Structural Project Engineer Jobs in Wisconsin
Structural Project Engineer jobs in Wisconsin are in steady demand, concentrated in transportation infrastructure, commercial construction, and industrial facilities across a market that draws on both the state's manufacturing backbone and ongoing public works investment. Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay are the primary hiring hubs, with firms such as Ayres Associates, GRAEF, and Kiewit maintaining durable operations throughout the state. Demand is highest for engineers with experience in bridge and highway design, building structural systems, and construction administration. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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An established structural steel and precast contractor in Southeastern Wisconsin is seeking an experienced Structural Steel Project Manager to lead commercial and industrial steel and precast projects from initial planning through field erection and final closeout.
This role calls for a PM who has worked directly for a structural steel contractor, steel fabricator, or specialty steel erector and understands the full steel project lifecycle, including engineering, detailing, fabrication, procurement, transportation, and erection.
Please Note: Direct structural steel project management experience is required. General commercial construction experience alone will not qualify.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead structural steel and precast projects from kickoff through erection, turnover, and final closeout.
- Build and maintain schedules, budgets, purchasing plans, fabrication milestones, staffing needs, and equipment plans.
- Coordinate detailers, fabricators, superintendents, erectors, crane operators, subcontractors, suppliers, and general contractors.
- Review structural drawings, shop drawings, erection plans, specifications, and contracts to confirm scope and resolve discrepancies.
- Align engineering approvals, detailing, shop production, material releases, deliveries, and erection with project milestones.
- Monitor job costs, labor productivity, billing, forecasts, change orders, and overall profitability.
- Manage RFIs, submittals, purchase orders, pay applications, change documentation, and project records.
- Oversee fabrication progress, shipping schedules, delivery sequencing, crane requirements, and jobsite logistics.
- Ensure field crews have approved drawings, steel components, equipment, and labor when needed.
- Resolve detailing errors, fabrication constraints, transportation delays, and installation conflicts to protect the schedule.
- Plan erection activities with field supervisors, crane operators, general contractors, and other trades for safe, efficient installation.
- Lead project meetings and communicate schedule updates, financial performance, risks, and open decisions.
- Hold subcontractors and suppliers to contractual, quality, safety, and schedule requirements.
- Oversee inspections, punch lists, warranty obligations, handover, and final closeout.
- Build strong relationships with owners, engineers, fabricators, suppliers, erectors, and construction partners.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of project management experience in structural steel construction.
- Required: direct experience managing commercial or industrial structural steel erection projects.
- Required: prior employment with a structural steel contractor, steel fabricator, or specialty steel erection company.
- Experience with precast concrete, miscellaneous metals, or ornamental iron strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of steel fabrication, connection detailing, erection sequencing, procurement, transportation, crane operations, and jobsite logistics.
- Ability to interpret structural plans, shop drawings, erection drawings, specifications, and contracts.
- Experience managing budgets, cost forecasts, billing, change orders, purchasing, subcontractors, and financial controls.
- Understanding of the complete steel project lifecycle, from engineering and detailing through fabrication, delivery, and erection.
- Proven ability to coordinate general contractors, structural engineers, fabricators, erectors, and field teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and construction management tools such as Procore or Bluebeam.
- Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects while coordinating office, shop, and field activities.
- Understanding of fabrication lead times, material availability, delivery restrictions, crane access, and erection scheduling.
- Must live within commuting distance of Milwaukee or Southeastern Wisconsin, or be able to commute reliably to the project location.
Please Note: Candidates with general commercial construction experience but no direct structural steel project management experience will not qualify.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.
- Performance-based bonus opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid time off and company holidays.
- Professional development and continuing education opportunities.
- The chance to lead complex structural steel and precast projects.
- A stable workload with long-term career growth.
- A collaborative, team-oriented environment.
An established structural steel and precast contractor in Southeastern Wisconsin is seeking an experienced Structural Steel Project Manager to lead commercial and industrial steel and precast projects from initial planning through field erection and final closeout.
This role calls for a PM who has worked directly for a structural steel contractor, steel fabricator, or specialty steel erector and understands the full steel project lifecycle, including engineering, detailing, fabrication, procurement, transportation, and erection.
Please Note: Direct structural steel project management experience is required. General commercial construction experience alone will not qualify.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead structural steel and precast projects from kickoff through erection, turnover, and final closeout.
- Build and maintain schedules, budgets, purchasing plans, fabrication milestones, staffing needs, and equipment plans.
- Coordinate detailers, fabricators, superintendents, erectors, crane operators, subcontractors, suppliers, and general contractors.
- Review structural drawings, shop drawings, erection plans, specifications, and contracts to confirm scope and resolve discrepancies.
- Align engineering approvals, detailing, shop production, material releases, deliveries, and erection with project milestones.
- Monitor job costs, labor productivity, billing, forecasts, change orders, and overall profitability.
- Manage RFIs, submittals, purchase orders, pay applications, change documentation, and project records.
- Oversee fabrication progress, shipping schedules, delivery sequencing, crane requirements, and jobsite logistics.
