Federal Planning Project Manager

Summary

Join Larson Design Group (LDG), an award-winning employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm, as a Planning Project Manager. This role involves overall project management, including design, communications, personnel management, budgets, schedules, quality control, business development, and client communication & relationships.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, or related field of study
• Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years’ job-related experience
• Licensure/Certification: AICP, RLA or PE (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation & modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria
• Manages clients/projects specific to the discipline and discipline services but can include projects that require multi-discipline services up to $1M revenue
• Creates and tracks project budgets & schedules and identifies potential issues; oversees sub-consultants; responsible for project profit objectives
• Prepares workload forecasting reports and staffing plans
• Ensures compliance with all environmental, survey, and other rules, regulations, and permitting requirements
• Possesses knowledge of Codes and Standards applicable to design of projects
• Prepares technical and price proposals, statements of interests, amendments, and schedules
• Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors & omissions
• Prepares, reviews, and coordinates contract agreement documents for projects. Signs contract agreements within the allotted parameters provided
• Identifies new markets, develops leads & opportunities, performs business development activities, and pursues new geographies
• Coaches, mentors, and motivates project team members
• Directs, mentors, and guides team members and staff; provides annual performance evaluations and career development plans
• Manages project risk in accordance with company policy

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with federal planning projects, Department of Defense (primarily Army and Air Force) experience is strongly preferred
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Adobe Suite, and Lumion (or other rendering software)

Benefits

• Competitive benefits
• Bonus plans
• Paid training for required licensures