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SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER / PROJECT MANAGER -
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER


Project Control Engineering, LLC
Algonac, Michigan | Flexible Hybrid Arrangement

Base Salary: $85,000–$115,000 + Performance Bonus + Sign-On/Relocation Support

Make a Meaningful Impact at an Established Michigan Engineering Firm


Project Control Engineering, LLC is seeking an experienced Professional Engineer to join our civil engineering team as a Senior Civil Engineer/Project Manager.


This is an opportunity for a capable engineer to assume meaningful responsibility for projects, clients, technical decisions, and the development of other professionals. The successful candidate will work directly with PCE’s ownership, project managers, engineers, survey personnel, technicians, and field staff to deliver municipal infrastructure and private-development projects throughout Southeast Michigan.


This is not a narrowly defined production position. The selected engineer will have the opportunity to manage projects from initial scope through design and construction, participate in important client decisions, mentor experienced staff, improve project-delivery practices, and exercise professional judgment over work performed under their responsible charge.


PCE offers the accessibility and influence of a smaller professional firm, together with an established client base, varied project assignments, experienced employees, and the opportunity to play an important role in the continued success of our Michigan practice.


About PCE


Project Control Engineering is an established Michigan civil engineering and surveying firm serving municipalities, developers, property owners, contractors, and other public- and private-sector clients.


Our services include:


  • Municipal engineering
  • Water distribution and treatment-related infrastructure
  • Sanitary sewer collection and rehabilitation
  • Stormwater management and drainage
  • Roadway and streetscape improvements
  • Private land development and site design
  • Utility planning and coordination
  • Professional surveying
  • Construction administration and observation
  • CCTV and infrastructure investigation
  • Grant-supported public infrastructure projects


PCE has built its reputation through long-term relationships, local knowledge, practical engineering, responsiveness, and personal accountability to our clients.


The Opportunity


The Senior Civil Engineer / Project Manager will lead and support civil engineering projects from initial planning through final design, permitting, bidding, construction, and closeout.


Depending on experience and demonstrated capabilities, the successful candidate will:


  • Serve as engineer of record for appropriate projects.
  • Exercise responsible charge over engineering work within their areas of competence.
  • Manage municipal and private-development projects.
  • Review and approve plans, calculations, specifications, reports, and technical documents.
  • Lead project teams consisting of engineers, designers, survey personnel, technicians, subconsultants, and construction staff.
  • Develop direct working relationships with municipal officials, developers, contractors, review agencies, and other clients.
  • Mentor technical staff and help strengthen PCE’s engineering standards.
  • Participate in proposals, interviews, fee development, and business-development activities.
  • Influence how projects and the engineering practice are managed.


This position provides a strong advancement opportunity for an engineer who wants more responsibility, greater client exposure, and a clearer voice in the direction of a professional practice.


Primary Responsibilities


Engineering Design and Technical Leadership


  • Lead and perform civil engineering analysis and design for municipal infrastructure and private-development projects.
  • Prepare and review engineering plans, calculations, specifications, cost estimates, reports, permit applications, and bidding documents.
  • Provide technical direction to engineers, designers, technicians, survey staff, and other project participants.
  • Review grading, drainage, stormwater, water-main, sanitary-sewer, roadway, utility, site-layout, and related civil engineering designs.
  • Confirm that designs comply with applicable codes, standards, permit requirements, client expectations, and accepted engineering practice.
  • Identify technical risks, incomplete information, conflicts, and constructability concerns early in the design process.
  • Exercise responsible charge over assigned work and sign and seal documents only within the engineer’s areas of competence and professional control.
  • Support development and continuous improvement of PCE’s engineering standards, details, specifications, calculations, and QA/QC procedures.


Project Management


  • Manage projects from authorization through final completion.
  • Establish and maintain project scope, budget, schedule, staffing plan, deliverables, and client expectations.
  • Prepare project work plans and coordinate engineering, surveying, permitting, bidding, and construction activities.
  • Monitor project financial performance, including labor budgets, percent complete, forecast-to-complete, billing, collections, and scope changes.
  • Identify out-of-scope services and prepare timely additional-service requests.
  • Coordinate subconsultants, utility companies, review agencies, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
  • Conduct project kickoff, design-review, progress, client, and construction meetings.
  • Maintain complete and professional project documentation.
  • Take ownership of project outcomes rather than simply completing assigned technical tasks.


