Survey - Project Manager

Civil and Environmental Consultants; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Employee stock ownership program

Job summary

Civil & Environmental Consultants (CEC) invites a Project Manager for our Pittsburgh Survey Practice to lead technical teams and manage projects from proposal to delivery. You will guide field and office staff, ensure QA/QC, and drive quality, schedule, and budget performance.

This role emphasizes growth, client relationships, and leadership, with a hybrid work schedule and a comprehensive benefits package. Join us to shape our practice and mentor others while advancing your career.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive surveying experience.
• Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) or Surveyor‑In‑Training on track for licensure.
• Proficiency with the latest surveying technology, methods, and best practices.
• Project & Business Acumen in managing the full lifecycle of a project, including proposals, budgets, and client relationships.
• A mindset of ownership, leading by example, elevating those around you.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Manage QA/QC and high-quality deliverables across office and field operations.
• Team Development & Mentorship: Support growth of a high-performing practice through mentoring and training.
• Project Management: Oversee surveying projects from proposal through completion, including scope, budget, schedule, and financial performance.
• Business Growth & Innovation: Identify opportunities, expand client relationships, and enhance services.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Project management

Business acumen

Ownership mindset

Education

Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) or Surveyor‑In‑Training

Tools

Lidar technology

Survey software

Budgeting & proposals

Job description

Survey - Project Manager

Location: US-PA-Pittsburgh (Moon Township)

Category: Survey / Geospatial

Type: Full-Time

Overview

Ready to take your career from Professional Surveyor to industry leader? Join Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) in our Pittsburgh, PA office, and step into a high-impact role where you're not just managing projects - you're shaping the future of our practice.

You'll be a go-to technical leader, mentor, and project manager - guiding teams, advancing capabilities, and helping expand our client base. This is an opportunity to elevate both your career and the performance of the entire Pittsburgh Survey Practice. You'll manage and deliver a wide range of surveying services, including boundary, ALTA/NSPS Land Title, topographic, control, design, and construction surveys, while using the latest technology solutions such as terrestrial and aerial lidar.

You'll support CEC's strong national presence in land surveying and geospatial services by supporting business development and marketing efforts to grow CEC's Survey Practice, while continuing to shape a culture that prioritizes mentorship, professional development, and long-term career growth.

At CEC, our employees enjoy a flexible/hybrid work schedule. Our comprehensive benefits package includes bonus recognition, based on performance, as well as participation in our employee stock ownership program. Additionally, we conduct mid-year and end-of-year performance reviews and provide goal-setting opportunities.

Endless perks are available to employees at CEC! Our office boasts a full-scale gym, cafe serving breakfast and lunch, and recreation rooms-creating the perfect balance of wellness and productivity. Throughout the year, employees enjoy ping pong, pool, cornhole, and pickleball tournaments as well as the annual summer picnic, themed happy hours, and fun team building activities including go-kart racing and curling! We also understand the importance of reaching beyond the office and giving back to the community-CEC employees volunteer for trail workdays to enhance local parks, maintain a CEC-designed pollinator garden for our office campus, and organize an annual charity golf tournament. At CEC Pittsburgh, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of connection, collaboration, and growth within the office and in our community.

What You'll Do:

• Technical Leadership: Manage quality assurance and quality control efforts, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and high-quality deliverables across office and field operations
• Team Development & Mentorship: Support ongoing growth of a high-performing practice through mentoring, training, and interview participation
• Project Management: Manage day‑to‑day operations of surveying projects from proposal through completion, including scope, budget, schedule, and financial performance
• Business Growth & Innovation: Act with an entrepreneurial mindset - identify opportunities, expand client relationship, enhance services, and help to grow the practice

We offer a sign-on bonus to get you started!

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive surveying experience
• Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) or Surveyor‑In‑Training on track for licensure
• Proficiency with the latest surveying technology, methods, and best practices
• Project & Business Acumen in managing the full lifecycle of a project, including proposals, budgets, and client relationships
• A mindset of ownership, leading by example, standing behind your work, and elevating those around you

About Us

We have experts! CEC is consistently ranked as a Top 500 Design Firm and Top 200 Environmental Firm by Engineering News-Record. We are looking for people who enjoy using their education and experience to solve difficult technical problems and work on interesting projects. You can accomplish this while working with a team of professionals who are equally motivated to provide high levels of service to our clients and to teach you along the way.

We have support! We have a variety of Employee Resource Groups, including CEC Community - focused on giving back to the communities in which we work; CEC Ignite - focused on helping professionals early in their careers to develop their pathway; CEC iDEA - focused on inclusion, diversity, equality, and acceptance; and CEC Women - focused on creating internal and external opportunities for women to network and leverage professional experience!

We care about our people! People and Culture are two of the five elements of our strategic plan. When you care about your people, they will want to grow a career with you - that is our goal. CEC offers you a small‑firm work environment with large‑firm opportunities. Not only will we help you develop professionally, but we will also provide an opportunity to become an owner of the firm and share in its success.

CEC offers a matching 401(k); profit sharing; a performance bonus; company stock; medical, dental, and vision insurance; short and long-term disability; tuition assistance; professional development; and work‑life balance.

CEC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS

If CEC has not expressly requested recruiting services or contractually engaged with you for recruiting services on a specific position, any resumes or candidate profiles sent to CEC shall be considered unsolicited. Therefore, any such submissions will be considered property of CEC, with no associated fees due to your firm.