Senior Project Manager - Dewberry

Dewberry’s Construction Services Branch is seeking a Senior Project Manager with our Bloomfield, NJ office responsible for developing business strategy, maintaining existing client relationships, developing new clients and business, and supervising staff to help lead continued development of CM/CI services in NJ.

With support from the enterprise, successful candidate will be capable of leading the business development activities, pursuing new clients and potential project leads, preparing price and technical proposals, and coordinating with other regional managers to jointly pursue projects throughout the US. Additionally, the candidate will have access to corporate technical expertise and demonstrated utilization of technical expertise with their project team.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are 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.

• B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering field is required.
• NJ Professional Engineering license is required.
• 15+ years’ experience of increasing levels of project and client responsibilities for CM/CI public sector projects, especially Construction Services experience with NJTA, NJ Transit and Counties.
• A minimum 5 years’ project management and technical staff supervision experience.
• A recognized area of technical expertise.
• A successful track record of building client relationships and developing business in the NJ market; particularly for high profile regional clients.
• A successful track record of managing projects, including scope, schedule and budget.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong client retention and new business development skills. Strong leadership qualities and ability to coach and mentor junior and mid-level staff.

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 anyways. 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/ Affirmative Action 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.