Senior Project & Client Manager - MEP

Blue Signal Search; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus potential

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Retirement plan with employer 401(k)

Flexible PTO and sick leave

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Blue Signal Search is seeking an experienced Senior Project & Client Manager to lead complex building engineering projects and strengthen relationships with healthcare clients. The role blends technical project leadership, client engagement, and business development to influence facility improvements and grow a diverse engineering services portfolio.

The role emphasizes direct client leadership, budget oversight, and cross-functional team coordination to deliver quality outcomes and drive

Qualifications

• Four-year degree or equivalent professional experience in the built environment.
• 10+ years of engineering/building systems experience.
• Proven success managing medium-to-large engineering projects with multiple teams.
• Experience developing client relationships and contributing to account growth.
• Strong budgeting, cost control, resource planning, profitability, and risk mitigation skills.
• Experience preparing project estimates, developing proposals, negotiating scope, and managing contracts.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organization; PE registration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Direct multidisciplinary engineering engagements from planning through delivery.
• Lead as primary relationship owner for healthcare clients with responsive communication and execution.
• Coordinate engineers, PMs, architects, and construction stakeholders to align resources and schedules.
• Oversee budgets, cash flow, scope changes, invoicing, and risk to protect outcomes.
• Lead estimates, fee development, proposals, and competitive pursuits with tech and BD teams.
• Guide project reviews and QA to ensure contractual compliance and engineering excellence.
• Identify opportunities to expand accounts and introduce additional engineering solutions.

Skills

Project management

Healthcare

Client relationships

Budgeting

Leadership

Proposals

Communication

Education

Four-year degree

Job description

Our client, an established engineering consulting organization, is seeking an experienced Senior Project & Client Manager to lead complex building engineering projects while strengthening relationships across the healthcare sector. This opportunity combines technical project leadership, client engagement, and business development, offering the chance to influence critical facility improvements while helping grow a diverse portfolio of engineering services.

This Role Offers:

• Competitive compensation with annual performance bonus potential.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement savings plan with employer contributions.
• Flexible paid time off and additional paid sick leave.
• Professional development support and opportunities for career advancement.

Focus:

• Direct multidisciplinary engineering engagements from initial planning through final delivery, balancing client expectations, technical requirements, and financial performance.
• Serve as a primary relationship leader for healthcare clients, building trust through responsive communication, reliable execution, and proactive problem-solving.
• Coordinate engineering professionals, project managers, architects, and construction stakeholders to align resources, responsibilities, and delivery schedules.
• Maintain oversight of project budgets, profitability, scope changes, cash flow, invoicing, and potential risks to protect project outcomes.
• Lead project estimates, fee development, proposals, and competitive pursuits in collaboration with technical and business development teams.
• Guide project reviews and quality assurance activities to support contractual compliance, engineering excellence, and timely resolution of challenges.
• Identify opportunities to expand existing accounts, develop new client relationships, and introduce additional engineering solutions that address evolving facility needs.

Skill Set:

• Four-year degree or equivalent professional experience managing projects within the built environment.
• Extensive professional background spanning approximately 8 to 10 years in engineering, building systems, technical project delivery, facility operations, or comparable industry environments.
• Demonstrated success managing medium-to-large engineering projects involving multiple technical teams, service disciplines, and competing priorities.
• Proven ability to develop client relationships, maintain stakeholder confidence, and contribute to account growth and new business development.
• Strong financial and operational management capabilities, including project budgeting, cost control, resource planning, profitability, and risk mitigation.
• Experience preparing project estimates, developing proposals, negotiating scope, and managing contractual commitments.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate technical teams and engage confidently with clients and project partners. Professional engineering registration is a plus.