Client Service


  • Serve as a responsive and trusted point of contact for assigned municipal and private-sector clients.
  • Communicate technical issues in a practical and understandable manner.
  • Provide clear recommendations, identify alternatives, and help clients make informed decisions.
  • Develop familiarity with each client’s standards, priorities, capital plans, approval processes, and communication preferences.
  • Participate in public meetings, municipal meetings, development reviews, and client presentations as appropriate.
  • Build relationships that support client retention, repeat assignments, and responsible business growth.
  • Notify clients promptly when project scope, schedule, cost, risk, or available information changes.


Quality Assurance and Professional Responsibility


  • Perform detailed interdisciplinary and technical reviews.
  • Confirm that project documents are complete, coordinated, constructible, and suitable for their intended purpose.
  • Ensure that work bearing the engineer’s seal was completed under their responsible charge.
  • Maintain professional independence and sound judgment concerning public health, safety, and welfare.
  • Participate in formal project reviews at appropriate design milestones.
  • Document significant design decisions, assumptions, calculations, and review comments.
  • Help establish a consistent culture of quality without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.


Construction and Implementation Support


  • Support bidding, contractor questions, bid evaluations, and recommendations for award.
  • Review submittals, shop drawings, requests for information, proposed substitutions, and change-order documentation.
  • Attend construction meetings and perform site observations when appropriate.
  • Coordinate with construction inspectors, survey crews, contractors, municipal staff, and utility representatives.
  • Assist with interpretation of plans and specifications.
  • Review record information, closeout documents, and final project certifications.
  • Resolve construction issues in a timely manner while protecting the client and maintaining professional standards.


Staff Development


  • Mentor engineers, designers, and technical staff.
  • Delegate work with clear scope, budget, schedule, and quality expectations.
  • Review work in a manner that teaches and develops others rather than simply correcting the final product.
  • Help staff understand the engineering reasoning behind design decisions.
  • Support professional-development plans, licensure, training, and increased project responsibility.
  • Contribute to a respectful, accountable, collaborative, and solutions-oriented workplace.


Proposals and Business Development


  • Assist with project scoping, fee development, staffing plans, and proposal preparation.
  • Participate in client interviews, presentations, and relationship-development activities.
  • Identify opportunities to provide additional services to existing clients.
  • Support reasonable go/no-go and project-risk evaluations.
  • Represent PCE professionally in municipal, civic, technical, and industry settings.
  • Business development is an important part of the role, but the successful candidate will not be expected to arrive with a portable book of business.


Required Qualifications


  • Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited program.
  • Active Professional Engineer license in Michigan, or an active PE license in another state with the demonstrated ability to obtain Michigan licensure promptly through comity.
  • At least five years of progressively responsible civil engineering experience.
  • Experience preparing and reviewing civil engineering plans, calculations, reports, specifications, and cost estimates.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently manage technical assignments.
  • Working knowledge of municipal infrastructure or private land-development design.
  • Understanding of project scope, budget, schedule, documentation, and quality requirements.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to interact professionally with clients, agencies, contractors, and coworkers.
  • Sound professional judgment and commitment to public health, safety, and welfare.
  • Valid driver’s license and ability to attend client meetings and project sites.


Preferred Qualifications


  • Seven to twelve years of relevant civil engineering experience.
  • Current Michigan PE license.
  • Project-management experience involving scope, schedule, budget, staffing, billing, and client communication.
  • Experience serving as engineer of record or exercising responsible charge.
  • Experience with one or more of the following:
  • Municipal water systems
  • Sanitary sewer systems
  • Stormwater management
  • Roadway and streetscape design
  • Capital improvement projects
  • Private commercial or residential development
  • Site-plan review
  • Construction administration
  • Utility coordination
  • MDOT or local-agency projects
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D.
  • Familiarity with hydraulic, hydrologic, stormwater, utility, or earthwork design software.
  • Experience preparing opinions of probable construction cost.
  • Experience with municipal meetings, public presentations, and contractor coordination.
  • Ability to mentor junior and mid-level technical staff.
  • Existing Southeast Michigan client or agency familiarity is valuable but not required.


