SUE Project Manager

At McKim & Creed, we are an employee-owned firm with more than 800 employees in offices throughout the U.S.  including NC, SC, FL, VA, GA, TX, LA and PA with a culture centered around “People Helping People” grounded by our core values (1) respect for people, (2) customer satisfaction, (3) continuous improvement, (4) safety and (5) ownership, which drives our mission to deliver exceptional engineering and geomatics solutions. We are a leading top 150 ENR-ranked firm seeking highly motivated SUE Project Manager inspired to elevated and grow your career to the next level.

WHAT WE OFFER: Join a company that puts its employees first. Ranked as one of the Best Firms to Work For, here are just some of the reasons to become part of the McKim & Creed team:

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): All employees are owners & benefit from profits earned.
• Competitive pay  paid holidays, bereavement, and parental, medical, and military leave
• Multiple office locations to work from: Stick close to home or travel for a change of scenery.
• Growth opportunities & training: Grow confidently in your career with our mentoring & training options.
• Professional development: Tuition reimbursement, early career professional program, online courses & more
• Work that makes a difference: See the direct impact your work has on our communities.
• Collaborative, supportive team: People to help you solve problems, cheer successes & encourage you along the way.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team. If you want to work at a company that will help improve the future of the communities where we live work and play, we're glad you found McKim & Creed.

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YOUR DAY-DAY WILL INCLUDE:

• Responsible for the management of Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) projects including the phase/task management of the geomatics portion of multi discipline projects.
• Major responsibilities include proposal writing, meeting schedules, profitability of work, quality of the work, directing project effort, monitoring and processing financial information, collecting fees, and client relationship.
• Developing and maintaining the client relationship, assigning, and directing the project team, project communications within the company and to outside stakeholders, controlling project performance, developing new work, and collecting a/r's.
• Coordinating with state and local municipalities to obtain proper certifications and permits for SUE work in their jurisdictions.
• Training of SUE technicians in the theory of utility designating and practical application of designating methods.
• Training and supervision of SUE crews in vacuum excavation (test holes).
• Coordinating with SUE Project Coordinator & SUE Operations Manager on weekly scheduling.
• Providing oversight and monitor SUE activities to ensure assignments meet performance goals.
• Recruit, hire, manage, mentor, and retain staff necessary to maintain and/or improve the SUE's unit's ability to produce a quality work product.

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 5 years’ experience in SUE Project Management.
• Understanding of financial metrics and the ability to perform monthly prebill reconciliation and help accounting with monthly billing.
• Manage subconsultants to perform SUE services such as traffic control, vacuum services, concrete cutting, removal and repair.
• 5 years supervising multiple SUE crews.
• Willingness to perform business development to generate new work.
• Proficient written and verbal communication and negotiation skills, knowledgeable in AutoCad and MicroStation, and sound engineering technical skills.
• Must be results oriented, decisive, persuasive, self-directed, self-reliant and adapt to change well with a take charge attitude and sense of urgency.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.
• Must have a valid driver's license, an acceptable motor vehicle record, cleared background check and a negative drug test result.

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT:

• Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to recruit, hire and develop talent to out-perform the competition.
• Motivated to learn and develop your career path.
• Aligned to McKim & Creed’s Core Values.
• Sound functional/technical skills in the role.

McKim & Creed is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status and maintains a Drug Free Workplace.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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