Grocery & Distribution - Project Manager III

Henderson Engineers; Arizona; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Henderson Engineers is seeking a Project Manager III to lead high-profile, complex projects across disciplines, ensuring strategic decisions and client satisfaction. You will guide multi-team delivery, manage budgets and schedules, and communicate proactively with clients and stakeholders to drive successful outcomes.

This role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and significant PM experience; PMP is preferred. Travel up to 10–15% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, science, technology, or business is required.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience, with at least 9 years in project management.
• Advanced proficiency in project management standards.
• PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads cross-discipline or strategically complex projects, coordinating planning, execution, and client experience.
• Develops and negotiates proposals, contracts, and budgets for high-visibility projects.
• Directs project deliverables across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and timelines.
• Manages client service and project communication, maintaining proactive communication throughout the project life cycle.
• Leads financial oversight for complex project budgets, proactively addressing risks and making real-time adjustments.
• Accountable for delivery success across complex or high-risk efforts, ensuring both outcomes and client satisfaction.
• Leads efforts to improve performance and ensure consistent adherence to applicable quality standards.
• Selects sub-consultants and manages and maintains relationships with them.
• Leads development of program contracts and project fee matrices for large or complex programs.
• Oversees and coordinates all aspects of program project execution, ensuring proper resource management strategies.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Client communication

Budget management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, science, technology, or business

PMP certification

Job description

Position Summary

The Project Manager III leads high-profile and/or complex projects and programs that require advanced coordination, strategic decision-making, and collaboration across multiple disciplines and stakeholders. They are accountable for project performance outcomes, quality, client satisfaction, and the successful integration of internal teams and sub-consultants. They serve as trusted leaders within project delivery while contributing to business development efforts through strengthening client relationships, identifying growth opportunities, and supporting strategic pursuits.

Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities

Project Management

• Leads cross-discipline or strategically complex projects, coordinating all aspects of planning, execution, and client experience.
• Develops and negotiates proposals, contracts, and budgets for high-visibility or multi-phase projects; advises others on complex scoping.
• Directs project deliverables across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and timelines.
• Manages client service and project communication, maintaining proactive communication throughout the project life cycle.
• Leads financial oversight for complex project budgets, proactively addressing risks and making real-time adjustments.
• Accountable for delivery success across complex or high-risk efforts, ensuring both outcomes and client satisfaction. Leads efforts to improve performance and ensure consistent adherence to applicable quality standards. Selects sub-consultants and manages and maintains relationships with them.

Program Management (where applicable)

• Leads development of program contracts and project fee matrices for large or complex programs.
• Manages client service and communication, maintaining proactive communication throughout the project life cycle.
• Oversees and coordinates all aspects of program project execution, ensuring proper resource management strategies and meeting client expectations.

Quality

• Manages project quality expectations across disciplines, proactively addressing issues to maintain standards.
• Ensures deliverables meet project goals and proactively identifies risks to quality expectations.
• Develops scopes of work and fees for complex or strategic projects, ensuring alignment with risk and delivery considerations.
• Provides technical insight on project production when applicable. Proactively identifies cross-team project conflicts and collaborates with stakeholders to drive resolution before impact.

Client Experience

• Serves as the primary program contact and visible leader across multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Maintains regular communication with clients and sub-consultants to ensure satisfaction with the project process and engineering work product, and that client views are managed toward the best solution.
• Anticipates potential client issues and proactively leads communication to navigate conflict and reinforce trust.
• Collaborates with leadership to shape and implement BD strategies aligned with sector or practice goals.
• Leads relationship development efforts for key clients or partners, acting as a connector across teams or sectors.

Leadership/Employee Engagement

• Leads cross-functional teams and oversees PMs on related projects or programs as needed.
• Advises and mentors across multiple project teams, sharing best practices and guiding through complex delivery scenarios.
• Partners with leadership to inform talent development strategies based on observed strengths and capability gaps.
• Demonstrates sustainability fluency and integrates project-specific sustainability actions with broader firm goals.

Core Competencies

Communication

• Keeps others well informed and prioritizes audiences, accuracy and timeliness
• Facilitates an efficient, consistent workflow and exchange of information
• Adjusts communication based on needs and make-up of audience

Integrity

• Leads by example, challenges assumptions, and creates candid feedback loops
• Delivers on personal commitments and instills accountability in others
• Maintains the confidence of clients and colleagues, especially when handling sensitive information

Quality Orientation

• Recognizes areas for improvement and responds accordingly
• Creates a sense of urgency to tackle problems and rewards responsiveness
• Creates and supports feedback loops that improve results
• Holds others accountable for doing their best work

Teamwork/Inclusion

• Prioritizes team needs over personal agenda
• Promotes a culture of collaboration across roles and teams
• Champions cooperative efforts to resolve challenging conversations
• Confronts exclusionary behavior

Continuous Learning

• Pursues new knowledge and helps others grow
• Encourages experimentation when faced with new challenges
• Examines mistakes, clarifies lessons learned, and applies to future work

Functional/Technical Expertise

• Leverages area of expertise to contribute to team and company goals
• Maintains knowledge, skills, and abilities relevant to success throughout job functions

Required Education, Experience, Licenses & Technical Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, science, technology, or business required. Relevant experience within the AEC or Professional Services industry may be considered in lieu of requisite education.
• 10 years of relevant experience required, including a minimum of 9 years of project management experience. Minimum 14 years of experience required without degree.
• Advanced proficiency in project management standards and execution.
• Advanced knowledge and application of building design and construction principles required.
• PMP certification preferred
• Self-starter with the ability to influence and motivate others to achieve goals.
• Proven track record of effective collaboration, communication and organization skills.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in all core competencies as described in this job description.

Physical Requirements

• Other duties as assigned.
• Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English.
• Occasional travel may be required (10-15%)