Project Manager

About Us

Civil Design Concepts is an Employee-Owned value-add Engineering firm offering a full array of land planning and consulting services to public and private clients in Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, and Upstate South Carolina. We are looking for a new employee owner to join our rapidly growing company and fill the role of Civil Project Manager.

The Perks

We recognize that compensation, benefits, and paid time off can help our employees maintain a healthy work/life balance. CDC is proud to offer flexibility in schedules, competitive salary, Employee Stock Ownership plan, bonuses, health, dental and vision insurance, disability and group term life insurance, and a safe harbor 401(k) match. While we work hard, we also play hard, join us for quarterly social events, lunch and learns, and Employee Ownership Week just to name a few. We encourage our employees’ professional development by paying for license renewals and professional fees or memberships, along with providing tuition assistance.

About the Position

As a Civil Project Manager, we hope to leverage your experience and knowledge in engineering and land planning to help us bring a unique development consulting service to our clients. If you have site development knowledge with a desire to manage multiple projects in Western North Carolina we are looking for you.

The Civil Project Manager will be responsible and accountable for overall success of the assigned projects. This includes the financial performance of the project budget, the project scheduling and meeting deadlines, managing client needs and expectations, coordination with permitting agencies and other important stakeholders, the production of all elements of the civil design and project deliverables, the overall QA/QC process of the civil design plans, specifications, and supporting documentation for the project and responsible for compiling and managing the appropriate resources to deliver the project to the client. As a prerequisite to obtaining this position, an individual has demonstrated proficiency in civil engineering design, project management, leadership amongst fellow co-workers, and has developed outstanding client contact skills.

The Civil Project Manager will be expected to foster the mentorship of other Junior Engineers and Civil Designers and demonstrate a strong sense of leadership amongst peers both internally to CDC and externally to the public. This position will continue to seek mentorship from Principals and Client Managers to strengthen the project, employee, and client management skill sets. The Civil Project Manager will continue growing in their role while focusing on further developing skill sets in specific areas of managing projects, employees, and clients.

Key Responsibilities

Daily communication with clients and staff

Successful management of multiple employees and projects

Determine project schedule; calculating time requirements; sequencing project elements

Determine project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements, assigning personnel

Attend meetings and make presentations

Create and execute project work plans and making revisions as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

Manage day-to-day operational aspects of project and scope, monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, resolving comments, and recommending actions

Review deliverables prepared by team prior to presentation to client, government entities, etc.

Effectively apply the company’s methodology and project standards, along with applying sound engineering and code requirements

Ensure internal project documents are complete, current, and accessible

Participate in marketing activities as determined by the company

Assist in managing project budgets ensuring effective utilization of team and resources

Ensure timely and accurate time entry for invoicing, and monitor AR for assigned projects

Determine project specifications by studying site specs, regulations and preparing cost estimates to ensure clients desired outcome

Qualification Requirements:

• Minimum qualifications include:


• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or Landscape Planning


• 3-6 years of Land development (residential, commercial, and/or industrial) design and project management experience in a Land Development firm


• Active Certification, registered in the State of North Carolina or ability to obtain within 6 months


• Proven history of effective client management


• Must understand, interpret, explain, and apply complex rules, regulations, laws, and ordinances


• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced work environment and shift priorities as needed in order to effectively manage pipeline


• Ability to independently manage multiple employees and projects concurrently


• Excellent communication skills both written and oral are required to interact with clients, municipal, county and state entities and other relevant stakeholders to develop project scopes and troubleshoot issues


• Must possess a valid Driver's License and acceptable driving record

At this time we are accepting direct applicants only. We are not accepting agency resumes or calls at this time.