Engineering Project Manager - TX at Glass Roots Construction, LLC in San Antonio, TX

Job description

• Glass Roots Construction (GRC) is seeking a high-performing Engineering Project Manager to lead our underground utility projects from inception to completion. As GRC continues to scale, this role serves as a pivotal bridge between our strategic goals and field execution. You won’t just be managing tasks; you will be the primary driver of project profitability, client relationships, and operational excellence.
• This is a leadership position designed for a proactive problem-solver who can navigate the complexities of civil construction while mentoring our field teams and ensuring GRC remains the gold standard for safety and efficiency in the Portland area.

Responsibilities

• Glass Roots Construction (GRC) is seeking a high-performing Engineering Project Manager to lead our underground utility projects from inception to completion. As GRC continues to scale, this role serves as a pivotal bridge between our strategic goals and field execution. You won’t just be managing tasks; you will be the primary driver of project profitability, client relationships, and operational excellence.
• Engineering Delivery & Milestone Management
• Own the engineering delivery schedule for assigned projects, tracking key milestones, survey, engineering completed, permit submitted, permit approved, and RTC, and maintaining accurate, up-to-date status across all active workstreams.
• Proactively identify schedule risks, resource constraints, and scope gaps that could impact engineering delivery, escalating to the Sr. Manager of OSP Engineering with clear context and recommended mitigations.
• Manage the flow of design packages from initiation through completion, ensuring handoffs between design, permitting, and field operations are sequenced correctly, and nothing stalls between teams.
• Maintain project trackers, dashboards, and status reports that give engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders accurate visibility into delivery progress at all times.
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Serve as the day-to-day coordination point between the design team, permit coordinator, field operations, and project management, ensuring each team has what they need from engineering to execute their work without delay.
• Facilitate engineering-related meetings, kick-offs, milestone reviews, and cross-functional syncs, capturing decisions, action items, and follow-up owners and distributing them promptly after each session.
• Communicate engineering status, changes, and constraints to construction teams clearly and in time to prevent field impact, translating technical information into actionable guidance non-engineering audiences can act on.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders, carriers, municipalities, and utilities, on engineering deliverable requirements, submission timelines, and approval status as directed by the Sr. Manager of OSP Engineering.
• Process, Documentation & Reporting
• Maintain complete and organized engineering project documentation, including design packages, RFI logs, change orders, permit submissions, and approval records, ensuring version control and accessibility for all project stakeholders.
• Build and maintain project-level reports and trackers in Excel, Google Sheets, or project management platforms that surface trends, variances, and risks for engineering leadership review.
• Support the Sr. Manager of OSP Engineering in managing engineering budgets and costs at the project level, flagging variances and tracking change orders with accuracy and timeliness.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying recurring process breakdowns, documentation gaps, or coordination inefficiencies and proposing structured solutions to engineering leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Project Management, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 4+ years of project management or project coordination experience in a telecom, utility, or infrastructure construction environment.
• Familiarity with fiber OSP construction workflows, including design, permitting, and field execution phases and how they interact.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with overlapping deadlines in a fast-paced, field-driven environment.
• Technical Skills
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Suite for building and maintaining project trackers, schedules, and status reports.
• Experience with project management platforms (e.g., Zoho, Smartsheet, Procore, or similar) for task tracking, milestone management, and cross-team coordination.
• Ability to read and interpret OSP construction drawings and design packages at a working level — enough to coordinate effectively with designers and field teams without producing design work independently.
• Familiarity with document control practices and version management for engineering deliverables in a construction or utility environment.
• Experience: Strong background in field management and understanding of utility construction processes and terminology.
• Technical Tools: Familiarity with project management tools such as Zoho, Smartsheet, Procore, or similar platforms, along with advanced Google Suite skills (including Google Sheets).
• Soft Skills & Work Ethic: Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, coupled with strong written and verbal communication.
• Process Focus: Demonstrated data entry skills with a heavy orientation toward process, documentation, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Required

• Microsoft Excel
• Google Suite

Preferred

• Field management
• Written and verbal communication
• Data entry skills

Benefits

• 90,000 - 115,000 USD per year (Remote)