Site/Civil Project Manager - Energy Group

Woolpert is an award-winning global provider of architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. The company is seeking a Project Manager to support infrastructure energy projects by managing client relationships, project schedules, scope, financials, quality control, deliverables, and technical civil engineering guidance.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong, supportive relationships, ensuring excellent client service and a collaborative team approach
• Act as the primary point of contact between clients and internal project teams, ensuring clear communication and expectations; managing schedule, scope, project financials, QA/QC, and deliverables; and anticipating and resolving project issues
• Set projects, programs, and staff up for success and continuous improvement by applying a structured, step-by-step mindset to create, document, and apply lessons
• Provide civil engineering-related technical guidance for both rural and urban energy transmission projects. Relevant skills and experience include:
  • Site civil engineering design, including grading, stormwater management, materials selection, and geotechnical assessment;
  • Environmental impacts, such as E&S control selection and SWP3s;
  • Permitting, particularly in the City of Columbus, Ohio;
  • Utility route selection and coordination;
  • Construction support, both during construction and emphasizing buildable design; and
  • Project documentation such as design notes and technical reports

Requirements:

• Candidates who are a good fit have strong interpersonal, management, and relevant technical skills
• Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country where the job is located
• We are seeking an experienced project manager with a strong foundation in site development or site civil design, utilities, civil construction, permitting, and/or survey
• Minimum of 8 years relevant Engineering, Survey, or Civil Construction Industry experience required
• The ability to drive technical discussion and site civil design, QA/QC engineering plans, and support a culture of continuous improvements to project deliverables
• A proactive, client-focused approach with the ability to build trust and collaboration, and to communicate effectively both internally and externally
• Comfort using standard Office software, including Bluebeam
• Good written and verbal English, including ability to write project notes and short technical reports without AI tools
• Ability to travel occasionally to field and office locations for local client and project needs
• Strong project management fundamentals. Experience with proposals, scope/schedule/fee management, and program development preferred
• Additional relevant software proficiency is preferred (Civil3D, HydroCAD, ESRI products, etc)
• A professional registration is preferred but not required