Land Development Assistant Project Manager

Overview

ABOUT THE POSITION

VHB, a leading firm in Planning, Engineering, and Environmental Sciences with offices from Maine to Florida, is seeking professionals who value ethics, client engagement, community impact, and professional development as the keys to a successful and rewarding career. Come grow your future with us!

Join VHB’s Raleigh NC Office as a Land Development Assistant Project Manager to help grow their expanding and innovative Land Development and Planning and Design team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dynamic team, across diverse disciplines, giving you exposure to a wide variety of projects in size and scope. Our clients include mixed-use, biotech, residential, multifamily, affordable housing, industrial, and hospitality developers.

VHB’s Land Development Team is seeking passionate professionals to join our team supporting impactful projects like the Birch and Branch Apartments in Southeast Raleigh—a 180-unit affordable housing development. We're addressing key infrastructure and environmental challenges to help bring this community-focused project to life. We are looking to engage professionals who want to grow in an environment where we value ethics, client engagement, positive community impact and professional growth as a path to success and building a rewarding career.

Find more about VHB's Land Development Team here: Land Development | VHB

Responsibilities

• Oversee all internal project aspects, including data review, information analysis, and ensuring compliance with standards and design concepts.
• Lead the development of preliminary layouts, design concepts, and detailed design drawings, ensuring compliance with company and industry standards and codes.
• Utilize, instruct, and delegate application usage for generating project-specific drawings, reports, or other technical deliverables
• Manage quality control procedures and recommend QC process enhancements
• Train and mentor junior staff on technical aspects and policies
• Develop engineering plans and specifications in a team environment for a multitude of projects
• Assist Project Managers with managing and delegating tasks, forecasting and proactively addressing workload, financial performance, and staffing needs, while collaborating with clients and teammates across the organization
• Oversee and engage in the development of existing client relationships, including conducting periodic meetings, developing proposals and budgets, and gathering feedback with teammates
• Assist with Business Development and Visibility efforts representing VHB in the community.

Skills and Attributes

• Willingness to learn implementation of integrated services projects in a team with multidisciplinary skills.
• Knowledge of land development construction including codes and development regulations
• Innovative design skills to develop solutions to complex projects.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Exhibits strong leadership skills and growth potential

Qualifications

• BS in Civil Engineering or related degree
• 5 years of increasing engineering experience on complex projects preferred
• PE licensure in NC or ability to obtain within 6 months
• Proficient in the following: AutoCAD Civil 3D, Microsoft Project, MS Office.
• Proficient in site layout, grading, utility design and stormwater management
• Experience in developing and compiling/producing site plans, construction documents, specification, and engineering reports
• Experience with GIS Systems is a plus – GIS is one of the tools we use to create better projects 

We are VHB! We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment. 

Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience, which includes: 

• Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation
• Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects
• Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards
• Focus on learning, development, and career growth
• Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace  

We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30 offices on the East Coast. We’re growing, and we hope you’ll join us! 

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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