What Success Looks Like


Within the first year, the successful candidate will:


  • Assume responsible charge of appropriate projects within their areas of competence.
  • Independently manage assigned projects from scope through completion.
  • Establish productive relationships with PCE’s employees and clients.
  • Improve technical-review capacity and reduce project-delivery bottlenecks.
  • Consistently maintain current project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and client communication.
  • Strengthen PCE’s QA/QC and project-documentation practices.
  • Mentor technical staff and improve delegation and staff development.
  • Deliver responsive, practical, and well-coordinated engineering solutions.
  • Contribute to client retention, repeat work, and the financial performance of assigned projects.
  • Demonstrate readiness for increased project, client, and leadership responsibility.


Compensation and Benefits


PCE anticipates a base salary generally between $85,00 and $115,000, depending on experience, technical capabilities, project-management background, client responsibilities, and ability to exercise independent responsible charge.


The anticipated compensation package also includes:


  • Annual performance-based bonus.
  • Competitive sign-on incentive.
  • Relocation assistance where appropriate.
  • Health and related employee benefits.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • Paid time off and paid holidays.
  • Professional-license renewal and continuing-education support.
  • Professional association and approved training support.
  • Mileage or company transportation for authorized business travel.
  • Approved hybrid-work flexibility following successful onboarding.
  • Clear advancement opportunities based on performance and leadership.


Exceptional candidates with significant project-management, client-leadership, or specialized technical experience may be considered above the stated range.


Work Arrangement


PCE’s headquarters is located in Algonac, Michigan, along the St. Clair River.


This position requires regular collaboration with project teams, clients, field personnel, and ownership and is not intended to be fully remote.


During the onboarding period, the successful candidate should anticipate a substantial presence in the Algonac office. Following successful onboarding, an arrangement of up to two remote or flexible-location days per week may be available, based on:


  • Project and client needs.
  • Required employee collaboration.
  • Meetings and site visits.
  • Quality and performance.
  • The nature of the engineer’s assigned responsibilities.


PCE values flexibility, but client service, project delivery, responsible charge, and team leadership remain the primary considerations.


Why Join PCE?


At PCE, an experienced engineer can make a visible difference.


The successful candidate will have:


  • Direct access to company ownership.
  • Meaningful influence over projects and technical decisions.
  • Substantial client interaction.
  • Diverse municipal and private-development assignments.
  • Opportunities to lead projects from beginning to end.
  • Experienced survey, technical, inspection, and field support.
  • The ability to mentor and shape a growing engineering team.
  • Less bureaucracy than is typically found in a large national firm.
  • A clear opportunity to grow into broader project and company leadership.


PCE is looking for a professional who wants more than a title. We are seeking an engineer who wants to take ownership of projects, serve clients well, help other professionals grow, and become an important part of the firm’s long-term success.


Project Control Engineering, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified applicants and employees.


Send your resume and qualifications to moreinfo@pce-eng.com

VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF MICHIGAN OPERATIONS - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER


Project Control Engineering, LLC

Algonac, Michigan | Flexible Hybrid Arrangement

Base Salary: $140,000–$170,000 + Performance Incentive + Sign-On/Relocation Support + Long Term

Ownership Opportunity


Lead the Next Chapter of an Established Michigan Civil Engineering
and Surveying Firm


Project Control Engineering, LLC is seeking an experienced Professional Engineer to lead our Michigan operations and help guide the continued growth of our firm.


This is not a traditional project-manager position or an administrative office-management role. It is a senior leadership opportunity for an accomplished civil engineering professional who is prepared to oversee the day-to-day performance of an established engineering and surveying practice.


The selected leader will have meaningful responsibility for employees, project delivery, client service, financial performance, quality, business development, and operational improvement. This individual will work directly with PCE’s ownership and senior professionals to preserve the responsive, relationship-based service our clients value while strengthening the systems, leadership, and resources needed for PCE’s long-term success in Michigan.


About PCE


PCE is an established Michigan civil engineering and surveying firm serving municipalities, private developers, property owners, contractors, and other public- and private-sector clients.


Our services include:


  • Municipal engineering
  • Civil infrastructure planning and design
  • Water, sanitary sewer, stormwater, and roadway improvements
  • Private land development
  • Professional surveying
  • Construction observation and administration
  • CCTV and utility investigation
  • Field and technical support services


PCE has built its reputation through long-term client relationships, practical engineering solutions, local knowledge, accessibility, and a willingness to take personal responsibility for our work.


