Land Development Project Manager

Verdantas; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Verdantas is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead engineering design and site development projects across multiple offices. You will guide teams from project inception through construction, ensuring quality, budget, and schedule adherence while maintaining client relationships.

The role emphasizes mentorship, sustainable design practice, and coordination with design and operations leadership to deliver successful entitlements and master planning efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, sanitary, environmental, chemical or mechanical engineering, or related degree.
• Typically 8+ years of experience delivering engineering and construction projects.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams through construction, master planning, and entitlement projects.
• Excellent communication skills to motivate and influence others.
• PE Registration in California or ability to obtain within one year.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement innovative design techniques to enhance projects and productivity.
• Direct oversight of engineering efforts from inception through construction with design team and client.
• Execute work professionally, safely, and ethically per company values and law.
• Maintain regular client engagement to expand trust and ensure project delivery.
• Coordinate with Principals and Operations leadership to assemble the project team and review progress.
• Project manage teams to meet scope, schedule, and budget for profitable work.
• Mentor staff to gain experience in existing and emerging services.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Project management

Travel readiness

Civil infrastructure

PE registration

Education

Bachelor's in Civil/Environmental/Mechanical Eng

Tools

Civil 3D

LDT

Storm & Sewer Analysis

HydroCAD

Flowmaster

Job description

The Project Manager (PM) role is a client-focused position for which the candidate must have extensive project management experience for engineering design services. Working with the team, the PM will lead a variety of project types including site development incorporating best practices related to grading, utility systems, drainage and stormwater design, master planning from campus to district scales, and helping drive entitlement and planning approvals through creative and innovative implementation of infrastructure development. The successful candidate will have a passion for sustainable design, building client relationships and maintaining quality management processes to ensure work remains on track, within scope and on budget. This role includes mentorship of direct reports and will leverage and promote each team member’s strengths as a unique value add.

• Typically 8+ years experience delivering engineering and construction projects with solid technical knowledge and skills across the civil industry, including a strong background in condition assessment, planning, rehabilitation, and design
• Bachelor’s degree in civil, sanitary, environmental, chemical or mechanical engineering, or related degree
• Typically 2+ year leading engineering teams through the successful completion of construction, master planning, and entitlement projects
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey complex information, to motivate and influence others
• Dedication to recruit, build, mentor, and foster a diverse engineering team
• Technical understanding of civil infrastructure systems and land development including site feasibility, topography, utility systems grading and drainage and stormwater management.
• Ability to travel to other offices/sites as needed
• Professional Engineering (PE) Registration in California or ability to obtain a PE within one year after starting the role

Preferred Skills

• Master’s or PhD degree in Engineering - Civil and/or Environmental
• Knowledge of civil programs (Civil 3D, LDT, Storm and Sewer Analysis, Hydro CAD, Flowmasters, StormCAD, etc.)
• Design Build project management experience, especially those with civil industry experience or those with experience in industrial (process) oriented construction field
• Relevant certifications or other sustainability-oriented accreditation (iLEED , Envision, Living Building Challenge, EcoDistricts, DBIA)
• Knowledge of GIS principles

Expected Outcomes

• Develop and implement innovative design techniques that enhance projects and productivity within assignments
• Directly oversee and manage engineering efforts from project inception through completion of construction in coordination with Design Team, Client, and and construction teams
• Execution of all work professionally, safely, and ethically according to company values, engineering code of ethics and applicable law
• Regular client engagement resulting in continually expanding trust relationships and successful project delivery
• Coordinate with Principals and Operations leadership to assemble the project team and regularly review the project
• Project manage teams to meet scope, schedule, and budget requirements, resulting in consistently profitable work
• Develop, mentor and assist staff in gaining experience and expertise in existing and emerging services, building and strengthening the team’s competencies
• Diligent and timely compliance with and implementation of company business practices, key among these being time entry
• Maintenance of a Professional Engineer license for employment duration