Project Manager I

Kleinfelder a Forbes Top Employer for Engineers in North America is committed to a people-first culture technical excellence and creating opportunities where employees can thrive!

Do you have a passion for managing budgets meeting deadlines and exceeding client expectations Our delivery management professionals are involved in project delivery from initiation and planning to execution monitoring and closeout. Each phase requires strong attention to detail while communicating with internal and external stakeholders. Do you have a proven track record in managing goals and objectives Consider joining our team and work with peers who have vast industry knowledge and experience solving complex problems.

Kleinfelder is seeking a results-oriented Project Manager to join our growing team in Houston Texas or Atlanta Georgia. This role will lead engineering projects for major energy and utility clients with a focus on technical execution encroachment/relocation design constructability schedule management high-quality deliverables and exceptional client service.

We value leaders who communicate clearly build strong client relationships and provide responsive service-oriented support. This role centers on managing multi-disciplinary engineering efforts guiding technical decisions and delivering utility and pipeline infrastructure projects within active transportation and development corridors. Railroad permitting and agency coordination will be part of project execution. This is a hybrid office role.

Responsibilities:

• Client Relationship Management: Serve as a primary client contact build trusted relationships and provide responsive communication that supports client satisfaction and long-term partnerships.
• Portfolio Management: Manage multiple concurrent projects from opportunity identification and proposal development through execution in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Interdisciplinary Leadership: Lead technical cost and schedule decisions across multi-disciplinary teams while maintaining quality standards and client value.
• Innovative Problem Solving: Develop creative practical solutions to engineering challenges applying sound judgment and technical expertise.
• Project Delivery Oversight: Manage project delivery including team coordination subcontractor management scheduling financial tracking health and safety compliance and reporting.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Explain technical concepts clearly to internal and external stakeholders to support transparency responsiveness and shared understanding.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Engineering Project Leadership: Experience leading engineering teams through planning design technical review and construction support for energy and infrastructure projects.
• Virtual Team Collaboration: Skilled at managing geographically distributed teams aligning resources and using remote collaboration tools to meet project objectives.
• Financial Acumen: Understands budgeting pricing competitive pursuits and construction cost considerations for consultant-led projects.
• Quality & Risk Management: Committed to quality assurance risk mitigation peer reviews and a coordinated partnership between the Project Manager technical lead and business development lead to align scope quality client expectations and project performance.
• Technical Communication: Able to explain engineering concepts project constraints and regulatory requirements to clients agencies and non-technical stakeholders.

Education: B.S. degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering is preferred; or equivalent experience and education.

Experience: 6-7 years of related experience including 3 years of project management experience and knowledge of applicable laws and regulations required.

Professional Registration: Professional Engineer registration is required.

Following an offer candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete employment reference checks verification of professional licensure and/or educational credentials a motor vehicle report (MVR) and a comprehensive background check.

Kleinfelder and its subsidiaries and affiliates has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers scientists and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients transportation water energy and other private infrastructure. As a responsive cross-disciplinary team of bright curious and innovative problem-solvers we are dedicated to doing the right thing every day on every project from over 110 offices in the US Canada and great people to the best work is our purpose together we deliver.

Kleinfelder and its subsidiaries and affiliates is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity equity and inclusion comes creativity innovation and unity. We are proud to offer the following:

Kleinfelder and its subsidiaries and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

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