Civil/Structural Engineering Manager

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Civil Structural Engineering Manager is a discipline leader responsible for technical design to support proposals, engineer of record review, and operations support for a utility scale PV EPC contractor in the US. Their primary functions will be leading proposal level design efforts on a project level, developing advancements as the subject SME, and supervise a team. The Civil Structural Engineering Manager will work closely with the Estimating Department, Operations, and Senior Renewables leadership to ensure designs are accurate, within scope, meet code, and are within the corporation’s directive throughout all Renewables project locations.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Civil Structural Engineering Manager will support all civil related aspects of Renewables projects, as required by federal, state and local regulations during the proposal, pre-construction, construction, and warranty phases of solar projects. Typical responsibilities include:

• Lead engineers, across civil/structural disciplines of all project participants, to conceptualize and develop preliminary design documents in accordance with technical, commercial and code compliance requirements.
• Supervise small group comprised of both engineers and designers.
• Establish civil structural engineering standards, processes and automation systems to reduce time, effort and cost during design process.
• Work closely with Procurement to evaluate technology, materials and alternatives that places Primoris in an industry leading position.
• Work closely with Estimating team to capture all the scope of work, design aspects and any specific requirements from clients.
• Collaborates with the Clients to understand their engineering and design needs. Use this insight and data to lead the engineering group to conceptualize and design efficient and competitive PV systems.
• Collaborate with Business Development to support and achieve business goals.
• Work with supervisor to assign, develop, train, mature, mentor, hire, and manage personnel across projects throughout the program.
• Establish and communicate project and program objectives and expectations to facilitate understanding across the participants.
• Work with your peers in Business Development to create and maintain the discipline to safely deliver quality projects on time and within budget with certainty, consistently.
• Instill confidence in the team using good project management principles and practices including communication, planning, coordination, collaboration, control and reporting techniques that inform, create efficiency and add value in a professional participatory manner.
• Measure and reports progress as appropriate.
• Check technical accuracy of work and oversee quality management system procedures for the work produced by the group.
• Coordinate engineering activities of unit with other units or organizations.
• Lead small number of projects as needed.
  
  

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• B.S. Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering (or equivalent) from an ABET accredited college.
• Professional Engineering License Required
• 10 years of Engineering and/or construction experience preferred
• Preference given for experience in Construction, Solar, BESS, Renewable Energy, or Power Generation.
• In depth knowledge of federal, state, and local civil regulations.
• Valid driver’s license and an acceptable motor vehicle driving record (MVR).
• Role includes supporting multiple projects site locations with travel up to 15% of the time.
  
  

PREFERRED SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Interpersonal skills – Ability to present information to a small group of employees or sub-contractors.
• Effective communication skills (oral, written, listening, presentation) to effectively work with subcontractors and employees
• Computer literacy. This does not include knowledge of all software to be used, but the ability to learn to use efficiently the software which is in use. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio).
• Organization skills. Scheduling, planning and prioritization.
• Advanced construction drawing knowledge. Knowledge of drawing layouts, references, notes, and good practices associated with producing and reading construction drawings.
• Ability to follow safety rules without cutting corners. To understand the intent of safety rules, not blindly adhering to the literal words of the rule.
  
  

Benefits and Pay:

• Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• We provide paid sick leave as required by Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Short Term/Long Term Disability, 401K with matching contribution.
• Salary $150,000- $180,000 annually, dependent on experience, qualifications, and competencies.
  
  

EEO Statement:

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration

for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status,

protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Agency Statement:

We are not accepting resumes from Third Party Recruiting Firms for this position. If you are an Agency or Search firm representative, contact the Primoris Talent Acquisition Manager directly for consideration. Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes and online response forms through this source. In addition, Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees on unsolicited resumes that are submitted to any member of the Staffing or Operations team. Primoris has established an approved vendor program for this service and will only consider accepting submissions from those approved firms. For consideration in becoming an approved vendor, contact HR.