Project Manager - Architecture & Engineering Design

AlphaHire•Dubuque, IA

About The Position

We’re seeking an experienced A/E Project Manager to oversee architecture and engineering projects from early planning through design completion, permitting, and construction administration. The role requires experience in an architecture, engineering, or multidisciplinary design firm and responsibility for project performance, team leadership, client communication, and delivery of high-quality design services. The position also involves maintaining project documentation, reporting performance and risks to company leadership, and improving project delivery workflows.

Requirements

5+ years of project management experience in architecture, engineering, or multidisciplinary design.
Previous experience working within an architecture, engineering, or multidisciplinary design firm.
Demonstrated ownership of project scope, budgets, schedules, deliverables, risks, and client relationships.
Experience directing multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, consultants, and contractors.
Strong understanding of design development, permitting, construction documentation, and construction administration.
Ability to manage projects from initial design through final delivery.
Proven ability to address scope changes, design conflicts, coordination issues, schedule risks, and cost concerns.
Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
Excellent leadership, organization, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
Ability to oversee multiple projects and competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
Understanding of professional services agreements, design deliverables, and architecture and engineering firm operations.
Candidates must have direct project management and delivery responsibility; backgrounds limited primarily to project coordination, administrative assistance, or schedule tracking will not meet the requirements.

Responsibilities

Direct project execution across design development, engineering, permitting, construction support, and final delivery.
Establish project scopes, fee budgets, schedules, resource plans, and key deliverables.
Lead architects, engineers, consultants, and external partners, ensuring responsibilities and deadlines are clearly defined.
Oversee project milestones, design submissions, approvals, open decisions, and progress against established plans.
Identify design inconsistencies, scope changes, coordination gaps, schedule threats, and budget variances.
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.
Facilitate design reviews, client presentations, formal submissions, and construction-phase coordination.
Manage client relationships, communicate project updates, and address expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
Verify that project deliverables satisfy contract requirements, applicable codes, quality standards, and client objectives.
Support construction administration by coordinating with contractors and resolving field questions or design issues.
Maintain project documentation, including meeting records, budgets, schedules, status reports, and change tracking.
Report project performance, financial results, risks, and schedule developments to company leadership.
Strengthen project delivery through improved coordination methods, documentation practices, and internal workflows.