Project Manager - Architecture & Engineering Design

Location: Dubuque, Iowa, United States

Workplace: on_site

Employment Type: full

Description

We’re seeking an experienced A/E Project Manager to lead architecture and engineering projects from initial planning through design development, permitting, and construction administration. The ideal candidate has a background in an architecture, engineering, or multidisciplinary design firm and can manage project budgets, schedules, technical teams, and client relationships while ensuring high-quality project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead projects through design development, engineering, permitting, construction support, and final delivery.
• Establish project scopes, fee budgets, schedules, resource plans, and deliverables.
• Direct architects, engineers, consultants, and external partners, ensuring responsibilities and deadlines are clearly defined.
• Monitor project milestones, design submissions, approvals, outstanding decisions, and progress against established plans.
• Identify design inconsistencies, scope changes, coordination gaps, schedule risks, and budget variances.
• Collaborate with technical teams to resolve design challenges, permitting issues, and construction-related problems.
• Coordinate activities across design, engineering, regulatory approvals, bidding, and construction phases.
• Lead design reviews, client presentations, formal submissions, and construction-phase coordination.
• Manage client relationships, provide project updates, and address expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure deliverables meet contractual requirements, applicable codes, quality standards, and client objectives.
• Support construction administration by coordinating with contractors and resolving field questions and design issues.
• Maintain project documentation, including meeting minutes, budgets, schedules, status reports, and change records.
• Report project performance, financial results, risks, and schedule developments to company leadership.
• Improve project delivery through effective coordination, documentation, and internal workflows.

Requirements

• 5+ years of project management experience in architecture, engineering, or multidisciplinary design.
• Required: Previous experience working within an architecture, engineering, or multidisciplinary design firm.
• Proven responsibility for project scope, budgets, schedules, deliverables, risks, and client relationships.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, consultants, and contractors.
• Strong understanding of design development, permitting, construction documentation, and construction administration.
• Ability to manage projects from initial design through final delivery.
• Experience resolving scope changes, design conflicts, coordination issues, schedule risks, and cost concerns.
• Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Understanding of professional services agreements, design deliverables, and architecture and engineering firm operations.

Important: Candidates must have direct project management and project delivery responsibility. Experience limited primarily to project coordination, administrative support, or schedule tracking will not meet the requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Health insurance options.
• Retirement plan options.
• Paid time off and company holidays.
• Professional development and continuing education opportunities.
• Opportunity to lead diverse architecture and engineering projects.
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary professional environment.
• Long-term career growth and advancement opportunities.