Project Manager - Architecture & Engineering Design
About The Position
We are seeking an experienced Architecture & Engineering (A/E) Project Manager to lead architecture and engineering projects from initial planning through design development, permitting, construction administration, and final delivery. The role is suited to someone with experience at an architecture firm, engineering firm, or multidisciplinary design firm, and a record of managing project budgets, schedules, technical teams, deliverables, and client relationships. The Project Manager oversees the full project lifecycle, maintains quality standards, and ensures projects meet established objectives. The role includes coordinating architects, engineers, consultants, clients, contractors, and external partners across design, engineering, regulatory approvals, bidding, and construction. The Project Manager maintains project documentation and reports project performance, financial results, risks, and schedule developments to company leadership. Candidates must have direct project management responsibility and accountability for delivery; experience primarily in coordination, administrative support, or schedule tracking does not meet the stated requirements.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of project management experience in architecture, engineering, or multidisciplinary design.
- Previous experience working within an architecture, engineering, or multidisciplinary design firm.
- Proven responsibility for managing project scope, budgets, schedules, deliverables, risks, and client relationships.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, consultants, and contractors.
- Strong understanding of design development, permitting, construction documentation, and construction administration.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects from initial design through final delivery.
- Experience resolving scope changes, design conflicts, coordination issues, schedule risks, and cost concerns.
- Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent leadership, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
- Understanding of professional services agreements, design deliverables, and architecture and engineering firm operations.
- Direct project management experience and accountability for project delivery; experience limited primarily to project coordination, administrative support, or schedule tracking does not meet the requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and engineering projects through design development, engineering, permitting, construction support, and final delivery.
- Establish project scopes, fee budgets, schedules, resource plans, and deliverables with clients and technical teams.
- Direct architects, engineers, consultants, and external partners, defining responsibilities, expectations, and deadlines.
- Monitor milestones, design submissions, approvals, outstanding decisions, and progress against project plans.
- Identify design inconsistencies, scope changes, coordination gaps, schedule risks, and budget variances, and implement corrective actions.
- Work with technical teams to resolve design challenges, permitting issues, and construction-related problems.
- Coordinate activities across design, engineering, regulatory approvals, bidding, and construction phases.
- Lead design reviews, client presentations, formal submissions, and construction-phase coordination meetings.
- Manage client relationships, provide regular updates, and address expectations and concerns throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure deliverables meet contractual requirements, applicable codes, quality standards, and client objectives.
- Support construction administration by coordinating with contractors, responding to field questions, and resolving design-related issues.
- Maintain project documentation, including meeting minutes, budgets, schedules, status reports, and change records.
- Report project performance, financial results, risks, and schedule developments to company leadership.
- Identify opportunities to improve project delivery through effective coordination, documentation, and internal workflows.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Health insurance options.
- Retirement plan options.
- Paid time off and company holidays.
- Professional development and continuing education opportunities.
- Opportunity to lead diverse architecture and engineering projects.
- Collaborative, multidisciplinary professional environment.
- Long-term career growth and advancement opportunities with the firm.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
