What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager - Land Development position at LJA 2025?
Title: Project Manager
Division: Land Development
LJA recognizes that our success depends on the quality of the people we hire. We are currently seeking highly talented individuals that take pride in their work, function exceptionally well independently and in team environments, and contribute to the overall success of the company. As a 100% employee-owned company, we promote an entrepreneurial spirit that helps drive the bottom line and the long-term professional and financial success of our employees. With more than 50 office locations, LJA is growing and ready for talented people to help us build our future.
Summary: Serves as Project Manager with responsibility for conceptualizing, interpreting, organizing, executing and coordinating engineering projects within the land development sector. This position requires an individual who has experience in the areas of residential single-family subdivisions as well as multi-family and commercial site and land development. The project manager should have a thorough understanding of all civil engineering components typical of site and land development. Specifically, the project manager should be able to perform confidently and efficiently in the production and design of site layouts, stormwater infrastructure and facilities, grading for small and large projects, utility coordination and design, roadway and or pavement design.
General Responsibilities:
· Plans, coordinates, and directs a large and important engineering project or several smaller projects with many complex features.
· Leads a team of project engineers, EIT’s, designers, and CAD draftsmen to produce construction plans, exhibits, reports, tables, etc. as may be requested/required by the client. Be responsible for the daily operations and deliverables that may be necessary for the development of single-family residential, multi-family and commercial projects.
· Analyze project scope, client’s RFP and firm’s proposal. Organize work and set procedures and deadlines in an efficient and profitable manner to accomplish projects while utilizing company staff and resources.
· Uses advanced techniques, theory, precepts, and practices typically encountered within the civil engineering field and related sciences and disciplines.
· Able to self-perform with little to no oversite in the execution of duties and project deliverables while maintaining budget and schedule.
· Project Manager will have good and professional communication skills in the interaction with staff, Client, reviewing authorities and other consultants for the overall coordination, execution and completion of projects.
· Ability to assist in writing proposals based on clients needed scope of work for project formation from concept through completion.
Required Education/Licenses:
· Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
· Licensed Professional Engineer
Required Experience:
· 6 years of land development experience
· Strong communication skills
· Ability to build strong relationships
· Strong understanding of land development codes for local cities and governing bodies.
· Civil 3D
