Senior Project Manager - Forensics at Blackburn Consulting – Auburn, California

Senior Project Manager - Forensics

Summary:

Blackburn seeks a Senior Project Manager to manage geotechnical and geology projects. This person will work under the Director of Geotechnical Services and senior firm leadership. This candidate should have 10+ years of experience performing geotechnical services and management on water, flood control, and transportation related projects. This position requires some travel to project related sites, project management, cost negotiation, client and public relations, and internal staff management on a project basis.

Company Overview:

Blackburn Consulting has an excellent reputation in Northern California. We are responsive to clients, but we take the time to get things right. We pride ourselves in our family-like work environment and culture. Employees strive for high quality and constant improvement. Most professional staff have been at Blackburn for a long time.

Blackburn provides geotechnical, geo-environmental, construction, and forensics engineering services throughout California with offices in Auburn, West Sacramento, and Fresno. We have an extensive geotechnical and materials testing lab in West Sacramento, CA. We focus mostly on public works including flood control and transportation. Blackburn has been in business since 1998 and is employee-owned and operated.

Technical Duties:

• Manage budgets and schedules
• Review and edit reports and calculations
• Conduct impactful meetings
• Know industry standards
• Interpret plans and specifications

Leadership and Managerial Duties:

• Continuously develop your leadership and managerial skills
• Communicate with clients, team members, and contractors
• Understand project scopes and Blackburn’s services
• Understand and review contracts
• Understand and manage risk
• Win target work
• Manage employees on your projects
• Identify and resolve project issues, including changes to scope
• Review and assign project tasks while following deadlines and budgets

Essential Abilities:

• Communicate regularly with staff, clients, partners and subs
• Handle multiple projects
• Deliver high-quality projects in a timely manner
• Edit and write thorough, cohesive reports in the active voice
• Work well with many personality types
• Self-starter

Technical Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology
• CEG License
• 5+ years of management
• Valid driver’s license
• Computer Savvy (Windows based systems)

Physical Requirements:

• Read, write, and speak English
• Communicate clearly in person and over telephone
• Visual acuity to perform job duties
• Physical ability to bend, reach, stand, walk, sit, push and pull up to 40lbs of weight

Blackburn Consulting provides an Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees, and does not discriminate on any basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, including, but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, gender, origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military status, or marital status.