Job Description
Title: Engineering Manager - Precast / Prestressed Concrete
Location: Westmont, IL
Position Type: Full-Time Direct Hire
Salary: $135,000 - $160,000 per year
Comprehensive Benefits Package
This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Civil Engineer and engineering leader to take ownership of a technical team while remaining closely involved in interesting structural design and project work. You’ll have the opportunity to lead engineers, influence major projects, work directly with Sales and Project Management, solve complex engineering problems, and shape engineering processes and best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the engineering calculation group, including workload planning, project assignments, resource allocation, and team performance.
- Plan and organize departmental resources to meet project schedules, deadlines, and business priorities.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote effective collaboration across project teams.
- Monitor project progress, identify potential risks, and communicate timely updates to stakeholders.
- Monitor individual project budgets as well as the overall engineering department budget.
- Review and approve engineering and design documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable standards.
- Conduct technical studies including stress analysis, process flow simulations, and engineering evaluations.
- Lead root cause analysis and develop action plans to resolve engineering and design challenges.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to identify and resolve design risks, technical issues, and project challenges.
- Collaborate closely with Sales, Design, Customers, Pre-Construction, Estimating, Project Management, Production, and Erection teams.
- Work with production and erection teams to ensure designs are practical, efficient, and aligned with project requirements.
- Provide technical design support to Sales and assist with estimating drafting and design costs for upcoming projects.
Qualifications
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
- Must be a Licensed Professional Civil Engineer in Illinois, Wisconsin, or Indiana, or have the ability to quickly obtain licensure.
- Must have at least 8+ years of precast/prestressed concrete design experience.
- Must have at least 3+ years of management experience within the prestressed/precast concrete industry.
- Strong understanding of applicable building codes and engineering standards.
What You’ll Gain
- Leadership & Technical Influence: Lead an experienced engineering group while continuing to apply your technical expertise.
- Project Ownership: Have a direct impact on project planning, design quality, budgets, schedules, and execution.
- Complex Engineering Challenges: Work on sophisticated precast and prestressed concrete projects involving structural analysis, design, risk assessment, and problem-solving.
- Career Growth: A strong opportunity for an experienced engineering professional to expand their influence into department leadership, project strategy, and business operations.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Westmont, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $135,000–$160,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Budget Managementunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Building Codesunmatched
- Business Operationsunmatched
- Civil Engineeringunmatched
- Construction Estimatesunmatched
- Design Documentunmatched
- Design Servicesunmatched
- Engineering Managementunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Pre-Stressed Concreteunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Flowunmatched
- Project Designunmatched
- Project Evaluationunmatched
- Project Planningunmatched
- Project Trackingunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Regulatory Complianceunmatched
- Resource Managementunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Salesunmatched
- Sales Supportunmatched
- Technical Supportunmatched
- Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
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