Structural Project Manager

Structural Project Manager

Location: Rosemont, Illinois, with flexibility to work from Chicago part of the week

Working pattern: Four days office-based, one day remote

We have been retained by a highly regarded civil engineering consultancy in Chicagoland to recruit a Structural Project Manager for its growing Structural Group.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Structural Engineer to take a senior role within a close-knit team, leading technically interesting infrastructure projects while mentoring junior engineers and helping shape the department’s continued growth.

The group works across a varied portfolio of public-infrastructure projects, including bridge design and rehabilitation, pedestrian bridges, retaining walls, flood walls, culverts, dams, spillways and bridge inspections. With a strong pipeline of IDOT work, including major bridge and pedestrian-structure projects, this role offers a genuine mix of technical design, project management and client interaction.

The role

• Lead structural projects from concept through construction.
• Manage scope, schedules, budgets, deliverables and client communication.
• Provide technical oversight, QA/QC and support to a growing team of junior engineers.
• Deliver bridge design and rehabilitation, inspections and wider transportation-structure projects.
• Prepare and review plans, specifications, calculations, cost estimates and inspection reports.
• Work closely with municipalities, agencies, contractors and internal multidisciplinary teams.
• Support proposals, fee development and business-development activity.

What we are looking for

• Illinois PE licence is essential.
• SE licence preferred, or commitment to obtain it with exam support available.
• Eight-plus years of structural-engineering experience, including project-management responsibility.
• Strong bridge design, rehabilitation and/or inspection experience.
• Familiarity with IDOT Phase I and II processes, AASHTO LRFD and relevant IDOT bridge-design manuals.
• Experience using OpenBridge, MicroStation, OpenRoads or comparable structural-design tools.
• Strong communication skills and an interest in mentoring engineers at earlier stages of their careers.

The consultancy has an excellent reputation throughout Chicagoland, a strong municipal client base and very low staff turnover. This is a chance to join the structural team at an important point in its growth, with scope to progress into wider departmental leadership over time.

To discuss the opportunity in confidence, please apply or contact Cameron Lisle at Orion Group.

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