Engineering Program Manager

Ampirical; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampirical Solutions LLC is seeking an experienced Engineering Program Manager to oversee a portfolio of multi-discipline engineering projects, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and risk align with client contracts and codes. You will coordinate deliverables, mentor staff, and support bid and contract activities, including MSAs.

You will lead cross-project planning, risk management, and stakeholder communications while ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory requirements are met across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology (or PMP in lieu of degree).
• Minimum 15+ years of project management experience in utilities engineering or related field.
• PE license and/or PMP certification required or strongly preferred.
• Experience negotiating MSAs, contracts, and risk management strategies.

Responsibilities

• Manage contract scope, budget, schedule, resources, and risk for multiple multi-discipline projects.
• Prepare monthly status reports covering scope, risk, schedule, budget, and resources.
• Develop and maintain engineering budgets, milestone schedules, and resource plans.
• Align scheduling and performance reporting across projects to program goals.
• Review and negotiate client, subconsultant, and MSA terms with legal team.
• Mentor project managers and engineering staff on program management practices.

Skills

Negotiation

Risk analysis

Scheduling

Leadership

Contract law

Crucial conversations

Time management

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology

PE license

PMP certification

Job description

Ampirical's Engineering PMO is seeking an Engineering Program Manager to manage the engineering contract scope for a portfolio of related projects and task orders, typically in the $1M to $5M range, across multiple engineering disciplines. Coordinates scope, schedule, budget, risk, and resources across the portfolio and oversees engineering deliverables to confirm they meet client contract requirements, applicable codes, and the standard of care. Serves as a program-level contact for clients and stakeholders, supports proposal development and contract negotiation, including Master Service Agreements (MSAs), and mentors project managers and engineering staff on program management practices.

What You'll Do:

• Manage contract scope, budget, schedule, resources, and risk for a portfolio of multi-discipline engineering projects and task orders
• prepare monthly status reports covering scope, risk, schedule, budget, and resources
• Develop and maintain engineering budgets (bottom-up with top-down comparison and market value analysis), milestone schedules, and resource plans
• align scheduling and performance reporting across projects to program goals
• Review and negotiate client, subconsultant, and MSA terms and conditions with the legal team
• maintain risk registers
• administer milestones, deliverables, and change orders
• Oversee engineering deliverables for quality, code compliance, and standard of care
• ensure project safety plans, quality assurance plans, and environmental, land use, and permitting requirements are met, including engineering seal requirements
• Lead competitive bids and qualifications for multi-discipline proposals, including MSAs
• support business development and capture activities for larger opportunities
• Serve as the program-level contact for clients and stakeholders
• lead meetings, resolve cross-project conflicts, manage expectations, and plan and lead site visits and field coordination as needed
• Mentor project managers and engineering staff, support onboarding and training, and promote best practices and lessons learned across projects

What You Bring:

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field (or PMP in lieu of degree) Minimum 15+ years of project management experience in utilities engineering or a closely related technical field PE license and/or PMP certification Desired Qualifications: Candidates with prior training or demonstrated proficiency in Negotiation Training, Proposal and Win Theme Training, Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Contract Law, Time Management, The Art of Supervision, Crucial Conversations, Scheduling, Safety in Design; OSHA 10 and/or 30 are strongly preferred.