Senior Project Manager - Civil/Site Land Development

HILGARTWILSON, LLC; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Colliers Engineering & Design in Arizona is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead multidisciplinary land development teams and manage client relationships on high-profile projects like Halo Vista and Teravalis.

Based in Arizona with flexible work from Phoenix, West Valley, or Gilbert offices, you will oversee project financial performance, schedules, QA/QC, and mentoring of staff while advancing communities through thoughtful design and strong regulatory coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• 8+ years of related experience.
• Professional licensure strongly preferred.
• Valid driver’s license preferred.
• Experience in land development required.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Strong communication with clients and agencies.
• Detail-oriented with analytical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor time schedules and budgets on projects and control work.
• Identify project team, work packages, tasks, and manpower requirements.
• Quality control/assurance on all assigned projects.
• Oversee work and productivity on projects.
• Contribute to proposals and marketing support, including BD.
• Mentor project managers and junior staff.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Job description

Overview

Join Colliers Engineering & Design's growing Civil/Site team in Arizona and play a key role in shaping some of the region's most exciting developments. As a Senior Project Manager, you'll lead multidisciplinary project teams, manage client relationships, oversee project financial performance, and drive the successful delivery of complex land development projects.

This position offers the opportunity to work on high-profile developments, including Halo Vista, the transformative mixed-use community, and Teravalis, one of the largest planned master-planned communities in the nation. You'll collaborate with talented engineers, planners, and designers while helping deliver projects that will leave a lasting impact on Arizona's future growth. Based in Arizona, this role offers flexibility to work from our Phoenix, West Valley, or Gilbert offices. If you're looking for an opportunity to lead meaningful projects, mentor talented staff, grow client relationships, and help shape rapidly expanding communities, this is the place to do it.

Whether facilitating large-scale commercial developments, master-planned communities, mixed-use destinations, or transformative regional infrastructure projects, joining Colliers Engineering & Design will accelerate YOUR success while allowing you to make a lasting impact on the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

• Monitor time schedules and capital cost budgets on projects to satisfy the client as well as control work and productivity.
• Identify the project team, work packages and tasks, evaluation methods, productivity targets, schedule of deliverables and manpower required on projects.
• Responsible for the quality control/quality assurance process on all assigned projects.
• Oversee the work and productivity on assigned projects.
• Strive to achieve predetermined goals for profit, productivity targets, schedule of events and an estimation of manpower requirements as necessary.
• Participate in formulating and coordinating proposals and provides other Marketing support, including Business Development.
• Hold team meetings ensuring procedures governing review and approval of projects are followed prior to submission of completed work.
• Negotiate with clients on any scope changes relative to project budgets and schedules subject to supervisors’ approval.
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with all employees involved in the project to ensure high utilization rates (i.e. Project team meetings).
• Review monthly man-hour and cost reports to ensure projects are being completed at the predetermined profit goal.
• Ensure everyone involved is working in accordance with all project planning and profit control procedures.
• Ensure that all budgets affecting the project schedule and/or fee budget are discussed with the client. Ensure that all out-of-scope work and associated feeds are approved by the client prior to performing the services.
• Solicit help and involvement from Department Managers and any other managers to troubleshoot any technical problems.
• Works efficiently with the Billing Department to authorize and transmit bills to client. Follows up with clients for timely payments.
• Mentor Project Managers and junior staff in learning sound technical and business practices and enhancing corporate objectives.
• Adhere to Health and Safety program and all applicable SOPs.
• Review time sheets of direct reports during a specified reporting period.
• Evaluate Employee Performance in accordance with company policy.
• May oversee the activities of assigned staff, including but not limited to timesheet review and approval, performance evaluation and daily supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• 8+ years of related experience.
• Professional licensure in a related field is strongly preferred.
• Valid driver’s license preferred.
• Experience in land development, required.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD Civil 3D and the ability to mentor junior staff to enhance their design skills.
• Ability to interact well with coworkers, clients, and regulatory agencies.
• Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.
• Attention to detail with exceptional analytical and judgment capabilities.
• Construction oversight, preferred.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Knowledge of local city, county, and state land use processes and regulations.
• Advanced technical skills in stormwater management, hydraulics, hydrological analysis, grading, and other site development related designs.
• Dedicated, responsive, and organized.

What We Offer

At Colliers Engineering & Design, our people are our most important resource. That’s why we are committed to providing all our employees with a safe, comfortable work environment, potential for career advancement, and the ability to impact society through their projects and company-sponsored activities.

This dedication begins with supporting a work-life balance through a generous compensation package that includes company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid pregnancy disability leave; short- and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; a company-matched 401(k)/Roth; paid time off that includes parental and military leave; employee referral and professional license bonuses and a straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a work week.

We have also created an internal culture that provides the resources and technology needed to encourage personal and professional growth opportunities through reimbursement for education, a free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses, a mentorship program, a wellness program, a Women’s Organization, and ongoing philanthropic opportunities.