Sr. Project Manager

Sterling Engineering, Inc.

Flint, Mi

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$130,000–$180,000 Per Year
LOCATION
Flint, Mi
POSTED
30+ days ago

Title: Sr. Project Manager
Location: Flint, MI 
Hire Type: Direct hire
Compensation: 130-180K
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO, Holiday Pay 

Key Responsibilities
Technical Advancement & Innovation
  • Identify and evaluate emerging tools, systems, and methodologies that support innovation, efficiency, and technical excellence.
  • Contribute to internal technology and innovation councils by reviewing and recommending investments that strengthen competitive positioning.
  • Establish technical direction, standards, and long-term vision for the assigned practice area.
  • Collaborate with peer leaders to promote consistent application of best practices across disciplines.
  • Select and develop subject-matter leaders within the practice, setting goals and measuring performance through annual development planning.
  • Build and maintain a forward-looking talent framework to assess skill depth and support future hiring needs.
  • Provide mentorship and coaching to staff within areas of specialization.
  • Assist market and leadership teams in evaluating technical capabilities and workforce skill alignment.
  • Review and approve technical abstracts, white papers, and publication requests.
Business Growth & Client Engagement
  • Partner with senior leadership to support long-range growth strategies driven by technical differentiation.
  • Work closely with market leaders to expand existing client relationships and cultivate new opportunities to meet growth targets.
  • Lead efforts to introduce innovative solutions to internal teams and clients through workshops, seminars, and targeted presentations.
  • Contribute to proposal strategies by shaping technical narratives, ensuring clarity, compliance, and competitive positioning.
  • Participate in client meetings, presentations, and pursuit activities as a technical resource.
  • Strengthen industry visibility by engaging in professional associations, contributing to publications, and presenting at conferences.
  • Encourage and support team members in professional involvement and thought leadership activities.

Qualifications
Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical discipline required
Licensure
  • Active Professional Engineer (PE) license required
Experience
  • Minimum of 15 years of experience within the power sector
  • Demonstrated expertise in power distribution, transmission systems, and substations
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

About the Company

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Sterling Engineering, Inc.

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.

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
1969
WEBSITE
http://www.sterling-engineering.com