Assistant Vice President, Project Manager (Mission Critical/Data Centers)

About the role

Assistant Vice President, Project Manager based in Milwaukee, WI, responsible for leading diverse engineering teams from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi‑disciplinary teams of engineers, designers, and staff through multiple simultaneous projects of varying size and complexity.
• Independently prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules, and obtain management and client approvals.
• Initiate and maintain regular communications with clients regarding project status, quality, and issue resolution.
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, vendors, regulatory authorities, technical agencies, and the public.
• Address change‑management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal departments.
• Monitor project budgets, key performance indicators, and forecasting.
• Lead business‑development initiatives, including Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• Develop comprehensive scopes of work and accurate fee estimates for management approval.
• Mentor, assist, encourage, and motivate team members and junior project managers.
• Provide strong administrative and technical leadership, maintain project records, and monitor correspondence.
• Schedule and facilitate all project meetings required to coordinate work activities.
• Administer subconsultant agreements as assigned.
• Apply thorough knowledge of company contracts and parties involved.
• Implement and manage the kW Quality Control Plan for each project.
• Proactively track and report workload management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage client and subconsultant invoicing.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 10+ years of experience in project and/or program management on large engineering or construction projects.
• Experience leading multi‑disciplinary teams while managing scope, quality, schedule, and cost.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including presenting to senior management.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with professionals from varied technical backgrounds.
• Clear, concise, and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers, and staff.
• Strategic, conceptual, analytical thinking and decision‑making abilities.
• Adaptability and flexibility to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity, and change.
• Experience negotiating contract terms.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project‑management software tools.
• Detail‑oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with reading drawings and specifications.

Preferred qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience in an engineering consulting environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or project management.
• Experience in project planning, cost management, schedule management, and performance reporting on financial and other KPIs.

Skills

• Client‑facing communication and relationship management.
• Team leadership and mentorship.
• Budgeting, cost control, and financial forecasting.
• Change management.
• Business development and proposal preparation.
• Contract administration.
• Quality control implementation.
• Workload tracking and reporting.
• Proficiency with MS Office and project‑management software.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Disability and life insurance.
• Retirement savings plan.