PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, or related Engineering field.
• Professional Engineer License.
• Minimum of 15 years experience in managing public work projects on schedule and within budget.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Professional knowledge of Civil 3D, Bluebeam, and Pipe Networks.
• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills, including leading up, across, and down the organization with various team sizes internally and externally.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas to achieve a common business objective.
• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods, and techniques.
• Build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives.
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions, and identifying priorities.
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.
• Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Required to stand, walk, and sit.
• The position may require a visit to project sites occasionally.
• The position requires a normal range of hearing.
• The employee must be able to lift 40 lbs. occasionally.
• Requires prolonged sitting with 15% of the time spent bending and reaching.
• Must have manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator.
• Noise levels are consistent with a standard office environment.
  CIvil Engineer with Public works experience and PE (Professional Engineering Certification)
  Job Type: Full-time
  Pay: $120,000.00 - $170,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• managing public works: 10 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• PE Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Mesa, AZ 8520

• Manage multiple project teams in all aspects of project management and planning to achieve project goals and objectives.
• Provide a big-picture perspective to project managers to attain project goals and strategic business objectives.
• Work with project managers and stakeholders to set project goals and objectives, identify necessary resources, estimate project budgets, set project scopes, and schedules, and create project plans.
• Set and continually manage project expectations while delegating and managing deliverables with project managers.
• Monitor, track, and control outcomes, facilitating project team meetings to ensure performance and progress and resolve issues or conflicts.
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, and communication across departments and leadership.
• Follow up with clients as needed to clarify project goals, ensure the design meets their needs and specifications, and represent the client in public meetings.
• Assess the project’s overall success and team performance.
• Provide clear direction on tasks and expectations on deliverables and establish clear deadlines with team member affirmation.
• Responsible for contract management, including change orders or additional services.
• Own project financials, including billing, budgets, and accounts receivable collections.
• Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution. Ensure projects are delivered to QA/QC standards.
• Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration, or litigation, as needed.
• Build and train project teams to expand their capabilities by establishing best practices, policies, tools, methodologies, quality assurance and control, tools, and templates.
• Balance staffing and workload through collaboration with the PM and team.
• Advocate for learning, process improvement, and project management in the company.
• Collaborate with People Operations to develop onboarding processes and other essential training needs.
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project managers, including performance reviews.
• Provide on-site and/or remote leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals and adhere to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Advocate and model “I am EPS” culture and instill firm, department and team culture and values.
• Responsible for completing personal timecards accurately and reviewing and approving associate timecards on time.
• May require attending project team and public meetings after hours.
• Communicate effectively (written and verbal) internally (interdepartmental and intradepartmental) and externally (inclusive of clients, sub-consultants, municipalities).
• Lead the execution of strategic initiatives.
• Evaluate company practices and processes to provide input for continuous improvement.
• Be an ambassador for EPS at industry events and conferences. May require attending project team and public meetings after hours.
• Actively involved in developing future business and building relationships with existing clients.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Achieve a 50-60% Billable Utilization Rate. Non-billable activities include company & team meetings, professional development, community involvement, innovation time, culture & engagement activities, learning, and training.
• May manage $600k-1.5M+ in projects and 4+ staff members, including Assistant Project Managers, Project Managers and staff.