Site Civil Project Manager

Job Description

Dewberry is seeking a Project Manager to join our growing Land Development team in Charlotte, NC. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated civil engineering professional to lead impactful projects across the energy, residential, commercial real estate, and public sector markets while helping shape the continued growth of our practice throughout the Carolinas.

What You'll Do

As a Project Manager, you will provide both technical leadership and project management oversight for a variety of land development projects. You will collaborate with clients, regulatory agencies, and multidisciplinary teams to successfully deliver high-quality solutions from concept through construction.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Lead design teams on land development projects, including site layout, grading, erosion control, stormwater management, utility design, and related engineering calculations and reports.
• Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, and deliverables to ensure successful project execution.
• Develop and maintain client relationships while supporting business development, marketing, and proposal efforts.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level staff.
• Coordinate project submittals and regulatory approvals with local and state agencies.
• Collaborate with department leadership and Dewberry offices nationwide to expand services, strengthen existing client relationships, and deliver high-quality solutions to clients.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• 6–10 years of experience in the design and management of land development and capital improvement projects.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in North Carolina or Registered Landscape Architect (RLA) license required, or ability to obtain NC licensure within two months of hire.
• Strong proficiency with:
  • AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Stormwater modeling software
  • Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage client relationships, project budgets, and schedules.
• Experience providing technical oversight and mentorship to engineering staff.
• Experience coordinating permits, project submittals, and regulatory agency approvals.

Why Dewberry?

• Lead diverse and meaningful projects across multiple market sectors.
• Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative, employee-focused environment.
• Help drive the expansion of a nationally recognized engineering and consulting firm.
• Build a long-term career with a company committed to investing in its people and communities.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters: Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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