Deputy Project Manager

Job Description Lead Projects. Build Clients for Life
- Deputy Project Manager
- Birmingham, ALDewberry is seeking a Deputy Project Manager in Birmingham, AL. In this role, you'll lead projects and client relationships from concept through construction, helping clients bring their visions to life while delivering exceptional engineering solutions. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, proactively address challenges, and ensure projects meet client expectations, schedules, budgets, and regulatory requirements. Beyond project delivery, you'll play an important role in growing the practice by expanding existing relationships, developing new business opportunities, and building the trust that fosters the long-term relationships that create a true "Client for life" experience.

For nearly four decades, MEPS South, an engineering division of Dewberry Engineers Inc, has delivered engineering excellence across Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Our team is trusted by educational institutions, healthcare systems, and public-sector clients to solve complex challenges and design projects that strengthen the communities we serve. We're looking for engineers, designers, and technical leaders who are passionate about solving complex challenges, collaborating with talented professionals, and continuously growing their skills.

Whether you're launching your career or bringing years of experience, you'll find opportunities to learn, lead, and make a meaningful impact while helping build a better future for the communities we serve in MEPS South.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry.

Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century. Responsibilities Organize and direct frequent in-house design meetings.

Primary responsibility for the approval and oversight of design and construction documents within the applicable area of progressive technical experience, including signing and sealing of documents as Engineer or Record.

Prepare detailed personnel loading by task, interfaced with the detailed schedule.

Coordinate with Design Discipline Managers to schedule, plan, and assign appropriate personnel.

Prepare storyboards and a detailed project timeline.

Organize and maintain the project design folder.

Document meetings and telephone conversations.

Provide quality control to ensure that all the clients' needs and requests have been accommodated. Ensure and coordinate among all the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.

Provide 'on-the-spot' advice and decisions to Owner.

Advise on project billing and assist in collections.

Supervise and coordinate the submission of documents to the appropriate reviewing authorities.

Coordinate the responses to reviews. Ensure that responses are, in fact, reflected in the drawings and specifications.

Arrange for in-house quality review in a timely fashion.

Arrange and attend pre-bid conferences and issue meeting minutes and addenda.

Conduct bid openings and prepare / issue certified bid tabulation. Coordinate as required to ensure the CA phase of the project always puts Dewberry in positive standing with Client.

Perform site visits, inspections activities…