Engineering Project Manager
At Salas O’Brien we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.
Building for the long-term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.
About Us:
Founded in 1975, Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We know that tomorrow’s requirements are today’s opportunities, and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.
We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high-rise buildings, clean energy, education, and other building types as well as structural and building sciences, infrastructure asset management, advanced robotics, and more.
Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development, human resources, finance and accounting, information technology, and marketing professionals, all of whom play a key role in bringing our commitments to life every day.
Job Summary: The candidate will provide expertise and support in multiple key areas including client management, operational efficiency, resource planning/coordination, quality assurance, scheduling, engineering effort estimation, capital cost estimation, staff/cost forecasting, proposal preparation, effort hour metric interpretation, and more.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure efficient planning and use of engineering resources
- Monitor and facilitate timely delivery of project deliverables
- Calibrate deliverables to an appropriate level required by Salas O’Brien standards and project needs
- Manage client, supplier, and subcontractor expectations and coordination
- Develop, interpret, and maintain effort hour metrics
- Manage
- Ensure timely project kick-off meetings, SMACC reviews, project close-out meetings, and project reporting
- Collaborate on and support weekly resource planning
- Engineering project scope management
- Cost forecasting
- Facilitate effective communication and information exchange among the project team, including the owner, equipment suppliers, and subcontractors
- Engineering
- Develop engineering estimates and proposals
- Support and execute conceptual, preliminary, and detailed engineering
- Develop project capital cost estimates
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering and/or Management
- 5+ years’ experience in engineering (preferably related to construction or heavy industrial)
- Excellent communication skills, highly organized, detail-oriented, and a positive attitude
- Minimal travel is required
- Able to lift 26 pounds and ascend industrial structures unaided
- U.S. Citizenship
- Valid driver’s license
Location: St. Louis, MO
Benefits:
This role is also eligible for performance-based bonuses and a comprehensive U.S. based benefits package, including:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off and company holidays
- Wellness programs and employee assistance resources
- Professional development support
For more information, visit our full benefits overview here.
Equal Opportunity Employment Statement
Salas O’Brien provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/provincial, or local laws. Salas O’Brien will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.
Qualifications Education Preferred Bachelors or better. Experience Preferred 5+ years’ experience in engineering (preferably related to construction or heavy industrial) Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThis employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering and/or Management
- 5+ years' experience in engineering
- Experience related to construction or heavy industrial
- Excellent communication skills, highly organized, detail-oriented, positive attitude
- Able to lift 26 pounds and ascend industrial structures unaided
- U.S. Citizenship
- Valid driver's license
What We Do
Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and technical services firm focused on advancing the human experience through the built environment. Our team is engineered for impact™, helping clients achieve critical goals, advancing our team members through growth and opportunity, and operating at the center of important global issues, including sustainability and decarbonization. We are a top firm as ranked by Engineering News-Record and Consulting-Specifying Engineer, and we have appeared for over a decade on the Inc. 5000 list of North America’s fastest-growing private companies.









