
Industrial/Civil Engineering Project Manager
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The Project Manager leads capital infrastructure projects involving industrial utilities, including steam and chilled water systems, piping, pumps, boilers, and heat exchangers. The role manages projects from design and engineering through construction, commissioning, and closeout, overseeing scope, budget, schedule, and external partners. The candidate partners with operations and maintenance teams on infrastructure improvements, equipment upgrades, and system troubleshooting.
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Job Description
This Project Manager will lead capital infrastructure projects involving steam and chilled water systems, industrial piping, pumps, boilers, heat exchangers, and other critical utility equipment. They will be responsible for managing projects from design and engineering through construction, commissioning, and closeout while overseeing scope, budget, schedule, contractors, consultants, and vendors.
The ideal candidate has an engineering degree and started their career in a technical engineering role before transitioning into project management. This person will partner closely with operations and maintenance teams to execute infrastructure improvements, support equipment upgrades, troubleshoot system issues, and ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in compliance with engineering standards.
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Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related engineering discipline. 5+ years of engineering and/or project management experience. Strong engineering foundation with hands-on engineering experience before moving into a Project Manager role. Experience managing industrial infrastructure or utility-related capital projects from design through construction. Background working with piping systems, pumps, boilers, chilled water systems, steam systems, or other mechanical/process utility infrastructure. Experience overseeing contractors, construction activities, project budgets, schedules, and project execution. Ability to perform and review engineering calculations, equipment evaluations, system analyses, and technical design documents. Knowledge of hydraulics, pump performance, piping design, and system performance analysis. Experience partnering with operations, maintenance, engineering, and construction teams. Comfortable working onsite (5 days/week onsite). EIT, PE, PMP, or other engineering/project management certification. Experience with chilled water infrastructure projects (preferred over steam-only experience). Experience with thermal expansion calculations and industrial piping stress analysis. Engineering experience involving boilers, steam generation/distribution, chilled water production/distribution, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, or rotating equipment. Background in district energy, power generation, utility, manufacturing, chemical, refinery, campus utility, or heavy industrial environments. Mechanical engineering background preferred, though civil or electrical engineering backgrounds may also be considered. Experience managing large mechanical construction projects and coordinating multiple contractors. Familiarity with plant infrastructure upgrades, utility distribution systems, and facility expansion projects.
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 23,060 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Indiana median$100–166K/yr196 salary ranges
- US median$45–60/hr929 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 316 open Project Manager jobs in Indiana and 23,060 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (19,824 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,116 of the 23,060 open Project Manager jobs (53%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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