Senior Geospatial Project Manager

wilsonco; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-owned

Competitive hourly wage

Job summary

Wilson & Company is seeking an experienced Geospatial Project Manager to lead delivery on LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GIS projects, maintaining client relationships from award through closeout. You’ll balance project scope, schedule, budget, and quality while allocating time to nurture opportunities and help win new work.

You will coordinate with a production team to provide technical direction, quality control, and risk management, ensuring client specifications and industry standards are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geomatics, Geography, GIS, Surveying, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in geospatial project delivery with PM responsibility.
• Professional licensure or certification (GISP, PLS) is a plus.
• Willingness to travel to client sites and events.
• Self-starter able to work independently within a matrixed team.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery from award through closeout: scope, schedule, budget, and QC.
• Serve as primary client contact and manage expectations throughout delivery.
• Manage project financials: budgets, fee tracking, earned value, margin, utilization.
• Coordinate with LiDAR, photogrammetry, GIS teams to staff and guide projects.
• Dedicate ~quarter time to business development and proposal support.
• Build client relationships to drive repeat business and expanded scopes.
• Develop schedules and resource plans across production, survey, and CADD staff.
• Provide technical review on LiDAR, imagery, and GIS deliverables.

Skills

Geospatial production

Project management

Client management

Budget management

Business development

Team leadership

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Geomatics

Professional licensure (GISP/PLS)

Tools

LiDAR processing

Photogrammetry

GIS software

Job description

Wilson & Company is looking for an experienced Geospatial Project Manager to lead delivery on LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GIS projects - both existing client accounts and new work you help bring in. This role is primarily about running projects well: managing scope, schedule, budget, and technical quality, and being the client's trusted point of contact throughout delivery. Alongside that, you'll spend a meaningful slice of your time - roughly a quarter - on business development: nurturing client relationships toward repeat work, supporting proposals, and helping win the next project for accounts you manage. You'll have solid technical grounding in geospatial production and an established production team to deliver alongside, so your focus stays on running the project and the client relationship rather than production mechanics.

What You'll Do

• Lead project delivery from award through closeout on both existing accounts and newly won work: scope, schedule, budget, technical direction, and QC.
• Serve as the primary client contact for assigned projects and accounts, managing expectations and communication throughout delivery.
• Manage project financials: budgets, fee tracking, earned value, margin, and utilization, reporting status to leadership.
• Coordinate with the existing LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GIS production team to staff and execute projects, providing technical direction and quality control.
• Dedicate roughly a quarter of your time to business development: identifying opportunities on existing accounts, supporting proposal development, and helping pursue new work.
• Build client relationships during delivery that lead to repeat business and expanded scopes.
• Develop project schedules and resource plans, coordinating across production, survey, and CADD staff as needed.
• Provide technical review and troubleshooting on LiDAR, imagery, and GIS deliverables to ensure they meet client specifications and industry standards.
• Coordinate with other service lines (transportation, transmission, water/wastewater, environmental) to identify cross-selling opportunities on your accounts.
• Mentor project staff assigned to your projects, supporting their technical and professional development.
• Prepare and present project status updates, risk assessments, and change management communications to clients and leadership.

What You Bring

• Solid technical background in LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GIS, with hands-on project delivery experience.
• History of project development from early client interaction through proposal, award, and delivery.
• Track record managing project and operational financial metrics (budgets, margins, utilization, forecasting).
• Strong client management skills, with a track record of building trust, managing expectations, and sustaining long-term relationships.
• Some business development experience - comfortable identifying opportunities and supporting proposals, even if BD hasn't been your primary role.
• Self-starter who can operate independently while collaborating effectively across a matrixed team environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting to clients and leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in Geomatics, Geography, GIS, Surveying, Civil Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Typically 7+ years of progressive experience in geospatial project delivery, with prior project management responsibility.
• Professional licensure or certification (PLS, GISP, or equivalent) a plus.
• Willingness to travel to client sites, project locations, and industry events as needed.

Why Wilson & Company

Wilson & Company is an employee-owned engineering and geospatial services firm with an established national presence across transportation, transmission, water/wastewater, environmental, planning, and architecture. Our geospatial practice carries long-standing anchor client relationships and a fully staffed LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GIS production team - so you're stepping into an established operation, not building one from scratch. We're also investing in automation and next-generation production capability to keep our teams at the leading edge of the industry.

Annual Salary Range: $50 - $70 per hour depending on experience

About Us:

For nearly a century, Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, has provided award-winning engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, surveying, geospatial, and construction management services. With employees across multiple offices in the Midwest, Southwest, Rocky Mountain, and Western regions in the United States, we bring people together to practice their craft, create value, and accomplish great things.