Project Manager - Higher Education, Housing, and Workplace

Job overview

The Project Manager - Higher Education, Housing, and Workplace role is based onsite in Chicago, IL, with a hybrid work model that includes regular office days. The stated salary range is $125,000–$180,000 per year. Harley Ellis Devereaux is an integrated architecture and engineering practice, and this position manages projects across higher education, housing, and workplace sectors. The role leads complex projects and multidisciplinary teams from proposal and agreement development through design, construction, and closeout. It coordinates client and consultant relationships, schedules, staffing, budgets, risk, and quality processes to meet project and company goals.

What you'll do

• Lead project proposals and owner agreement negotiations
• select and coordinate project staff
• prepare and monitor contracts
• develop project plans, schedules, staffing, and budgets
• direct multidisciplinary architecture and engineering teams
• manage client, contractor, consultant, and authority coordination
• oversee design reviews, risk, financial performance, and quality.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

project manager

higher education

housing

workplace

architecture and engineering

chicago il

harley ellis devereaux

$125k–$180k per year

hybrid work

client and project leadership

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Senior-level project leadership across higher education, housing, and workplace projects; professional licensure is strongly preferred.

About the employer

Harley Ellis Devereaux is hiring for this role. Industry: Architectural Services. Sector: 54.