasting in partnership with the Office Principal and other offices. Match project needs with staff skills and capacity, clarify priorities, and address competing demands.
• Keep the team connected.
• Hold regular group and project meetings, communicate clearly, share knowledge, and encourage collaboration across offices and disciplines.
• Support business and training planning.
• Work with principals on annual budgeting and training needs, and ensure team members complete required training.
• Model the expectations you set.
• Demonstrate sound judgment, respectful communication, and accountability, and help team members follow company policies and best practices.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Client relations

Mentoring

Site civil design

Quality control

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Vantagepoint

Mosaic

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Professional Engineer license

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Vantagepoint

Mosaic

Job description

SCJ Alliance in Lacey, WA is seeking a Civil Project Manager and Lacey Team Lead to shape a local civil practice, lead a team of 10, and guide projects from early planning through design and permitting. You’ll stay involved in technical decisions and help your team build skills and confidence to take on more.

You will leverage your licensed engineering credentials to manage scope, budget, and client expectations while expanding client relationships and pursuing new work.