What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Affiliated Engineers, Inc.?
Overview
Join a Team Where Engineering Excellence Drives Opportunity
Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is a leading, multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm and collaborative community of over 900 employees across 22 offices who plan, design, and deliver high-performance, innovative, and holistic engineering solutions.
Recognized as a top engineering firm nationally, AEI is dedicated to enhancing the built environment through remarkable design and award-winning projects.
As a Project Manager in our Chapel Hill office, you’ll join a collaborative community where your expertise fuels innovation, your ideas drive progress, and your work helps shape a brighter future for all.
Why We Need You:
In this role, you will lead rewarding projects with a hands-on approach, develop client relationships, deliver projects according to client needs and budget, lead concept development of building systems, and guide a team of engineers from project conception though occupancy. Within this position, you will also participate in project interviews, providing high-level client service, establishing long-term partnerships, keeping abreast of market trends, and ensuring resolution of all technical and service issues.
Expertise of our most successful Project Manager:
- 10 years in consulting environment designing building systems or leading design projects across core design disciplines.
- Proven ability to lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team through planning, design and construction for projects of all sizes.
- BS in Engineering or Architecture from an ABET accredited program.
- Recent experience in the Healthcare, Science & Technology, Higher Education, or similar market sectors performing project management for large and/or complex projects.
- Ability to travel to client sites where project development opportunities exist (depends on assignment).
- Professional registration is a plus.
Effective skills to help you flourish:
- Strong spoken and written communications skills.
- Excellent organization and time management skills.
- Quick technical comprehension and motivation focused on client outcomes.
- Able to effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
- Effective working individually and within team environments.
When you work here, you can expect:
- A flexible, collaborative environment where your well-being matters—because your best work happens when you’re supported.
- Real opportunities to grow—through mentorship, professional development programs, and exposure to high-impact projects across disciplines.
- To collaborate with inspiring teammates who challenge the status quo, foster innovation, and pave the way for future leaders.
- A benefits package that offers health, dental, vision, and retirement, a performance-based year-end bonus, and thoughtful perks tailored to your needs—whether that's a flexible work environment, wellness resources, or community-focused initiatives, we’ll continue to invest in.
If this dynamic environment and the chance to contribute to transformative projects resonate with your ambitions, we would love to connect with you. Join us and make an impact!
Apply online at https://aeieng.com/about/careers/
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