Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Town of Leesburg, VA

Do you want to apply your expertise for a cause you can feel good about? Do you want to work for an organization that wants you to grow with it and offers tuition reimbursement, certification training, and a chance to learn about multiple industries? Come work for the Town of Leesburg, hometown of the 21st century! Located 35 miles west of the nations capital in the heart of DCs Wine Country, youll enjoy a vibrant and authentic community with "big city" amenities. The Town of Leesburg strongly encourages innovation, promotes career development, and offers excellent benefits to employees. Benefits include membership to the Towns full-service recreation center, enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.

Who Were Looking For

If you identify with the following descriptions, then you may be perfect for the Town of Leesburg:

• Creative problem solver
• Proactive self-starter
• Life-long learner
• Strong team player
• Passionate about excellent customer service
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Effective communicator
• Desire to impart knowledge to others
• "Early adopter" of new technologies

What Youll Be Doing

This position is responsible for first-line supervision of staff working on a team in the Town's Department of Community Development - Engineering Division, as well as complex professional work on a variety of engineering, analytical, and research duties related to land development applications. The primary focus of the Senior Project Manager and their team is timely review of plans, plats, and other applications for adherence to engineering design and construction standards.

This position will also support the Deputy Director - Engineering, various Town departments, outside review agencies, architects, engineers, and the general public on the Town's overall land development and subdivision process.

For more detailed job descriptions, please visit the Towns Job Descriptions page.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in civil engineering, landscape architecture, land surveying, or a related field and five (5) years progressively responsible experience in civil engineering work or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two (2) to three (3) years of supervisory and/or management experience.
• Current Virginia PE License (or ability to obtain in one year).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in civil engineering, landscape architecture, land surveying, or a related field.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish.
• Valid Virginia Stormwater Combined Administrator Certification (or ability to obtain in one year).
• Valid FEMA Certified Floodplain Administrator Certification (or ability to obtain in one year).

Employee Benefits

The Town offers competitive compensation, affordable health insurance coverage, participation in the Virginia Retirement System, an optional 457(b) retirement plan with a Town matching contribution, flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), membership to the Towns full-service recreation center, an optional payroll Roth IRA, and generous paid time off. For more information on the Towns robust benefits package, please visit the Towns Employee Benefits page.

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