Project Manager, Environmental Engineer

CD Companies is a leading Design, Architecture & Engineering firm headquartered in Maplewood, MO with regional offices throughout the contiguous states. We employ over 150 staff members through the CD Companies brands and have a strong client base in the retail, childcare, assisted living, entertainment, hospitality, healthcare, workplace, restaurant and industrial sectors. We are an employee-owned company and offer excellent professional development opportunities and benefits.

The successful applicant should be a highly inspired self-starter interested in leading a site and building project team. Our culture and flat organizational structure rewards talented and motivated individuals who desire to learn and grow with positions of increasing responsibility, management, and the potential for eventual ownership participation.

• Planning:
  Defining the project scope, creating a detailed plan, and scheduling and allocating both internal and external resources in collaboration with needed disciplines.
• Monitoring:
  Tracking progress and ensuring the project meets all requirements.
• Problem solving:
  Analyzing issues and determining solutions.
• Managing:
  Overseeing the project, including the budget, and ensuring stakeholder satisfaction
• Leading:
  Leading a team and providing guidance on how to complete tasks efficiently through strong verbal and written communications.

• Develop proposals for the project scope of work.
• Procuring and contracting with external consultants when needed.
• Oversee civil engineering design to ensure appropriate project design needs for utilities, roadways, and other infrastructure systems.
• Interpret geotechnical investigative reports to determine appropriate project design needs for the site and building.
• Research and author site and building feasibility studies.
• Manage entitlement processes and approvals.
• Lead the design team through all phases of design concluding with construction specifications and documents for the site and building.
• Ensure that design reviews occur at the designated stages of the projects.
• Submit project deliverables to the jurisdictions requiring approval and follow up until permit is issued.
• Coordinate the bid package with the Client and Project Team.
• Construction phase services including direct communications with the contractor, owner and project team.
• Responsible for communication with Client leadership.
• Assist with project invoicing.

• Accountability
• Budget Management
• Clear Communication
• Creativity
• Delegation
• Forecasting
• Leadership
• Management
• Organization
• Problem Solving
• Strategic Thinking
• Time Management

• A Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management
• Licensed or actively working to achieve professional licensure
• A minimum of 6+ years of industry experience.
• Ability to work on multiple projects and effectively balance workload.
• Ability to travel periodically, generally 1 to 2 days at a time.

We offer competitive compensation packages with premium benefits and flexible schedules. Your comprehensive benefits package includes:
Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, 401K, Education Sponsorship, Generous PTO Scale, Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Professional Development opportunities, and more.

Our culture rewards talented, motivated, and dedicated individuals displaying the desire to learn and grow with the opportunity to lead and manage early in their careers, with aptitude valued over tenure. As an employee-owned company with nearly a third of its staff participating, we offer the potential for ownership to those that are willing to earn it.