Survey - Project Manager

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Hybrid work schedule

Employee stock ownership plan

Career development & reviews

Job summary

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) in Pittsburgh, PA, is seeking a Senior Professional Surveyor to lead and deliver high-impact surveying projects.

You will guide teams, mentor staff, and manage proposals through completion, while ensuring quality across boundary and ALTA/NSPS surveys using the latest lidar tools. The role emphasizes technical leadership, client relationship growth, and ownership of project outcomes in a flexible/hybrid work environment, with opportunities for

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 relationships, enhance services, and help grow the practice.

Skills

Professional Land Surveyor (PLS)

5+ years surveying experience

surveying technology proficiency

Project & Business Acumen

Ownership mindset

Job description

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 along with 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, café 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

• 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

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.