Civil / LA Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Looking for a terrific place to build your career and write your own success story?

Balzer & Associates is searching for a Civil / LA Project Manager. This is an incredible opportunity to lead and grow with an extremely successful firm.

At Balzer & Associates, we have been delivering design solutions to clients for over 50 years and are looking for the right team members to contribute to our mission of serving the community.

Our employees are recognized as the essential pillars to our development and success; therefore, our focus is on taking exceptional care of not only our clients, but of our team.

When you join our team, you are exposed to all aspects of the design process. As a multi-disciplinary firm, our staff has the unique opportunity to interact, learn, and grow in a collaborative environment where knowledge is gained every day.

Our diversity of work and disciplines affords our professionals the opportunity to be involved with a wide variety of projects that provide a foundation on which an outstanding career can be built.

Balzer & Associates offers a competitive, robust benefit package to full-time employees consisting of medical, dental and vision insurance;

401k match; PTO & paid holidays; annual bonus program, discretionary profit sharing, educational reimbursement, employee engagement events, financial wellness education, and other valuable benefits.

Job Summary :

The Civil / LA Project Manager plans, directs, and coordinates activities of each designated project to ensure that goals or objectives of the project are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters by performing duties personally or through subordinates.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Reviews project proposal or scope to determine time frame, fees, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project
• Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project, and arranges for assignment of personnel
• Confers with project staff to outline workplan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority
• Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget
• Reviews status of project with project personnel and modifies schedules or plans as required, communicating with management, clients, or others regarding status updates and schedule changes
• Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems
• Review design calculations and project construction documents for compliance with project scope and building code requirements, communicating comments and necessary changes with project personnel

Required Skills and Abilities :

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret
• Ability to write effective reports and correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and / or architects
• Possesses a firm understanding of engineering design for all aspects of site development along with current knowledge of industry trends, technology, codes and regulations
• Embraces teamwork approach
• Must possess strong technical skills
• Must demonstrate expertise in project design, flow and management
• Intermediate level proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Proficient in AutoCAD and other discipline specific software

Education and Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from accredited college or university required
• Professional engineering (PE) license from state licensing agency required
• Valid Virginia driver’s license is required along with satisfactory driving record

Competencies Required :

• Budget
• Communication
• Ethics
• Leadership
• Organization Skills
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Quality
• Results Driven
• Strategic Thought

Other Duties :

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.