Project Manager - Municipal Engineering
OHM Advisors

Come work for OHM Advisors, the community advancement firm.

With the singular mission of Advancing Communities, our diverse, 700+ member team works collaboratively across multiple service areas including architecture, engineering, planning, surveying, and construction engineering.

We are a team of experts with individual specialties working together, driven to make a difference through people-focused problem solving, design and ideas. In everything we do, we put people first. We create places for communities of people that help solve a problem and drive them forward-advancing the whole community today and well into the future.

What You'll Contribute to OHM Advisors

As a Project Manager at OHM Advisors, you'll lead essential municipal infrastructure projects that enhance community well-being. You'll manage multidisciplinary teams and oversee projects related to utility infrastructure-such as potable water, sanitary sewer, and stormwater systems-as well as roadways, parks, and public facilities. By guiding these projects from concept to completion and addressing challenges with people-first solutions, your work will directly support our mission of advancing communities and driving sustainable growth.

Your Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Preparing and managing scope, schedule, and budget for proposals and contracts, and overall decision-making.
• Effectively communicating project goals, alternatives, recommendations, and outcomes to project team, client, and public (memos, reports, presentations, etc.).
• Timely and accurate completion of OHM and sub-consultant invoices and collections.
• Projects may require working with a multidisciplinary team of planners, engineers, architects, and technicians and will range from preliminary engineering to final design/construction documents.
• Understanding OHM services and how they relate to the client's organization and needs.
• Anticipating project issues, including advising the client on alternatives and providing recommendations for solving issues.

Team & Client Management:

• Managing staff, sub-consultants, and expenses during project implementation.
• Must be able to document and present work to team & clients in a clear and concise manner.
• Understanding OHM services and how they relate to the client's organization and needs.
• Obtaining repeat work from clients, including cross-selling of services.
• Experience in business development, marketing & sales.
• Anticipating project issues, including advising the client on alternatives and providing recommendations for solving issues.

Requirements

Education, Experience & Licensure:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of Design experience with water mains, sanitary sewer, roads, pathways, and stormwater systems, are a requirement.
• Experience with developing and leading teams & securing work with clients.
• Familiarity with hydraulic/hydrologic modeling of water distribution, wastewater, stormwater systems.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan.

Technical Skills:

• The candidate must be able to lead project teams on selected projects.
• Proficient in the use Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent communication and organization skills with a positive attitude, and eagerness to learn.
• Desire to solve challenging problems and help advance our clients.
• Studies, reports, design and construction of water distribution systems, sewage collection, storage facilities, control vaults, pumping stations, booster stations, water and wastewater treatment, stormwater systems, and green infrastructure.
• Collaborative team-minded values.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan.

Preferred Qualifications

• MDOT experience is a plus.
• Experience or familiarity working with GIS, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, and/or hydraulic and hydrology design programs such as EPA-SWMM, H2O-Map, Infowater, HEC-HMS or HEC-RAS preferred.

What We Offer

Our staff is our greatest asset. We continuously strive to provide tools, mentorship, and resources to help foster a healthy work-life balance. You can read about some of our self-designed career advancement and enrichment programs, like OHM Wellness, OHM Grad School, and OHM University, on our website.

OHM Advisors is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, we offer; medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short/long term disability, both HSA & FSA plans, profit-sharing, traditional & Roth 401(k) plans, paid holidays, and paid time off.

OHM Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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