Project Site Manager Jobs in Florida

INTRODUCTION

Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.

If you’re passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

ROLE

Stantec’s multi-disciplinary office in Tampa, Florida has an opportunity for a highly motivated Senior Project Manager - Site / Civil Engineering. Your role as Senior Project Manager is to manage the design and delivery of projects and to maintain relations with current and future clients within our community development business line. Typical projects include private and public sector projects: office, retail, hospitality, commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments, and local governmental opportunities.

The ideal candidate will come with a background of supporting or leading the civil/site engineering aspects for a variety of projects, with a foundation of strong engineering/design skills. He/she will have been exposed to the entire project delivery process, including marketing/business development, client interaction, project management, internal team building and hands-on design/engineering supervision. #CommDevFlorida

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This role will include serving as the primary contact for our clients and the overall responsibility for the success of all projects. Additionally, the role requires your personal/direct engagement on major & highly visible private development projects (residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and mixed use) and public sector facility projects (parks, schools, etc.).

This position offers career development, the opportunity to expand the practice, and has the potential of participation in our leadership recognition program.

You will be responsible for:

• Pursuing and winning new clients and projects.
• Coordinating with clients, team members, sub-consultants, and preparing detailed scope/fee proposals.
• Performing and directing all aspects of civil engineering design including layout/geometry, grading, drainage, paving, water, sewer, and erosion control. Projects may include land development (all types/sectors), roadway/intersection design, hydrology/hydraulic stormwater modeling, hydraulic modeling of pipe networks, preparation of construction plans and related design reports.
• Supervising construction phase support services, including development of bidding and contract documents, field inspections, progress meetings, final certifications, etc.
• Monitoring and control project progress, staffing, budgets, and methods of analysis and objectives and keep client informed of progress, budget, work progress and challenges.
• Sourcing, attracting and developing new staff.
• Planning and executing QA/QC plans for individual projects.

Our offices are located in downtown Tampa and Clearwater. The projects we’ve worked on have helped restore and enhance the City’s heritage, while demonstrating our commitment to the community in which we live and work.

Throughout the Tampa Bay region, we’ve worked on iconic designs that are reshaping the City, like Water Street, Midtown Tampa, Gas Worx, the St. Pete Pier, Coachman Park, and more. The list keeps growing!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Your Capabilities and Credentials:

• A track record of successful projects, and established network of key relationships in the Tampa Bay area land development and A/E/C community. A strong background in private and/or public sector projects including office, retail, hospitality, commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments as well as local governmental projects, with the ability to coordinate the entire project effort, client interaction and project management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, communicate, and build trust, rapport, and effective working relationships, both internally within a multidisciplinary team and externally, including making presentations to regulatory boards, shortlist selection committees, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with civil engineering design, regulatory/permitting process and track record of successful project approvals and agency relationships.
• Ability to recognize when technical problems are developing and initiate appropriate corrective actions using sound professional judgment, creativity, and innovation.
• Ability to check work for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule.
• Strong working knowledge of software programs which may include AutoCAD, Civil3D.
• Demonstrated project management and business development experience to nurture existing clients and develop new multi-disciplined opportunities to expand the practice including developing, recommending, and introducing innovation to our clients’ projects.
• Understanding of all phases of contract administration and execution, including scope definition, contract terms/conditions, negotiation, financial project management and complete contract performance (schedule and financial).

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
• 10+ years of experience in relevant civil/site or land development engineering and project management.
• A Florida Professional Engineer (P.E.) license is required.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

PAY TRANSPARENCY: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

BENEFITS SUMMARY: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

LOCATION

Primary Location: United States | FL | Tampa

ORGANIZATION: BC-2382 CommDev-US South

EMPLOYEE STATUS: Regular

BUSINESS JUSTIFICATION: New Position

TRAVEL: Yes

SCHEDULE: Full time

JOB POSTING: 26/05/2026 05:05:27

REQ ID: 1005996

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.