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Kleinfelder

Trenchless Project Manager

Kleinfelder, Salt Lake City, UT


Job Description

Take Your Delivery Management Career to the Next Level

Do you have a passion for managing budgets, meeting deadlines, and exceeding client expectations? Our delivery management professionals are involved in project delivery from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, and closeout. Each phase requires strong attention to detail while communicating to internal and external stakeholders. Do you have a proven track record in managing goals and objectives? Consider joining our team and work with peers who have vast industry knowledge and experience solving complex problems.

Step into Your New Role

Kleinfelder is seeking a Project Manager reporting to our office in Salt Lake City, Utah. This position will focus on executing comprehensive design and consulting services for trenchless pipeline projects with a dedicated team of specialists reporting up to this position.

The chosen candidate must be self-motivated, accountable, responsible, reliable, and have strong abilities to work autonomously. The targeted individual is highly motivated towards meeting project and team requirements, technical advancement, and continuous improvement. In return, the candidate will be provided excellent learning opportunities and continuous support from highly trained specialists dedicated to developing top quality deliverables utilizing best management practices.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Lead design and consulting efforts for various trenchless and pipeline projects primarily within Utah, although opportunities to work on projects across the U.S. are available.
  • Safely manage and execute field exploration programs and construction oversight activities
  • Perform, delegate, and oversee a variety of trenchless, pipeline and geotechnical engineering analyses.
  • Prepare or oversee the preparation of engineering reports, memorandums, proposals, specifications, plans and other related deliverables
  • Be actively involved during the construction phase of projects
  • Develop scope of work, project budgets, work breakdown structures, and schedules
  • Manage project teams, budgets, schedules, delegate project tasks and mentor junior staff
  • Regularly coordinate and communicate with internal and external clients to understand their needs and ensure our services are meeting or exceeding their expectations
  • Recruit, mentor, manage, and develop staff to maintain Kleinfelder as a place to have a fulfilling career
  • Develop processes using industry best practices for project professionals to safely deliver trenchless design and field oversite services including field exploration, sampling, inspection, analysis, and technical support
  • Engage various company SMEs to provide consulting expertise for clients to address immediate needs and long-term strategies
  • Continuously advance and improve your personal skill sets and chosen career path.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in civil, mechanical, petroleum, geotechnical, or geological Engineering or geology; Master's degree preferred
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license in Utah, or ability to obtain one is desired
  • Approximately 6 or more years of experience in oil and gas, trenchless services, geotechnical engineering, or a related field.
  • Positive work attitude and ability to work safely and efficiently when managing multiple tasks
  • Ability to work independently and with a team in a multi-disciplinary environment
  • Ability to lead and manage project deliverables, budgets, and schedules while mentoring junior staff
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Working knowledge of standard business software including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Experience using VBA in Excel a plus.
  • Clean driving record and the ability to pass a drug test required
  • Ability to commute to the office, external client meetings, and project sites within Utah and in the vicinity of Salt Lake City

Preferred Skills:
  • Strong Relationship Skills: Ability to form and nurture relationships to create a partnership mindset with the team; collaboration is a strength
  • Confident / Driven: Knows how to get things done and has the confidence to drive tasks to completion
  • Creative: applies independent thought to solve problems
  • Organized: has ability to prioritize and multi-task effectively
  • Solution-orientated: pro-actively troubleshoots with practical, client-focused ideas
  • Curious: self-motivated to continue learning
  • Engaged: holds leadership positions in industry or community organizations
  • M.S. degree a plus.

Position Requirements:

  • Five to ten years of experience in civil engineering/land development, stormwater management systems, erosion control design and permitting
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education Requirements:
  • B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, petroleum engineering or related discipline
  • Ability and desire to obtain a Professional Engineering License (currently licensed a plus)

Move Forward with Kleinfelder

Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients' needs. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver.

Progress with an Employer that Values You

Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that throughdiversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:

Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: flexible hybrid schedule, straight-time overtime pay, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401(k) plan, and paid time off and holidays.

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.

Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.