PROJECT MANAGER CIVIL DESIGN - SAN ANTONIO, TX

WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.

WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. is seeking a Civil Design Project Manager to join our team in our San Antonio, TX office.  Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Managers are ultimately responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, quality assurance/quality control and completion of specific projects. Project management is the backbone of the organization. Project management success dictates the success of the company.

• Lead the planning and implementation on land projects.
• Defines project tasks, schedules and resource requirements.
• Complies with and helps the enforcement of company standards, policies and procedures.
• Manages project budgets and analyzes project profitability, revenue, margins, billing rates and utilization.
• Measured on the overall profitability and success of the project.
• Conduct team meetings with project team and evaluate and coordinate the project.
• Either lead or provide support with project proposals.
• Prepare client-billing information on assigned projects and review billing folders under the direction of a Senior Project Manager.
• Provide day-to-day guidance to project team staff as needed.
• Identifies additional scope and fee opportunities that relate to the project and participates in business development activities.
• Manages collections on outstanding accounts receivable balances.
• Possesses a general understanding of computer applications utilized by team members during the execution of a project.
• Provides on-going communication with the client related to the project.
• Establishes goals for the projects and assist with achievement of QA/QC goals.
• Manage Client relationships.

Required Skills Required Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
• Professional Engineer licensed in Texas.
• Minimum 5+ years of increasing experience in land development.
• Must have insight to client service and development.
• Good understanding of financial management.
• Well-developed conflict resolution skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication is necessary and independent judgment is essential.
• Good mentoring skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Possess the ability to change focus quickly during a typical day.
• Positive and solution orientated approach to problems.

ABOUT WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC. (WESTWOOD)

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood) is a leading national surveying and engineering services provider for commercial and residential development, wind and solar energy, electric transmission, and oil and gas pipeline projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has grown to serve clients across the nation from multiple U.S. offices. In 2016, Westwood ranked #9 on the Zweig Group’s Hot Firm list for the second year in a row and moved up to #24 on their list of Best Firms to Work For. Westwood also placed in the top ten on POB’s Top 100 list for the second year in a row. In 2015, the firm received the Zweig Group Trifecta award, Zweig Group Marketing Excellence awards in three categories, SMPS Marketing and Communications awards, Minneapolis Star Tribune Top Workplaces, #6 Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Fast Fifty, and a spot on the Inc. 5000. 

• 1-2 years of experience working with college students, engagement programs, communications, or similar field of experience.
• Interest in food security, youth engagement, and/or non-profits.
• Organized, self-motivated and flexible.
• Attention to detail and ability to work efficiently.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written), and emotional intelligence.
• Outstanding, proven research and writing skills.
• Excellent computer skills, especially in Microsoft Office suite; experience with Drupal an added plus.

DIVERSITY

At Share Our Strength, we value an individual’s diversity of backgrounds, experiences, ideas and perspectives.  A hallmark of our history, culture and values has been the organization’s desire to bring together motivated, intelligent, and talented people to work together to find and implement solutions to eliminate childhood hunger. We each come to Share Our Strength with a unique background, but together we form a team that yields amazing results.

This shared value of encouraging and embracing diversity in our organization fosters a workplace and culture that is highlighted for its innovation, open expression of ideas, and collaboration. With a strong shared commitment to the organization’s mission, and a unique blend of individual strengths, we are all working toward ensuring that each child in America has food where they Live, Learn, and Play.

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