Engineering Project Manager

Engineering Project Manager

Requisition Number: 2025-1410-06

S&ME is looking for a motivated and passionate part-time Engineering Project Manager to join our Construction Services team in Asheville, North Carolina. Are you a geotechnical or construction materials professional ready to contribute your education and knowledge to meaningful projects? Join us at S&ME!

As a Project Manager leading multi-disciplined project teams, you will utilize your technical expertise and leadership skills, foster team collaboration, build strong client relationships, and create a positive project environment. Alongside project delivery, you'll contribute to business growth by developing proposals and supporting strategic client development efforts.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Leadership & Coordination: Direct multi-disciplined teams on design and permitting for natural gas distribution and transmission projects, ensuring effective collaboration and communication. Coordinate environmental, natural, and cultural resource assessments for projects in new and existing utility easements.
• Project Execution: Manage all aspects of project delivery, including safety compliance, risk assessment, technical quality, schedule, and budget. Conduct site visits and engage with clients to ensure expectations are exceeded.
• Permitting and Design: Oversee the preparation of environmental and non-environmental permitting processes, including Erosion & Sedimentation Control Plans, Floodplain Development Permits, site grading, DOT Encroachments, Utility Encroachments, while performing design for natural gas distribution and transmission pipelines and facilities.
• Business Development: Partner with leadership to identify new opportunities, prepare competitive proposals, and expand the company's client network.
• Testing construction materials: Perform tests and oversee special inspections of materials such as soil, concrete, asphalt, and others to ensure they meet project specifications and industry standards.
• Analyzing construction plans and specifications: Verify that they align with project goals before conducting field observations.
• Recording and managing field activities: Document detailed observations and test results during project execution, using Metafield or other management systems daily for efficient data handling and coordination.
• Preparing reports and proposals: Help draft reports and proposals for smaller projects, ensuring thorough and accurate assessments and documentation.
• Communicating daily: Interact with management, contractors, and clients to maintain project transparency and provide regular updates on progress

What You Bring:

• A Bachelor's degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering or a similar engineering field
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in construction materials testing/inspecting soil, concrete, masonry, and/or asphalt
• Basic math and communication skills (speaking, reading, and writing) using the English language

Working Conditions and Physical Demands:

You are willing and able to perform the physical demands of this position with the use of Company-provided Personal Protective Equipment, such as:

• Working outdoors the majority of the time in varying weather conditions
• Walking over rough, uneven terrain and standing for potentially up to 12 hours a day
• Routinely lifting and carrying 40-50lbs (field/laboratory samples and equipment)
• Maneuvering field equipment safely, such as a loaded wheelbarrow, on uneven ground around active construction sites
• Working outside normal business hours and traveling out-of-town and possibly overnight for assignments as needed

We Are S&ME:

At S&ME, we're committed to your growth, professionally and personally. With over 50 years of experience delivering innovative solutions in geotechnical, civil, environmental, and construction materials engineering, we've built a strong foundation for long-term careers. Our team of 1,000+ employee-owners across 10+ states works together to create meaningful impact on our clients and communities. When you join S&ME, you become part of a collaborative, honest, and people-focused culture that invests in your success.

What We Offer:

We offer exciting project opportunities, ongoing training, and a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family. This is more than a job; it's a place to grow, thrive, and build a future.

If you are seeking a challenging and rewarding career with a firm committed to our employees and providing quality service to our clients, join our team!

This part-time role offers competitive pay based on experience. Candidates must comply with our Fleet Management, Substance Policy, and Reference Check requirements. Only candidates with valid employment eligibility (I-9) will be considered. Visa assistance is not available. S&ME reserves the right to hire internally or externally at any time. No candidate/recruiter calls, personal calls, or walk-ins are accepted.