Project Manager

About the Company

Founded in 2007, Ward Getz & Associates LLC (WGA) is a Texas based professional consulting firm that has steadily grown in a competitive market by consistently delivering exceptional quality and service. Our success is rooted in the belief that creative design drives successful projects and that strong collaborative relationships with municipalities, permitting authorities, and local and state agencies lead to tangible results throughout the development process. Our diverse project experience spans industrial, commercial, large mixed use developments, hospitality, healthcare, education, municipal infrastructure, and both multifamily and single family residential projects. From preliminary feasibility studies to full scale design, we are committed to providing value through innovative and cost effective solutions tailored to each project's unique needs. With four established offices across Texas in Houston, The Woodlands, Austin, and San Antonio, and with remote team members located throughout the United States, WGA continues to expand its reach while maintaining a strong local presence.

About the Role

As a Project Manager in our Site Development Department at WGA, you will provide oversight of projects while developing a team the WGA way. You will work with our clients and a team of engineers and technical support professionals to complete each task to be best in class.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of engineers and other technical staff to successfully deliver site development projects.
• Be respectful of client timelines through effective coordination of project tasks, budgets and schedules.
• Participate in the development of company design and production standards to continue excellence within our technical expertise.
• Be open to new ways of accomplishing goals.
• Seek guidance from other leaders; be open to suggestions in various aspects of project management.
• Applies diversified knowledge of principles / practices in broad areas of assignments.
• Make decisions independently on problems and methods.
• Engineering planning, analysis, design, estimating, contracting, project management, construction and delivery phases for site development.
• Plans, schedules, conducts or coordinates detailed phases of a major project.
• Selects procedures and checks complete reports and calculations.
• Develop understanding and follow WGA with QA/QC procedures and understand basic business practice and laws related to area of practice.
• Building and maintaining relationships between project teams and collaborating to ensure that technical, quality, cost and client requirements are implemented.
• Coordinating with outside sub-consultants.
• Preparing a range of reports to communicate project information to team members, clients, and other stakeholders.
• The candidate must have experience in handling multiple simultaneous projects, and a desire to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Represents WGA in client and industry related conferences, organizations, and meetings.
• Develop trusting professional relationships with clients, public agency officials and community leaders.
• Prepare proposals, scopes of work and contract cost estimates and require an understanding of multi-disciplinary team coordination.
• Lead and mentor junior members of WGA to provide best in class service.

Qualifications

• Education: BS degree in Civil, Environmental, or Water Resources Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) designation in the State of Texas.

Required Skills

• ±5 years of experience in Civil design with a minimum of 2 years' experience managing a team and clients for the completion of Site Development projects from conception to completion including estimating costs of technical tasks.
• Extensive knowledge of design and construction practices which, by passing on that knowledge to others will aid in your success.
• Proven experience and willingness to identify new opportunities with existing clients as well as having the confidence and ability to develop new client partnerships.
• Proven ability to effectively and respectfully communicate, both oral and written skills, with all level of employees.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with clients, public agency officials and community leaders.

Equal Opportunity Statement

WGA, LLC is committed to providing equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and its employees. The Company strictly prohibits all discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship status, protected activity or any other status or classification protected by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.

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