Project Manager - Public|Corporate

HGA • Milwaukee, WI

15d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join HGA and Shape the Future of Corporate, Industrial, and Mixed-Use Design! Project Manager – Corporate Workplace, Industrial & Mixed-Use, Milwaukee, WI HGA, a leading architectural, engineering, and planning firm, is seeking a Project Manager to join our Milwaukee office . If you're passionate about corporate workplace , research and development , manufacturing , industrial , mixed-use , and multifamily projects, this is the perfect opportunity to bring your expertise to a collaborative team of industry thought leaders focused on holistic design , sustainability , and architectural innovation . As a Project Manager , you’ll play a key role in leading project teams, developing strategic client relationships, and delivering innovative design solutions. Your leadership will contribute to advancing HGA’s commitment to excellence and pushing the boundaries of architectural design. What You’ll Do: Lead multidisciplinary teams through the full project lifecycle, from planning and design to construction Cultivate and maintain long-term strategic relationships with clients, consultants, and contractors Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery Ensure design solutions meet client needs, industry standards, and sustainability goals Collaborate with senior leadership to grow HGA’s presence in key markets Mentor and guide junior staff, fostering a culture of learning and innovation In this role you will: collaborate with Principal in evaluation of project requirements and helps to negotiate an acceptable owner-architect agreement including the fee and time schedule; demonstrate task-focused mastery of project scope, workplans, and manages profitability, schedule and budget. Completes projects on schedule, within budget and with maximum client satisfaction; negotiate critical issues with top-level architects, engineers and officials of other organizations and firms; utilize past experience and technical knowledge and monitors quality of the construction documents keeping in mind schedules/budgets and provides coaching/communication as appropriate with team leaders and/or team members who are responsible for work flow/timelines, etc.; develop discipline cost and work-hour budgets for each project and monitors project costs, completion status against budget schedules/timelines; oversee all correspondence and pertinent documents, making sure they are accurate, signs or obtains signatures and seeks legal counsel as appropriate; coordinate review and evaluation of contractor bids and works with Principal so that award recommendation can be submitted to owner; provide day-to-day leadership in the absence of and as delegated by the Principal and/or Practice Group Leader keeping lines of communication open with all office management leaders and assists with preparation of client billings prior to submittal for signature; and collaborate with Practice Group Leader as requested in the marketing of projects including development of proposals and possible participation in client interviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, master's degree preferred
• 10+ years’ experience as an architect and possess registration
• Demonstrated skills and abilities in working on multiple small-sized challenging projects simultaneously
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly with employees and clients
• Budget oversight and project delivery management experience
• Proficiency with Revit, SketchUp and other industry software; expertise with project management software (Hive, Basecamp, Jira, etc.)
• MS Office proficiency (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams through the full project lifecycle, from planning and design to construction
• Cultivate and maintain long-term strategic relationships with clients, consultants, and contractors
• Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery
• Ensure design solutions meet client needs, industry standards, and sustainability goals
• Collaborate with senior leadership to grow HGA’s presence in key markets
• Mentor and guide junior staff, fostering a culture of learning and innovation
• collaborate with Principal in evaluation of project requirements and helps to negotiate an acceptable owner-architect agreement including the fee and time schedule
• demonstrate task-focused mastery of project scope, workplans, and manages profitability, schedule and budget
• Completes projects on schedule, within budget and with maximum client satisfaction
• negotiate critical issues with top-level architects, engineers and officials of other organizations and firms
• utilize past experience and technical knowledge and monitors quality of the construction documents keeping in mind schedules/budgets and provides coaching/communication as appropriate with team leaders and/or team members who are responsible for work flow/timelines, etc.
• develop discipline cost and work-hour budgets for each project and monitors project costs, completion status against budget schedules/timelines
• oversee all correspondence and pertinent documents, making sure they are accurate, signs or obtains signatures and seeks legal counsel as appropriate
• coordinate review and evaluation of contractor bids and works with Principal so that award recommendation can be submitted to owner
• provide day-to-day leadership in the absence of and as delegated by the Principal and/or Practice Group Leader keeping lines of communication open with all office management leaders and assists with preparation of client billings prior to submittal for signature
• collaborate with Practice Group Leader as requested in the marketing of projects including development of proposals and possible participation in client interviews

Benefits

• Individuals in this role working more than 24 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in HGA’s robust benefit programs which include an annual bonus and success sharing bonus program, 401(k) guaranteed contribution, paid parental leave, medical, dental and life insurance plans as well as PTO and short- and long-term disability programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees