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Site Civil Project Manager - Federal Projects Focused

Locations: Richmond, Virginia Beach, or Williamsburg, VA

Join VHB's dynamic Land Development team and play a key role supporting one of our premier federal clients, the National Park Service, as well as other federal land agencies and public-sector clients for the design management of recreational and park improvement projects. As a Project Manager, you will lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of multidisciplinary planning, design, engineering, and infrastructure projects that support the stewardship, preservation, and enhancement of national parks and public lands.

Working closely with clients, technical leaders, and multidisciplinary project teams, you will manage projects from proposal through delivery while ensuring quality, schedule, budget, and client expectations are achieved. This role requires a collaborative leader who can successfully coordinate engineering, landscape architecture, planning, environmental, and technical teams while building strong client relationships and delivering successful project outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity for a project management and design professional who enjoys managing complex projects, developing solutions for public-sector clients, preparing proposals and cost estimates, and contributing to meaningful projects that enhance public spaces and communities.

• Manage the planning, design, engineering, and infrastructure delivery of National Park Service and other federal land agency projects from proposal development through project completion.
• Lead project execution by managing scope, budgets, schedules, staffing, resources, and deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including engineering, landscape architecture, planning, environmental, permitting, and technical professionals.
• Partner with project teams, technical leaders, subconsultants, and client stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery and alignment with client objectives.
• Develop and support project proposals, task order responses, scopes of work, cost estimates, and contract administration activities.
• Monitor project performance and proactively identify and resolve scope, schedule, budget, and resource challenges.
• Lead quality assurance and quality control reviews to ensure deliverables meet VHB quality standards and client expectations.
• Manage project documentation, reporting, project controls, and collaboration tools to support effective communication and project performance.
• Support federal project delivery efforts involving a wide range of project types, including utility replacements, trail improvements, visitor centers, site improvements, bridge projects, environmental planning, compliance-related projects, and other public land initiatives.
• Participate in client meetings, project reviews, presentations, and occasional travel to project sites and client locations as needed.
• Foster collaboration across VHB's multidisciplinary teams and promote consistent project management practices and processes.

• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, budgets, and stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to build relationships with clients, project teams, and leadership.
• Ability to successfully manage complex projects involving multiple technical disciplines and stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail with proactive problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Collaborative mindset with a commitment to client service, quality, and team success.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Interest in supporting projects that enhance public lands, parks, recreation facilities, and community assets.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience managing and designing multidisciplinary engineering, landscape architecture, infrastructure, or land development projects.
• Experience preparing project proposals, cost estimates, scopes of work, task orders, or responses to RFQs/RFPs.
• Professional licensure (PE or PLA) or registration in a related discipline.
• Experience working with federal, state, or public-sector clients; National Park Service experience is strongly preferred. Experience with the U.S. Forest Service or other federal land agencies is also highly regarded.
• Experience managing projects involving planning, design, environmental, permitting, infrastructure, or public-sector project delivery.
• Experience with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) projects or other federal land management processes is a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, CAD, Bluebeam, and project collaboration platforms; experience with project management software is preferred.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and supporting contract administration activities is a plus.

The full-time annual base salary range for this position is $90,000 to $130,000 if located in Virginia. The base salary offered will be determined based on job-related factors, including geographic location, internal equity, experience, credentials, skills, education, work schedule, and other factors permitted by law. The posted salary range reflects base pay only. Additional compensation and benefits available to eligible employees are outlined in our Total Rewards Program.

Annual base salary is one component of VHB's Total Rewards package. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may receive annual incentive compensation bonuses, spot bonuses, and merit-based salary increases, providing opportunities to increase earnings beyond base pay. VHB also offers a differentiating work experience, including a comprehensive benefits package that includes eligibility to participate in the VHB 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and recognition programs.

Details on VHB's benefits package can be found here: Benefits Checklist

Annual base salary is one component of VHB's Total Rewards package. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may receive annual incentive compensation bonuses, spot bonuses, and merit-based salary increases, providing opportunities to increase earnings beyond base pay. VHB also offers a differentiating work experience, including a comprehensive benefits package that includes eligibility to participate in the VHB 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and recognition programs. 

Details on VHB's benefits package can be found here: Benefits Checklist  

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When you join VHB, you'll find:

• Meaningful work on complex projects with real community impact
• A collaborative, inclusive culture that values curiosity and shared success
• Support to grow your skills and lead through change
• Learning and development supported by evolving tools and technologies, including AI
• Best-in-class benefits and a flexible, hybrid work environment

We're growing across the East Coast and are consistently recognized as a great place to work. Ready to shape what's next? Learn more about what sets our employee experience apart and connect with us.  

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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