From 1980 to 1996, Mr. Bright served as a design civil/structural engineer for Hanson Engineers, Inc. During this period, Mr. Bright worked in the Springfield, Illinois, Midland, Michigan and Peoria, Illinois offices. As a design professional, Mr. Bright served as a project engineer, and a project manager for numerous structural, civil, transportation and quality control projects.
Since joining P.J. Hoerr in 1996, Mr. Bright has acted as a project manager, corporate engineer and from 2006-2019 as Vice President of the Design/Build division. In 2021 Paul was named CEO of P.J. Hoerr. Projects he has been responsible for include complicated medical office buildings, churches, nursing homes, multi-faceted community centers, schools, and hospitals.