Summit Design and Engineering Services is an award-winning, multi-disciplined firm headquartered in Hillsborough, NC. Our fast-paced, growth-oriented company strives to deliver innovative, elegant solutions to our clients while providing support and guidance to the communities where we live, work, and play. We have also been recognized throughout the industry: we are the current ACEC/NC Large Firm of the Year (2023) and have been on the NC Triangle Business Journal's Fast 50 for seven years.

At Summit, we know our employees are the backbone of our organization. That's why we've built a collaborative, growth-oriented environment where each team member is valued, heard, and supported in their career goals. We invest directly in our employee's success by offering a wide range of benefits, beyond the basics including student loan reimbursement, paid volunteer hours, education and certification assistance, wellness stipends, and a flexible workplace that encourages work-life balance. When our team succeeds, Summit thrives!

We seek individuals who will contribute to a more diverse, inclusive, and forward-thinking environment. If you're interested in joining over 400 of the industry's best and brightest, we welcome you to apply.

As we continue to grow, we are in need of a Civil Engineer - Project Manager. This position will lead the project design, client communication, permitting, and management of commercial and residential development projects. In this position, you will collaborate in-house with other civil engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors, and others to assist our clients in developing public, private, and mixed-use projects.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise the execution of projects, including technical, financial, client coordination, approvals, and permitting issues.
• Prepare proposals with project schedules and fees.
• Establish budgets and time schedules for proposed work.
• Effectively manage and assign duties and schedules to assigned team members.
• Exceed client's expectations and foster client relationships by collaboration and problem-solving with the client as needed.
• Communicate with clients regularly to provide project status and updates.
• Ensure individual and department QA/QC procedures are followed.
• Fully permit and secure entitlements of projects, including rezoning, special use permits, conditional use permits, site plan approvals, and required construction document approvals and permits.
• Supervise construction administration-related duties such as meetings, site visits, responses to RFIs, and review of shop drawings.
• Lead and mentor staff, including civil designers and CAD technicians assigned to project team to ensure all responsibilities are met and that time is spent efficiently and effectively.
• Prepare monthly invoices for assigned projects and review and approve sub-consultant invoices.
• Business Development by maintaining existing client relationships and acquiring new contacts/clients through attendance at local meetings, workshops and/or social events.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting project budgets and schedules.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• Registration as a Professional is preferred
• Minimum eight years of experience
• Working knowledge of various computer programs including Civil 3D, AutoCAD, MS Office
• Specific design experience required with planning, site layout, landscaping, grading, storm drainage, stormwater management, utilities, and erosion control
• Familiarity with entitlement processes and local permitting regulations
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret a wide variety of technical instruction
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to prepare presentations and effectively deliver those to Boards, Commissions, and Communities
• Effective collaboration skills
• Ability to manage and grow key relationships with clients and to market the services to clients
• Ability to work independently as well as on teams
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Ability to sit for extended periods and stand and walk on job sites as needed
• Ability to drive

Summit Design and Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action. E-verify.

A background check, including a criminal and driving record check, will be performed. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify a candidate. Many factors will be considered when a conviction is present.