Senior Project Manager

APEX STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INC • Nashville, TN

19d • $157,500 - $173,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

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

Senior Project Managers anticipate project needs and risks, guide Project Managers and engineering teams, and build strong relationships with clients and project partners. Alongside project delivery, the role supports business development and marketing by maintaining client relationships, identifying opportunities, contributing to pursuits, and representing Apex in the industry.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Architectural Engineering from an accredited university.
• Typically ten or more years of relevant structural engineering experience, including significant project management experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) and/or Structural Engineer (SE) licensure required.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing large, complex, high-profile, and/or fast-paced structural engineering projects.
• Experience managing project scope, fees and budgets, schedules, staffing, additional services, resource planning, and financial performance.
• Advanced knowledge of structural engineering principles, structural systems, building codes, design standards, construction practices, and project delivery.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to direct complex structural analysis, design, constructability, coordination, and construction-related work.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, engineers, BIM/modeling team members, and technical specialists.
• Ability to provide effective leadership and project management guidance to Project Managers and Associate Project Managers.
• Ability to anticipate project risks, assess impacts, develop solutions, and communicate significant matters and recommendations to project leadership.
• Advanced understanding of architectural, structural, MEP/FP, and other discipline construction documents and coordination requirements.
• Experience leading client and external project meetings and communicating complex technical, project, contractual, and schedule matters.
• Strong understanding of professional services agreements, scope, additional services, staffing, schedules, project progress, budgets, and financial performance.
• Ability to build client relationships and contribute to client retention, repeat business, and continued engagement.
• Ability to develop scopes, fees, staffing plans, schedules, and execution strategies for complex structural engineering projects.
• Ability to identify business development opportunities, support pursuits and proposals, and represent Apex professionally.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects, teams, priorities, and client relationships while maintaining quality, schedule, financial performance, and communication.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, decision-making, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to provide direction, constructive feedback, mentorship, and professional development support.
• Ability to balance technical leadership, project management, client service, business development, and staff development.
• Commitment to client service, technical excellence, staff development, collaboration, business development, and continuous improvement.
• Diploma/certificate.
• Must be an American citizen or legally able to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Structural Engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage large, complex, high-profile, and/or fast-paced structural engineering projects from initiation through design, documentation, permitting, and construction under a Project Executive’s oversight.
• Manage project scope, fees and budget, schedule, staffing, deliverables, coordination, client communication, and execution strategy.
• Establish project execution plans, schedules, staffing strategies, milestones, and priorities, adjusting resources as requirements change.
• Monitor financial performance, staffing, progress, remaining effort, and project health; address concerns proactively.
• Identify scope changes, additional services, contractual concerns, and other factors affecting fees, schedule, staffing, or profitability, and recommend appropriate action.
• Lead project teams, set expectations and accountability, and provide direction and project management support to Project Managers and Associate Project Managers.
• Coordinate staffing and resources across projects in collaboration with Project Executives and other project leaders.
• Provide technical leadership for structural analysis, design, modeling, constructability, coordination, and construction-related issues.
• Oversee deliverables and QA/QC to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, constructability, and compliance with project requirements and Apex standards.
• Lead coordination with architects, MEP/FP consultants, contractors, fabricators, owners, and other participants; resolve significant multidisciplinary issues.
• Lead external project meetings and represent Apex with clients, communicating status, technical requirements, schedule, risks, decisions, and solutions.
• Develop dependable client and project-partner relationships by understanding priorities, anticipating needs, and delivering responsive service.
• Anticipate project risks and develop response strategies with the Project Executive and team; escalate significant risks and issues with recommendations.
• Lead development of scopes, fee proposals, staffing plans, schedules, execution strategies, and additional-service proposals.
• Participate in business development and marketing, including maintaining client relationships, identifying opportunities, supporting proposals and interviews, and representing Apex at client and industry events.
• Identify opportunities within existing client relationships and communicate potential opportunities to Apex leadership.
• Mentor Project Managers, Associate Project Managers, Project Engineers, and other team members; provide constructive feedback and support professional development.
• Participate in Apex Technical Advisory Groups and contribute to engineering standards, project management practices, QA/QC procedures, technical resources, and delivery processes.
• Identify recurring challenges, lessons learned, and improvement opportunities; help implement better project management and engineering practices.
• Promote consistent project execution, client service, technical quality, and communication across teams.
• Support Project Executives with resource planning, portfolio discussions, client strategy, and organizational initiatives.

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, and 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