Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities

The Senior Project Manager leads complex structural engineering projects, overseeing scope, budget, schedule, and technical execution while managing project teams. They also actively engage in business development, client relationship management, and provide mentorship to junior staff.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Civil, Structural, or Architectural Engineering with ten or more years of relevant experience. A Professional Engineer (PE) or Structural Engineer (SE) license is required, along with demonstrated expertise in project management and structural design.

Skills

• Structural engineering
• Project management
• Leadership
• Client relationship management
• Business development
• Structural analysis
• Budget management
• Risk management
• Team coordination
• QA/QC
• Construction documentation
• Multidisciplinary coordination
• Mentorship
• Strategic planning
• Technical communication
• Problem solving

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Tuition assistance
• Health and wellness membership
• Gym access
• Generous vacation
• Sick time
• Personal time
• Relocation assistance
• Flexible work schedule

About this role

Position Overview:

The Senior Project Manager is an experienced structural engineer, project leader, and client-facing representative of Apex who manages large, complex, and/or high-profile structural engineering projects under the oversight of a Project Executive. The Senior Project Manager provides leadership across project teams and manages project scope, fee and budget, schedule, staffing, technical execution, coordination, client communication, and overall project performance. 

Senior Project Managers are expected to anticipate project needs and risks, provide leadership to Project Managers and engineering teams, and develop strong relationships with clients and project partners. In addition to project delivery, Senior Project Managers play an active role in business development and marketing by strengthening existing client relationships, identifying new opportunities, supporting pursuits, and representing Apex within the industry. 

Key Responsibilities:

* Manage large, complex, high-profile, and/or fast-paced structural engineering projects from project initiation through design, documentation, permitting, and construction under the oversight of a Project Executive.
* Take overall responsibility for project scope, fee and budget, schedule, staffing, deliverables, coordination, client communication, and execution strategy appropriate to the size and complexity of assigned projects.
* Establish project execution plans, schedules, staffing strategies, internal milestones, and priorities and adjust resources as project requirements change.
* Monitor project financial performance, staffing, progress, remaining effort, and overall project health and take proactive action to address performance concerns.
* Identify scope changes, additional services, contractual concerns, and other conditions that may affect project fee, schedule, staffing, or profitability and develop appropriate recommendations.
* Lead project teams that may include Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, Project Engineers, BIM/modeling team members, and technical specialists by establishing expectations, priorities, responsibilities, and accountability.
* Provide leadership and direction to Project Managers and Associate Project Managers and support them in making effective technical and project management decisions.
* Coordinate staffing and resource needs across multiple projects and teams in collaboration with Project Executives and other project leaders.
* Provide high-level technical leadership for complex structural analysis, design, modeling, constructability, coordination, and construction-related issues and serve as a technical resource for project teams.
* Oversee project deliverables and QA/QC processes to ensure technical accuracy, completeness, consistency, constructability, and compliance with project requirements and Apex standards.
* Lead coordination with architects, MEP/FP consultants, contractors, fabricators, owners, and other project participants and drive resolution of significant multidisciplinary coordination issues.
* Lead external project meetings and serve as a senior client-facing representative of Apex, communicating project status, technical requirements, schedule, risks, decisions, and proposed solutions.
* Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and project partners by understanding their priorities, anticipating project needs, and providing consistent, responsive, and dependable project delivery.
* Anticipate technical, coordination, schedule, staffing, financial, contractual, and client-related risks and develop strategies with the Project Executive and project team to address them.
* Escalate significant project risks, contractual concerns, financial issues, client concerns, or other matters requiring executive-level involvement and provide clear recommendations for resolution.
* Lead the development of project scopes, fee proposals, staffing plans, schedules, execution strategies, and additional service proposals for new and existing projects.
* Participate actively in business development and marketing efforts, including developing and maintaining client relationships, identifying new and repeat project opportunities, supporting proposals and interviews, and representing Apex at appropriate client and industry events.
* Contribute to client retention and business development by identifying opportunities within existing relationships and communicating potential opportunities to Apex leadership.
* Provide mentorship, leadership, and project management development to Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, Project Engineers, and other project team members.
* Establish expectations and provide constructive feedback to project leaders and team members regarding project execution, communication, technical quality, client service, and professional development.
* Participate in Apex Technical Advisory Groups and contribute to the continued improvement of engineering standards, project management practices, QA/QC procedures, technical resources, and project delivery processes.
* Identify recurring project challenges, lessons learned, and opportunities for improvement and help implement more effective project management and engineering practices across Apex.
* Promote consistency in project execution, client service, technical quality, and communication across project teams.
* Support Project Executives with broader resource planning, project portfolio discussions, client strategy, and other organizational initiatives as appropriate.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Architectural Engineering from an accredited university.
* Master’s degree in Structural Engineering preferred.
* Typically ten or more years of relevant structural engineering experience, including significant project management experience.
* Professional Engineer (PE) and/or Structural Engineer (S...

About APEX STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INC

Engineering Services · 11-50 employees · headquartered in St Louis, Missouri · founded 2024