Survey Senior Project Manager

Colliers Engineering & Design; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Pregnancy disability leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k)/Roth

Paid time off

Education reimbursement

In-house training courses

Mentorship program

Wellness program

Women’s Organization

Job summary

Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Senior Survey Project Manager to join its Survey/Geospatial team in Charlotte, NC. The role involves leading staff, managing budgets, and delivering complex surveying projects with a focus on accuracy and safety.

You will prepare work plans, monitor schedules, and ensure quality controls while coordinating with clients and internal teams to drive project success and business growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in surveying or related field.
• Professional licensure in related field.
• Valid driver's license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise assigned staff and project scope, schedule, quality, and budget.
• Prepare work plans and man-hour budgets for approval.
• Monitor time schedules and capital cost budgets.
• Prepare advanced engineering designs and data for completion and accuracy.
• Quality control/quality assurance on projects.
• Oversee the work and productivity on assigned projects.
• Support proposals and business development.
• Identify project team, tasks, and manpower.
• Negotiate scope changes with clients and approvals.
• Coordinate communication to ensure high utilization.
• Review monthly time and cost reports.
• Ensure adherence to planning and profit procedures.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Client communication

Geospatial data

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Professional licensure

Valid driver’s license

Tools

AutoCAD Civil3D

GIS software

Budgeting

Job description

Overview

Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Senior Survey Project Manager to join its team in Charlotte, NC.

Overview

Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Senior Survey Project Manager to join its team in Charlotte, NC.

Join our Survey/Geospatial team, which offers a full range of survey and geospatial data and mapping services that enable us to collect data faster, safer, and more accurately than ever before. Collect data from the air, ground and subsurface to provide precision data interpretation with us, and accelerate YOUR success to become tomorrow’s industry leader.

Responsibilities

• Manage, direct, and supervise the work efforts of assigned staff and coordinate the technical and managerial direction provided by Management regarding scope, schedule, quality and budget of projects.
• Prepare effective work plans and man-hour budgets for approval by Department Manager.
• Monitor time schedules and capital cost budgets on projects to satisfy the client as well as control work and productivity.
• Prepare advanced engineering designs and/or technical data for completion and accuracy.
• 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, and schedule of deliverables.
• Participates in formulating and coordinating proposals and provides other Marketing support, including Business Development.
• Identify the project team, work packages and tasks, evaluation methods, productivity targets, schedule of deliverables and man power needed on projects.
• 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 pre-determined goal.
• Ensure everyone involved is working in accordance with all project planning and profit control procedures.
• Ensure that all scope revisions affecting the project schedule and/or budget are discussed with the client. Ensure that all out-of-scope work and associated fees 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 junior staff in learning sound technical and business practices, and enhancing corporate objectives.
• Adhere to Health and Safety program and all applicable SOPs.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in related field.
• 10+ years.
• Professional licensure in related field, Valid driver’s license preferred.
• Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.

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 as well as Company sponsored activities.

• 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

• reimbursement for education
• a free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses
• mentorship program
• wellness program
• Women’s Organization and ongoing philanthropic opportunities