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CMT Department Manager
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Who We Are:
As the CMT Department Manager, you will guide our engineers, project managers, and technicians while ensuring that every project meets industry standards, maintains exceptional quality, and delivers an outstanding client experience. You’ll have the opportunity to shape departmental strategy, drive operational excellence, and support business development efforts that influence the future growth of your region.
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At UES, we’re a team of more than 4,000 engineers, scientists, geologists, inspectors, technicians, and drillers united by a shared purpose—to make a meaningful impact in the communities we serve. As a national leader in geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, and materials testing and inspection, we collaborate on transformative projects across transportation, energy, water, healthcare, and more. Learn more about the benefits of joining Team UES and our core values at careers.teamues.com.
Position Overview:
Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) is seeking an experienced and driven CMT Department Manager to lead our Construction Materials Testing (CMT) team and oversee a dynamic portfolio of field and laboratory projects. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for a passionate engineering professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys coaching high-performing teams, and is ready to make a meaningful impact on the quality and success of our clients’ infrastructure projects.
As the CMT Department Manager, you will guide our engineers, project managers, and technicians while ensuring that every project meets industry standards, maintains exceptional quality, and delivers an outstanding client experience. You’ll have the opportunity to shape departmental strategy, drive operational excellence, and support business development efforts that influence the future growth of your region.
- Manage the full lifecycle of field services engineering projects and laboratory operations
- Lead a team of CMT engineers, project managers, and technicians
- Ensure projects adhere to CMT engineering best practices, safety standards, and quality control procedures
- Perform technical review of proposals, reports, and calculations
- Set goals for the CMT/Field Services group and develop staff skills through training initiatives
- Assist senior staff with business development efforts through community involvement and client engagement
- Attend project meetings and troubleshoot problems in the field
- Review daily field reports from a technical oversight
- Approve weekly timesheets and department expense reports
- Prepare invoices
- Follow all safety procedures, policies and protocols
- Vehicle maintenance, inspection, and adherence to safety policies and procedures
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Must be at least 18 years old for entry onto job sites
- Valid Driver's License with acceptable driving record
- Experience of 10+ years in engineering, including conducting laboratory testing, construction observation, field quality assurance testing, site grading, and supervising construction materials testing, project management
- Preferred: BS in Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology or related degree
- Preferred: Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain licensure within 3 months of hire
- Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills
- Strong technical knowledge of testing procedures and specifications
- Experience with budgets, forecasts, and financial management
- Knowledge of construction materials methods, ASTM standards and soil classifications
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Ability to evaluate “Request for Proposals,” attend site meetings or converse with potential clients to develop a scope of services and associated cost estimate
- Strong leadership skills; strong and proven work ethic
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to analyze and correct operational issues
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations, to customers, clients, construction teams, and other employees of the organization
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute multiple tasks in a high-pressure environment
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Ability to work weekends, holidays, overtime, overnight and travel as needed
Travel Requirements:
- This position requires local travel, approximately up to 50% of the time, in support of business
project needs. Destinations typically include job sites, field locations, or regional offices, where work may
be conducted in outdoor or operational environments. Adherence to all company safety protocols and
use of PPE is required during travel and on-site work. Physical Demands & Work Environment:This position primarily works in an outdoor work environment, regularly exposed to varying field conditions, including:- Sites that may not be accessible by vehicle, requiring travel on foot through wetlands, swamps, grasslands, fields, and other uneven or rugged terrain with natural and man-made obstacles such as sand, brush, and debris.
- Moderate to loud noise levels, common in active construction and industrial environments.
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Exposure to environmental elements including dirt, dust, sun, heat, humidity, and adverse weather conditions.
The physical requirements for this position may include and are not limited to: - Ability to lift and/or carry 35 to 75 lbs. up to 75 feet, involving regular repetitive motion.
- Ability to stand, walk, drive, and operate equipment for extended periods.
- Frequent use of hands and arms for typing, handling tools, and operating equipment.
- Ability to bend, twist, reach, stoop, pull, kneel, climb, balance, lift, carry, and push as required for fieldwork and inspections.
- Ability to speak and hear effectively to communicate in noisy environments and with project teams.
- Ability to use your senses to see (including close, distant, and peripheral vison, depth vision, and ability to focus) smell, hear, touch (use hands to reach climb or balance, crouch, stoop, crawl, kneel and sit).
UES is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to recruit the most qualified candidates. Please see our full EEO Statement here
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