- Ensure field crews have approved drawings, steel components, equipment, and labor when needed.
- Resolve detailing errors, fabrication constraints, transportation delays, and installation conflicts to protect the schedule.
- Plan erection activities with field supervisors, crane operators, general contractors, and other trades for safe, efficient installation.
- Lead project meetings and communicate schedule updates, financial performance, risks, and open decisions.
- Hold subcontractors and suppliers to contractual, quality, safety, and schedule requirements.
- Oversee inspections, punch lists, warranty obligations, handover, and final closeout.
- Build strong relationships with owners, engineers, fabricators, suppliers, erectors, and construction partners.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of project management experience in structural steel construction.
- Required: direct experience managing commercial or industrial structural steel erection projects.
- Required: prior employment with a structural steel contractor, steel fabricator, or specialty steel erection company.
- Experience with precast concrete, miscellaneous metals, or ornamental iron strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of steel fabrication, connection detailing, erection sequencing, procurement, transportation, crane operations, and jobsite logistics.
- Ability to interpret structural plans, shop drawings, erection drawings, specifications, and contracts.
- Experience managing budgets, cost forecasts, billing, change orders, purchasing, subcontractors, and financial controls.
- Understanding of the complete steel project lifecycle, from engineering and detailing through fabrication, delivery, and erection.
- Proven ability to coordinate general contractors, structural engineers, fabricators, erectors, and field teams.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and construction management tools such as Procore or Bluebeam.
- Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects while coordinating office, shop, and field activities.
- Understanding of fabrication lead times, material availability, delivery restrictions, crane access, and erection scheduling.
- Must live within commuting distance of Milwaukee or Southeastern Wisconsin, or be able to commute reliably to the project location.
Please Note: Candidates with general commercial construction experience but no direct structural steel project management experience will not qualify.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.
- Performance-based bonus opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid time off and company holidays.
- Professional development and continuing education opportunities.
- The chance to lead complex structural steel and precast projects.
- A stable workload with long-term career growth.
- A collaborative, team-oriented environment.
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What Wisconsin Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in structural project engineer jobs across Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin Professional Engineer license or EIT registration with active pursuit of PE
- Bachelor's degree in civil or structural engineering from an ABET-accredited program
- Proficiency in structural analysis software such as SAP2000, RISA, or STAAD
- Three or more years of experience managing structural project deliverables
- Familiarity with Wisconsin DOT standards and WisDOT design guidance
- Strong technical writing skills for reports, specifications, and client deliverables
Structural Project Engineer Jobs in Wisconsin: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a structural project engineer in Wisconsin?
The standard path starts with a bachelor's degree in civil or structural engineering from an ABET-accredited program, followed by passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam to earn Engineer-in-Training status through the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services. After gaining the required years of supervised experience, candidates sit for the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam to obtain a Wisconsin Professional Engineer license, which most firms require at or before the senior project engineer level.
How much do structural project engineers make in Wisconsin?
Structural project engineers in Wisconsin earn a median of about $94,600 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $67,590 for the lowest 10% to over $131,040 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire structural project engineers in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin structural project engineer roles are posted by HDR, Collins Engineers, and Larson Engineering and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Wisconsin's mix of DOT-funded infrastructure programs, growing commercial development in Milwaukee and Madison, and a deep industrial base means hiring activity is spread across both large national firms with Wisconsin offices and well-established regional engineering firms.
Which Wisconsin cities have the most structural project engineer jobs?
Milwaukee, Madison, and Appleton account for the largest share of structural project engineer openings in Wisconsin. Milwaukee leads because of its concentration of civil and structural engineering firms serving both private development and regional transportation projects, while Madison benefits from state agency work and university-related construction, and Green Bay reflects demand tied to industrial facilities and regional infrastructure investment in northeastern Wisconsin.
Are there remote structural project engineer jobs in Wisconsin?
Yes, but they are uncommon, since structural project engineering requires hands-on site coordination, client meetings, and field reviews that resist full remote arrangements. About 100% of structural project engineer openings tied to Wisconsin are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting a market where flexibility is offered selectively. Design and analysis tasks, particularly early-phase modeling and document production, are the parts of the role most likely to be performed remotely.
How can I get hired as a structural project engineer in Wisconsin with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point is applying for a junior or staff engineer position at a regional Wisconsin firm, where new graduates work directly under licensed PEs on WisDOT bridge projects or commercial structural work. Firms such as GRAEF and Ayres Associates hire new graduates into structured mentorship programs that pair them with senior engineers. Earning your EIT immediately after graduation and building a portfolio of academic or internship structural projects strengthens your application, and applying to municipalities or the Wisconsin DOT for entry-level infrastructure roles is another concrete path in.
Where can I find and apply to structural project engineer jobs in Wisconsin?
You can find and apply to structural project engineer jobs in Wisconsin on Migrate Mate, which lists current Wisconsin openings updated regularly. Search the listings to find roles that fit your experience, background, and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that match.
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