Civil Engineering Project Manager - Data Centers

Ramboll•Baton Rouge, PA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ramboll is seeking a Civil Engineering Project Manager with expertise in data centers and large-scale industrial programs. This hybrid-based role, located in Pennsylvania, Seattle, Texas, or Louisiana, focuses on leading site development work, expanding civil engineering capabilities, and emphasizing local permitting knowledge, authority-having-jurisdiction (AHJ) coordination, and strong project delivery. The position is within the Environment & Health Division and contributes to Ramboll's mission of creating sustainable change.

Requirements

Bachelor's or master's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited institution.
Approximately 10+ years of relevant civil/site engineering experience and responsibility for project delivery and client coordination.
Substantial experience with land development and site civil design for large, complex sites, including industrial, logistics, advanced manufacturing, or mission-critical projects.
Demonstrated experience working directly with AHJs, negotiating permitting requirements, responding to review comments, and guiding projects through local approval processes.
Strong knowledge of grading, drainage, stormwater management, utilities, roadway/access design, erosion and sediment control, and civil permitting.
Proven project management and leadership skills, including scope and fee development, budget and schedule control, risk management, client communication, distributed team coordination, and AutoCAD Civil 3D/CAD-based design review.
Currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer license strongly preferred, with ability to obtain licensure by comity in one or more target states expected.
Direct data center experience and agency relationships in Pennsylvania, Washington, Texas, or Louisiana are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead civil engineering and land development services for data center, mission-critical, and large industrial projects from site selection and due diligence through conceptual planning, permitting, design, and construction support.
Manage project scope, schedule, budget, risk, staffing, client communications, proposals, scopes of work, fee estimates, work plans, schedules, change requests, subconsultants, and specialty vendors across multiple concurrent assignments.
Direct technical work involving site layout, grading and earthwork, stormwater management, drainage, utility infrastructure, access roads, erosion and sediment control, and site permitting.
Serve as a primary liaison with AHJs and agencies, interpret local codes, development standards, permitting pathways, and agency expectations, and coordinate multidisciplinary inputs from survey, geotechnical, environmental, wetlands, traffic, power, water, wastewater, architectural, and construction teams.
Review and approve technical memoranda, calculations, plans, specifications, permitting packages, and client deliverables; mentor project engineers and CAD staff while supporting client development, growth initiatives, and Ramboll’s local presence in target data center markets.