Project Manager - Engineer

APEX STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INC • Creve Coeur, MO

11d • $137,500 - $151,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Manager is an experienced structural engineer responsible for day-to-day management and execution of structural engineering projects under the oversight of a Project Executive. The role leads project teams and manages scope, fee and budget, schedule, staffing, technical execution, coordination, client communication, and overall performance from project initiation through construction. Project Managers combine technical leadership with project management and serve as the primary day-to-day contact for clients and stakeholders. They anticipate project needs and risks, direct project resources, make decisions within their authority, and communicate significant issues to the Project Executive.

The Project Manager leads structural analysis and design, reviews engineering deliverables, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages construction-phase services and QA/QC, and supports the development of project team members. The role also contributes to business development, client retention, technical standards, and improvements to engineering and project delivery practices.

The position offers a collaborative environment and work on challenging projects using Accelerated Project Deliver™. The employer describes a family-friendly hybrid schedule, workplace amenities, paid parental leave, annual tuition assistance, wellness offerings, generous vacation, sick and personal time, relocation assistance for the Nashville or St. Louis area, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Architectural Engineering from an accredited university.
• Typically seven or more years of relevant structural engineering experience with progressively increasing technical and project management responsibility.
• Professional Engineer (PE) and/or Structural Engineer (SE) licensure required.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing structural engineering projects and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Advanced knowledge of structural analysis, structural systems, load paths, and design of steel, concrete, masonry, foundations, and other applicable systems.
• Advanced working knowledge of applicable building codes, ASCE 7, and structural material design standards.
• Strong proficiency with structural analysis and design software and ability to review and evaluate complex analysis models, calculations, and engineering work.
• Proficiency reading and interpreting architectural, structural, MEP/FP, and other construction documents and identifying structural impacts, coordination requirements, and project risks.
• Understanding of project scope, contracts, fees, budgets, schedules, staffing, additional services, resource planning, and financial performance.
• Ability to develop and manage project work plans, set priorities, assign resources, monitor progress, and adjust execution independently.
• Ability to lead engineers and BIM/modeling team members through design, documentation, coordination, and construction phases.
• Ability to lead external meetings and coordinate effectively with clients, architects, consultants, contractors, fabricators, and other participants.
• Ability to identify risks, evaluate alternatives, make informed decisions within the role’s authority, and escalate significant issues appropriately.
• Ability to identify scope changes and potential additional services and communicate impacts on fee, schedule, staffing, and resources.
• Strong client-service skills and ability to establish and maintain productive professional relationships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communicating technical, financial, schedule, and project information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, competing priorities, and changing requirements while maintaining quality, accountability, and effective communication.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, project direction, mentorship, and constructive feedback.
• Commitment to team members’ technical and professional development and improvement of engineering and project delivery practices.
• Diploma/certificate.
• American citizenship or legal authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Structural Engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage structural engineering projects from initiation through design, documentation, permitting, and construction-phase services under a Project Executive’s oversight.
• Own day-to-day execution, including scope, fee, budget, schedule, staffing, deliverables, coordination, client communication, and project performance.
• Establish project work plans, schedules, milestones, staffing plans, deliverables, and priorities.
• Monitor labor expenditures, remaining fee, staffing projections, percent complete, and anticipated needs; take corrective action when performance trends outside expectations.
• Understand contractual scope and identify scope changes, additional services, client requests, and other conditions affecting fee, schedule, or resources.
• Communicate scope changes and potential additional services to the Project Executive and develop supporting information, fee proposals, and recommendations.
• Lead project teams by setting priorities, assigning work, providing direction, monitoring progress, and coordinating engineering and BIM/modeling efforts.
• Plan and adjust staffing and workload based on project needs, schedule, capabilities, and resources.
• Provide technical leadership for structural analysis and design and guide resolution of engineering, modeling, detailing, constructability, and coordination issues.
• Review calculations, analysis models, drawings, specifications, and other deliverables for accuracy, completeness, consistency, project requirements, and compliance with company standards.
• Lead structural coordination with architects, MEP/FP consultants, contractors, fabricators, and other participants; resolve multidisciplinary coordination issues.
• Review other disciplines’ documents for structural impacts, coordination needs, conflicts, and risks and ensure appropriate follow-up.
• Lead external project meetings and communicate status, design requirements, coordination items, decisions, action items, schedule considerations, and information needs.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for clients and project stakeholders and maintain strong client relationships.
• Anticipate project risks and develop and implement appropriate strategies to address them.
• Make day-to-day decisions within the role’s authority and escalate significant technical, contractual, financial, schedule, or client-related issues to the Project Executive with recommendations.
• Manage construction-phase services, including RFIs, submittals, field conditions, design revisions, contractor questions, and related engineering activities.
• Coordinate QA/QC reviews, ensure reviews occur at established milestones, and ensure comments are resolved before deliverables are issued.
• Guide Project Engineers and Associate Project Managers and support their technical and professional development.
• Set expectations and provide timely feedback on technical work, performance, communication, and adherence to project requirements.
• Communicate project performance, design decisions, client concerns, scope changes, schedule risks, financial concerns, and other material matters to the Project Executive.
• Support business development and client retention through pursuits, client discussions, fee proposals, scopes of services, and project planning.
• Participate in Apex Technical Advisory Groups and contribute to engineering standards, design tools, technical resources, workflows, and lessons learned.
• Identify and help implement improvements to project management, engineering, QA/QC, and project delivery processes.

Benefits

• Access to a fully equipped gym, golf simulator, and coffee house/café.
• Family-friendly hybrid work schedule.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• $5,000 in annual tuition assistance for student loans.
• Orange Theory membership or access to an in-house gym, plus three dedicated hours each week for mental and physical health.
• Generous vacation, sick, and personal time.
• Relocation assistance for moves to the Nashville or St. Louis area.
• Continuous learning opportunities and career development programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior