Job Description
Title: Project Manager – Agribusiness
Location: Downers Grove, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $120K–$155K/YR
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, and additional company benefits
Location: Downers Grove, IL
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $120K–$155K/YR
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, and additional company benefits
Sterling Engineering is looking for a Project Manager – Agribusiness to join a leading engineering consulting organization. This position will focus on brownfield projects within the agribusiness industry, supporting clients with project development, engineering, consulting, and execution.
Job Duties:
- Manage small to medium-sized projects from development through execution, including scope, schedule, budget, profitability, safety, and client satisfaction.
- Initially manage 2–3 projects, with larger projects potentially requiring dedicated project management.
- Coordinate project work between engineering disciplines and project teams.
- Develop, review, and approve project scopes, costs, schedules, and communications.
- Assist with project execution strategies and review drawings and specifications prior to permitting and construction.
- Monitor project scope and schedule changes and secure necessary change authorizations.
- Support preparation of proposals, specifications, scopes of work, and contract negotiations.
- Monitor project costs and quality to ensure profitability and technical performance.
- Identify project challenges and develop solutions to address scope, budget, and schedule issues.
- Implement cost-effective approaches to improve project design, construction costs, and productivity.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients and outside consultants.
- Support business development and client relationship activities.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering and construction teams throughout project execution.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; Mechanical, Process, or Chemical Engineering preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of project management experience.
- 5+ years of project management experience within engineering consulting and the agribusiness industry preferred.
- Strong experience with brownfield projects and agribusiness applications.
- Experience with industries such as starch, ethanol, vegetable oil, grain, oilseed, soybean, or other related agricultural processing is highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of agribusiness terminology, industry standards, engineering practices, and client needs.
- Experience with A/E, AEPCM, Design Build, and/or Construction Management project models.
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) license and/or PMP certification preferred.
- LEED AP and/or CEM certification is a plus.
- Strong understanding of contract administration, liability, and safety requirements.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, and Navisworks.
- Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
- Strong client-facing and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to travel occasionally to client sites.
Additional Information:
- Position requires working in the office 3 days per week.
- May require occasional visits to client sites, approximately once per month.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Downers Grove, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $120,000–$155,000 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
- Accounts Payableunmatched
- Agricultureunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Brownfield Redevelopmentunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Building Permitsunmatched
- Business Developmentunmatched
- Chemical Engineeringunmatched
- Chemical Processesunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Construction Designunmatched
- Construction Engineeringunmatched
- Construction Managementunmatched
- Consultingunmatched
- Contract Managementunmatched
- Contract Negotiationunmatched
- Customer Relationsunmatched
- Customer Satisfactionunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Engineering Consultingunmatched
- Engineering Managementunmatched
- Industry Standardsunmatched
- Management Strategyunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Professional Engineerunmatched
- Profit & Lossunmatched
- Project Designunmatched
- Project Developmentunmatched
- Project Engineeringunmatched
- Project Executionunmatched
- Project Management Professional (PMP)unmatched
- Project Scheduleunmatched
- Project Trackingunmatched
- Project/Program Coordinationunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Proposal Writingunmatched
- Safety Trainingunmatched
- Sales Managementunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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