Project Manager​/Business Development

McKim & Creed is a unique, employee-owned firm. First and foremost, we value people. This means we not only hire great talent, we’ve also created an environment where each individual can grow, flourish and apply innovative thinking. As a result, we’ve created a world‑class team of professionals within a nimble organization. That’s what our clients want. That’s why we succeed. Our clients hire us because of our people.

McKim & Creed has a reputation for delivering state‑of‑the‑art services with an eye toward sustainability and a focus on protecting and enhancing our environmental resources. Our engineers, landscape architects, planners and project managers are committed to the innovation, sustainability and resource efficiencies that lead to a cleaner, safer and more sustainable future.

Our highly respected team of design professionals complemented by an exceptional staff of full‑service surveying, offer effective and sustainable solutions for our clients’ land planning, permitting, stormwater, development, land management, and utility system design needs. We plan and design residential communities, retail shops, parks, educational buildings, industrial, utility, manufacturing and commercial facilities that meet today’s needs in the context of tomorrow’s generations.

• Manages and provides technical and design oversite in support of water infrastructure projects (i.e. water and wastewater treatment, water distribution and wastewater collection/pumping).
• Manages support staff, setting budgets and schedules, providing technical oversite, and providing QA/QC support.
• Manages design and plan production support ofcivil engineering design projects as part of a multi-discipline project team supporting stormwater, transportation, natural gas, site design, water, wastewater, and infrastructure type projects.
• Monitors project metrics and provides input on invoicing to ensure that projects are profitable and hitting margins.
• Responsibilities include:
  
  conduct preliminary and final engineering evaluations, assign project roles to an engineering support team, oversee design calculations and assessments, prepare various reports, oversee the production design drawings, coordinate with Owner, prepare permit submittals for civil engineering projects, and oversee construction of projects including field visits.
• Must be able to work as part of a project team.
• Responsible for various tasks on several concurrent projects and must be able to follow these tasks through to completion within the allocated period of time and the monetary budget assigned.
• Communicates regularly with clients to determine project scopes, set deliverable expectations, and provide project updates.
• Stays up-to-date with municipal infrastructure plans and future projects to ensure that the firm is well positioned for new projects.
• Expected to stay current with design requirements for local, state, and federal permit agencies.
• Attend client/business meetings and give project presentations/updates.
• Targets clients for business development activities.
• Preparation of presentations.

• BS in Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering with Louisiana Professional Engineer (PE) registration or the ability to acquire a LA Professional Engineer (PE) quickly within 6-12 months of hire via reciprocity.
• At least 6years ofprogressiveexperiencein the field project management.
• Preferred experience includes project management, preparation of plans, profiles, cross-sections, elevations, structure sections, construction details, pipe routing, references, and perspective drawings.
• Must have working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook. Proficiencies with this software preferred.
• Candidates experienced with hydraulic modeling will be favored.
• Must be able to balance multiple work assignments on multiple projects at the same time.
• Preferred candidate likely to be methodical, precise, and consistent, while enjoying some variety in work schedule and tolerant of change as work demands.
• Process-oriented individual with strong organizational and technical skills.
• Solid communicator with strong writing and verbal skills, able to take and…