Senior Project Manager, Foundations – Milwaukee, WI or Chicagoland, ILThe RoleOur client is recruiting a Senior Project Manager to manage large-scale structural and mass concrete projects ($100M–$600M+). You'll blend hands-on field leadership with meaningful office-based contribution – leading project execution while participating in bid reviews, estimating sessions, forecasting, and workforce planning alongside senior leadership. This is a pivotal growth moment for the client: headcount and profit expected to roughly double within 1–2 years, with genuine internal pathways to General Manager roles. Project ScopeDeep foundations, cast-in-place concrete, mass concrete, drilled shafts, pile driving, data center structural work, underground utilities, and large-scale civil infrastructure. Typical projects reach $300–600M across structural and concrete scopes. Working Model
Location:
Milwaukee or Chicagoland preferred; non-local candidates considered if genuinely comfortable flying into Milwaukee for week-long in-office meetings.
Schedule:
Mainly office-based for bid reviews, estimating, and forecasting; 25% travel in 3–4 week on-site rotations followed by one week home. All travel and accommodation covered. Office Integration: This is deliberate, not incidental – relationships with VPs, General Managers, and Chief Estimators built through active participation in strategic planning.
About You:- Essential5–7 years of directly relevant foundations or heavy civil experience
- Bachelor's in Civil, Structural, or Geotechnical Engineering preferred
- Strong hands-on experience: pile driving, drilled shafts, mass concrete, structural concrete
- Confident communication – ability to speak articulately about your work, lead bid reviews, engage with senior leadership
- Design-build, geotechnical contracting, or deep foundations background
- Proficiency with scheduling, estimating, and project controls software
- PreferredPMP or PE designation
- Design-build or GC experience
- Experience on projects $300M+What Hiring Values
- Demonstrated field experience above formal credentials
- Technical depth paired with communication excellence
- Comfort contributing to estimating and forecasting, not just running sites
- Ability to own profitable project delivery and strategic input simultaneously
