What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Project Manager position at EXP?
At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.
Are you ready to design your future?
Be our next Design Project Manager.
Your work environment at EXP
EXP’s Infrastructure & Transportation Practice provides comprehensive planning, design and construction engineering services for all types of roadway, bridge, water resource, rail, transit and aviation projects. With a unique multidisciplinary team approach, we have a history of successfully delivering some of the most complex infrastructure projects in the Midwest. We are currently looking to grow and enhance our practice and are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Project Manager for our Wisconsin Operations (Milwaukee, Madison or Appleton areas). The ideal candidate will work directly under the supervision of the Practice Leader and focus on delivering transportation projects for wide variety of clients including WisDOT, Counties, and Municipalities.
What a day at EXP has in store for you
- Manage a wide variety and complexity of highway related projects
- Maintain project schedules and manage project financials including profit/loss responsibility and targeted direct margin
- Coordinate staff required for internal project teams, including directing, coordinating and reviewing work by others
- Perform design computations, oversee report, plan and specification development and sign and seal construction documents as necessary
- Oversee and approve invoicing/billing and manage project scope and secure change orders as necessary
- Work with other senior staff within Infrastructure & Transportation and other practices groups, as necessary, to execute project delivery
- Act as EXP’s representative with the client and selected subcontractors during project execution
- Assist in the preparation of proposal and presentations for project pursuits
- Develop and maintain client relationships
What your experience looks like
- BS in Civil Engineering from an Accredited University
- 12 years of progressively responsible relevant experience
- Licensed PE in the State of Wisconsin
- Demonstrated ability to manage and lead diverse project teams with a strong track record of project delivery from both a technical and financial perspective
- Knowledge of work related to delivering transportation projects in Wisconsin
- Experience in geometrics and design, environmental and design report preparation, public involvement, and WisDOT project delivery
- Proficient with AutoDesk Civil3D as well as MS Office software
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to direct and supervise staff engineers and technicians
- Strong leadership, project management skills and the ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to mentor engineering staff
- Experience in business development and client relationships desirable
- Industry participation in professional societies required