We are looking for a leader who respects that history and can help us build upon it.


The Opportunity


The Vice President/Director of Michigan Operations will serve as PCE’s senior day-to-day operating leader.


The position offers the opportunity to:


  • Lead an experienced multidisciplinary team.
  • Build strong relationships with municipal and private-sector clients.
  • Influence company operations, culture, staffing, and strategic priorities.
  • Improve project delivery and financial performance.
  • Develop future project managers and technical leaders.
  • Participate directly in the continued growth and success of the firm.
  • Establish a potential path toward long-term ownership or equity-equivalent participation.


The director will remain involved in selected projects and important client matters, but the primary responsibility will be leading a well-run, accountable, responsive, and profitable Michigan operation.


Primary Responsibilities


Operational Leadership


  • Direct the day-to-day operations of PCE’s Michigan office and professional-services practice.
  • Coordinate engineering, surveying, construction services, field operations, project management, and administrative support.
  • Establish clear priorities, responsibilities, reporting relationships, and decision-making processes.
  • Lead regular operations, staffing, and project-resource meetings.
  • Identify and resolve workload, staffing, scheduling, communication, and project-delivery issues.
  • Promote consistent operating procedures while preserving PCE’s practical and responsive approach to client service.
  • Work closely with ownership on annual priorities, budgets, staffing plans, and long-term business planning.


Financial and Project Performance


  • Assume responsibility for revenue, backlog, utilization, project performance, operating margin,
    billing, and collections.
  • Review project budgets, schedules, staffing plans, work in progress, accounts receivable, and
    forecast-to-complete information.
  • Hold project managers accountable for scope, schedule, budget, quality, client communication, and collection performance.
  • Improve project initiation, scope control, change-order documentation, invoicing, and financial
    forecasting.
  • Assist in preparing annual operating budgets and periodic performance forecasts.
  • Provide ownership with concise and reliable reporting regarding operations, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.


Project Delivery, Quality, and Risk Management


  • Establish and maintain effective project-management and QA/QC practices.
  • Participate in major project initiation, staffing, technical review, contract review, and project-risk
    decisions.
  • Ensure that professional services are appropriately supervised and reviewed.
  • Monitor projects with significant budget, schedule, client, technical, contractual, or professional-liability exposure.
  • Promote timely communication and early identification of issues.
  • Help ensure that projects are delivered in a manner consistent with PCE’s professional standards and client commitments.
  • Coordinate appropriate responses to project disputes, claims, or significant client concerns.


People Leadership


  • Lead, coach, evaluate, and develop project managers, engineers, survey personnel, technicians, field staff, and administrative leadership.
  • Clarify roles, authority, performance expectations, and accountability.
  • Participate in performance reviews, compensation recommendations, promotions, corrective action, and succession planning.
  • Lead recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, employee development, and retention initiatives.
  • Mentor emerging project managers and future company leaders.
  • Address employee concerns and internal conflicts promptly, professionally, and fairly.
  • Foster a workplace culture centered on responsiveness, teamwork, respect, accountability,
    professional growth, and client service.


Client Relations and Business Development


  • Serve as a senior representative of PCE with municipal, private-development, institutional,
    contractor, and professional clients.
  • Maintain regular contact with PCE’s key clients and community partners.
  • Support existing client relationships and identify appropriate opportunities for expanded services.
  • Lead or participate in proposals, interviews, presentations, contract negotiations, and major client meetings.
  • Develop and implement client-service and business-development plans.
  • Coordinate client responsibilities among ownership, project managers, and technical leaders.
  • Participate in appropriate municipal, civic, professional, and industry organizations.
  • Help ensure that every PCE client receives attentive, timely, and professional service.


What Success Looks Like


During the first year, the successful candidate will be expected to:


  • Earn the confidence of PCE’s employees, clients, and ownership.
  • Assume effective leadership of daily Michigan operations.
  • Establish clear responsibilities and expectations for project managers and department leaders.
  • Strengthen project planning, financial forecasting, scope management, and accountability.
  • Improve visibility into backlog, staffing, project performance, billing, and collections.


  • Build productive working relationships with PCE’s major municipal and private-sector clients.
  • Develop a practical recruiting, retention, employee-development, and succession plan.
  • Strengthen QA/QC, project-review, and operational procedures.
  • Present a clear annual operating plan for the continued success and growth of PCE’s Michigan
    practice.
  • Preserve the responsive, personal, and relationship-driven service upon which PCE’s reputation has been built.


Required Qualifications


  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an accredited program.
  • Active Professional Engineer license in Michigan, or the ability to obtain Michigan licensure through comity within an agreed period.
  • At least 12 years of progressively responsible civil engineering experience.
  • At least five years of meaningful leadership responsibility involving professional, technical, or
    multidisciplinary teams.
  • Demonstrated experience managing project and business financial performance, including budgets, utilization, backlog, revenue, margin, and collections.
  • Demonstrated success managing important client relationships.
  • Experience with business development, proposals, interviews, and contract negotiations.
  • Strong understanding of professional-services contracts, project scope, change management, QA/QC, and professional-liability risk.
  • Ability to lead experienced professionals, resolve difficult issues, and make timely decisions.
  • Excellent written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
  • High standards of professional judgment, ethics, accountability, and client service.


Preferred Qualifications


  • Fifteen or more years of progressive civil engineering experience.
  • Experience leading a civil engineering, surveying, municipal, land-development, or multidisciplinary consulting office.
  • Experience managing a professional-services business unit with approximately $2 million–$10
    million in annual revenue.
  • Established municipal, development, contractor, or professional relationships in Southeast Michigan.
  • Experience with municipal engineering, water and wastewater systems, stormwater management, roads, land development, surveying, construction administration, or field services.
  • Experience developing project managers and future business leaders.
  • Experience implementing project-management systems, financial dashboards, quality procedures, or operational improvements.
  • Business, financial, or executive-leadership education or training.
  • Prior experience with ownership transition, long-term incentive plans, or closely held professional-services firms.


Leadership Style


PCE is looking for a leader who:


  • Is visible, accessible, and willing to engage directly with employees and clients.
  • Listens carefully before making decisions.
  • Addresses difficult issues rather than allowing them to continue.
  • Holds people accountable while treating them professionally and respectfully.
  • Understands the commercial side of professional engineering.
  • Values long-term relationships over short-term transactions.
  • Can bring greater structure without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
  • Respects the knowledge and experience of long-term employees.
  • Leads with humility, confidence, integrity, and sound judgment.
  • Approaches the business with an ownership mentality.


Compensation and Long-Term Opportunity


PCE anticipates a base salary generally between $140,000 and $170,000, depending on qualifications, experience, relationships, and demonstrated operating leadership.


The anticipated compensation package also includes:


  • Annual performance-based incentive.
  • Competitive sign-on incentive.
  • Relocation assistance where appropriate.
  • Health and related employee benefits.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • Paid time off.
  • Professional-development and licensing support.
  • Approved hybrid-work flexibility following successful onboarding.
  • Eligibility for a formal long-term ownership or equity-equivalent opportunity following an
    appropriate performance and vesting period.


Any ownership or long-term incentive participation will be based on demonstrated performance, continued service, cultural and professional alignment, and definitive written agreements.


Location and Work Arrangement


PCE’s headquarters is located in Algonac, Michigan, along the St. Clair River.


This is a visible leadership position and is not intended to be fully remote. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain a meaningful and consistent presence with PCE’s employees and clients.


During the initial onboarding period, the anticipated schedule will generally include approximately four days per week in the Algonac office, with flexibility for client meetings, project visits, and remote work.


Following successful onboarding, PCE anticipates that the director may generally work:


  • Approximately three days per week from the Algonac office.
  • Up to two days per week remotely, at client or project locations, or from another approved work
    location within the region.


The specific arrangement will be based on business needs, employee leadership requirements, client responsibilities, and the successful candidate’s circumstances.


A Meaningful Leadership and Ownership Opportunity


PCE is seeking more than an employee. We are looking for a long-term leader who wants to take responsibility for an established Michigan professional-services business and help shape its future.


The right candidate will have the opportunity to influence operations, develop employees, serve valued clients, strengthen the company’s performance, and participate meaningfully in the value created through that leadership.


Project Control Engineering, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations are
available for qualified applicants and employees.


Send your resume and qualifications to moreinfo@pce-eng.com