Project Manager - Culture & Civic

Position: Project Manager I - Culture & Civic

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As a Project Manager I, you will lead and support integrated design teams to deliver small projects with clarity, collaboration, and quality. You will grow your leadership capabilities with mentorship from senior project managers and team leaders, taking on responsibility for project schedules, budgets, scopes, and client communication. You’ll make a meaningful contribution to performance-based design outcomes while developing your own project management toolkit.

Deliver Results

• Lead and support up to three small-scale projects from start to finish, ensuring alignment with client expectations, budgets, and deadlines.
• Initiate project start-up activities including budgets, schedules, and team communications.
• Monitor project scopes and proactively collaborate with teams to address risks and changes.
• Apply and expand knowledge of project delivery methods, integrating team input to achieve design goals.
• Support QA/QC processes and compliance practices through structured tools such as checklists and charters.
• Collaborate across disciplines to support seamless design integration and effective team workflows.
• Track and contribute to the financial health of projects, supporting cost and resource management under guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, interiors, landscape architecture, engineering, or a related field; master’s degree a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience managing projects in an AE environment.
• CSI-CDT certification required (or willingness to obtain within first year).
• Professional registration (e.g., PE, RA, NCIDQ, PLA) and/or certifications from PMI or PSMJ preferred.
• Strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills with a foundational understanding of project management phases and tools.
• Demonstrated leadership capacity, with ability to manage schedules and resources on small projects with oversight.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Teams; experience with Deltek Vision and project planning tools preferred.
• Behavioral competencies aligned with our values: action-oriented, effective communicator, and committed to self-development.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods, work at a computer, lift 25 pounds, and work in both office and field settings.

People Matter

Each individual’s background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.

Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.

The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today’s needs and preparing for what’s to come. We live by the idea that design isn’t simply about beauty, it’s about improving strategic outcomes—what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.

Sustainable and Inclusive

We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high…