Civil Project Manager

Overview

We are seeking a Civil Project Manager/Team Leader with 6 years of professional experience to be part of our Civil Engineering team. A Professional Engineer (PE) license is required. This position is open to West Palm Beach, FL.

This position leads a team within a local office serving a defined geographic region and can have other teams working alongside. The Project Manager is responsible for leading a team produce high quality deliverables, while meeting financial targets. This role includes accountability for corresponding with the Market Leader(s) and Division Leadership to obtain the resources needed to execute projects successfully and create raving fans of clients. This position requires the greatest level of communication and accuracy and is key to obtaining referrals and repeat business from our clients.

At WGI, you will find talented, passionate associates providing exceptional service in collaborative, team-driven environments, all while having fun and enjoying the work they do. We work to stay ahead of the curve by investing in the latest tools and technology. As one of the nation’s top consulting firms, we consistently strive to promote efficiency, cultivate a culture our associates can proudly embrace, and empower our associates to advance their career growth at WGI, and beyond.

WGI is always looking for remarkable individuals to join our team and help us grow in our vision. If you think you are an innovative, self-motivated team-player, and want to shape your community, join our WGI team today!

WGI offers a complete Benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD & STD, Life Insurance, 401k with match, PTO, Holidays, HSA with company contribution, Pet insurance, and Employee assistance program.

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Responsibilities

Expertise

• Leader of a project team within a defined market sector (public works, single-family residential, commercial, mixed-use, multi-family and other types of projects)
• Direct responsibility for projects in the development of plans and specifications that include paving, grading, drainage and detention facilities, water lines, sanitary sewers, and other miscellaneous items
• Works to educate and build personal, as well as team, knowledge of market sector specifics. Becomes an expert and trusted resource to our clients at the project level
• Prepares project proposals for Market Leader or Director final approval
• As a project leader within their market, the Project Manager becomes a recognized expert to their clients

Communication

• Recruit employees, assign, direct, and evaluate their work, and oversee the development and maintenance of staff competence within their project team
• Communicate with their team members and clients in an exceptional manner including the issuance of project status letters
• Perform functions such as reviewing and writing reports, workload projections and other activities that ensure the team knows where to focus their efforts

Accuracy

• Execute production of project requirements to ensure contractual obligations are met
• Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities
• Direct, review, and approve project design and changes
• Communicate and adhere to all established company standards while executing work
• Quality review project deliverables to ensure client satisfaction and to avoid errors and omissions

Transparency

• Review invoice drafts and markup to ensure billing matches effort of team
• Provide updated billing projections monthly to accurately illustrate upcoming

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering
• Six or more years of experience post graduation
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas

Physical Demands

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Work is performed in an office setting.  Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate a computer, keyboard and mouse.  Use of a telephone headset will allow for virtual communication with team members through Zoom and/or Microsoft Teams.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to sit for prolonged periods, use hands/fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms, speak and hear.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

If you have what it takes to join our growing organization and want to be part of a dedicated team, please apply today. In return, WGI provides a competitive salary and an outstanding work environment. WGI is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

WGI does not accept any unsolicited resumes. Should any 3rd party agency or recruiter forward or submit any resume(s) to a WGI associate without a pre-existing contractual agreement, the submitted resume(s) will be deemed the property of WGI, and no placement fee will be provided.

All agencies and vendors are required to have a signed WGI vendor agreement from the WGI Chief HR Officer permitting them to work directly through our Talent Acquisition team. Obtaining this signed vendor agreement is the only way you will receive payment. Verbal or written commitments from any other member of our staff will not be binding.

All third-party recruiting/supplemental staffing agencies are expected to familiarize themselves and abide by this policy.