Senior Project Manager - Civil Engineering

Job Description

SCJ Alliance is looking for a talented and motivated senior-level civil engineer with strong project management experience to join our dynamic civil engineering team in Lacey. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment with diverse projects and a collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you.

Our work is varied and detail-oriented, spanning public and private developments such as educational campuses, residential communities, municipal infrastructure, industrial sites, and transportation systems. You'll play a key role in shaping our communities through thoughtful, innovative design and effective project execution. We value creative problem-solving, technical excellence, and a proactive mindset. If you're ready to bring your experience and leadership to a company that encourages professional growth and supports each other in meaningful ways, this could be the next step in your career.

Sound like a good fit? We invite you to send us your resume - we're excited to meet you!

Who we are

SCJ Alliance is 100% employee-owned, and we live by our mission: To serve our clients, communities, and each other with creativity, knowledge, insight, and perspective.

We've been recognized as one of the nation's fastest-growing and best places to work multiple times. From civil and transportation engineering to landscape architecture, planning, and public outreach, our multidisciplinary teams bring ideas to life under the mantra: Anticipate. Envision. Create.

What our projects may include

• Educational Facilities
• Commercial Development
• Industrial Facilities
• Public Facilities
• Residential Housing
• Municipal Infrastructure
• Roadway Design
• Stormwater Design

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Civil Engineer and Project Manager, you will lead projects from conception through completion, overseeing technical execution, team coordination, and client engagement.

Your role will include:

• Project Leadership: Establish clear project objectives, procedures, and performance expectations aligned with company policies.
• Work Plan Execution: Create and implement project work plans, adapting as needed to accommodate changing priorities.
• Operational Oversight: Manage the daily operations of projects, ensuring smooth progress across all scopes of work.
• Client Relationship Management: Build and sustain strong relationships with clients to support project success and long-term partnerships.
• Meeting Facilitation: Lead effective meetings with both internal teams and external clients to ensure alignment and progress.
• Team Supervision: Provide oversight and support to project staff while supervising the work of CAD technicians.
• Documentation: Complete and maintain all required documentation to support assigned projects from start to finish.
• Budget Management: Track and manage project budgets to ensure financial accountability and project profitability.
• Business Development: Identify and pursue new opportunities by actively listening to current and potential clients.
• Proposal & Interview Support: Contribute to proposals, interviews, and presentations to secure new projects.
• Communication: Communicate clearly and effectively in both written and verbal forms with colleagues and clients.
• Initiative & Independence: Take ownership of responsibilities and move tasks forward with minimal supervision.
• Contract Oversight: Manage contract financials to protect company interests while fostering positive client relationships.
• Quality Assurance: Provide QA/QC and peer reviews for engineering calculations, reports, and design plans.

This is a key leadership role with room to make a significant impact on our team and the communities we serve.

What you bring

• PE license and a degree in Civil Engineering or a related field
• 15+ years of progressively responsible engineering experience
• Strong leadership, communication, and client service skills
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desired.
• A passion for serving others and pride in producing high-quality, community-focused work

What we bring

• An unbeatable culture! An autonomous and collaborative work environment, exceptional operational support, creative and supportive co-workers, and a compassionate leadership team. Plus other fun stuff including firm-wide parties, mugshots, gold-medal virtual baking classes, fitness challenges, fantasy football league, trivia nights... and a variety of other creative ways we have found to come together and hang out, despite our offices being spread across and beyond Washington state.
• Quality projects. We pursue work that improves communities, challenges us, and makes a difference.