Senior Project Manager - Municipal Services

birmsearchgroup; Benton Harbor (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Generous PTO and paid holidays

401(k) and Incentive Bonuses

Employee and Family activities

Job summary

A municipal engineering firm is seeking a Civil Engineer in Benton Harbor, MI. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and significant experience managing municipal projects. The ideal candidate has excellent business development skills and a passion for community service. Responsibilities include maintaining relationships with clients, overseeing project performance, and managing communications. The firm offers a comprehensive benefits package, including flexible schedules, medical coverage, and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience managing municipal projects.
• 12+ years of experience in A/E/C industry with municipal client retention.
• Strong ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and foster good relationships with clients.
• Manage projects, including client communications and financial performance.
• Identify engineering services needed and draft proposals.
• Identify engineering and surveying services needed; draft proposals and estimate fees.

Skills

Business development skills

Strong technical skills for municipal projects

Interpersonal skills

Effective communication skills

Project management skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field

PE licensure in Indiana

Job description

Overview

Position Purpose: We are seeking a Civil Engineer with extensive experience and proven track record partnering with municipal clients. Candidates must have excellent business development skills, a passion for people, and be dedicated to exemplary work for our communities. This opportunity builds on the teams strategic commitment to growth and the development of client focused teams. This role will include project management responsibilities.

Essential Functions

• Maintain and foster good relationships with current and potential municipal clients
• Strong technical skills for storm, sanitary, water and local roads projects
• Oversee team performance and workload; facilitates work sharing with other locations and practices to deliver best in class projects to our clients
• Manage projects including client communications, public input and feedback, financial performance, and internal support
• Ability to identify engineering and surveying services needed by the client and the ability to draft proposals and estimate fees
• Familiar with, identifies and pursues funding mechanisms to support our municipal clients
• Advanced experience consulting or working with local, regional, and state government
• Strong interpersonal skills required
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Passionate about organizing and leading others; drives results by planning, prioritizing, and meeting tight deadlines required
• Ability to work independently with a self-motivated attitude; capable of overseeing multiple projects simultaneously

Organizational Relationships

• Reports directly to Municipal Manager
• Supervises direct report project engineers and designers

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or a related field
• 12+ years of experience managing municipal projects; storm, sanitary, water, local roads
• 12+ years of experience in A/E/C industry with record of municipal client retention/attraction

Preferred Education/Experience

• 5+ years of experience in developing business
• 5+ years of experience managing direct reports
• PE licensure in Indiana

Travel

• Position based in Benton Harbor
• 10-15% local travel

Our team members enjoy a comprehensive compensation package that includes

• Opportunities for hybrid and flexible schedules.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with eligibility upon hire date
  • Multiple Medical plans including those with HSA employer contributions.
• 100% Employer paid Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Reimbursement and support for tuition, continuing education, and personal/professional development.
• Generous PTO and paid holidays.
• 401(k), Incentive Bonuses, and Ownership Opportunities (were 100% employee-owned!).
• Employee and Family activities including ski and fishing trips, sporting events, and so much more!