Senior Project Manager - Wastewater

Compensation

$140,000 - $180,000 / year

Aurora, IL

Water/Wastewater

Are you ready to lead innovative wastewater projects? Fehr Graham is looking for a seasoned Senior Project Manager to lead our wastewater projects. In this role, you’ll use firm and external resources to provide technical guidance and services. Your mission is to ensure efficient, profitable and timely project execution. As the primary client contact, you’ll play an important business development role, from generating leads to building client relationships.

This position is located at our Aurora, Illinois, office.

As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll serve as the key client contact and coordinate firm efforts to deliver results. You’ll draw from firm and external resources to provide technical guidance and services and play an important role in business development. You’ll also resolve scheduling, staffing and quality issues to deliver results on time and within budget. You’ll also:

• Develop business with clients and add markets.
• Build and maintain client relationships.
• Communicate ideas and technical concepts to coworkers and clients.
• Invoice clients accurately and follow up on accounts receivable.
• Prepare client contracts, statements of qualifications and proposals.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis for project write-offs.
• Ensure quality control for assigned projects and clients.
• Manage complex projects.
• Prepare documents and reports.
• Ensure work quality by leading junior staff through quality assurance and quality control efforts, offering support to structural engineers and guiding CAD techs in technical design.

Ideally, you’ll have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering or a similar degree with appropriate experience. You should have 10 years of experience in project management and should be a licensed Professional Engineer. Ideally, you’ll also:

• Navigate Illinois Environmental Protection Agency regulations with ease.
• Have proven business development and client relationship management skills.
• Be a smart worker and a team player.
• Be well-acquainted with wastewater processes, methods, and state and federal requirements.
• Use engineering software.
• Speak and write well.
• Have strong analytical and organizational skills.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• Medical/life/disability insurance.
• 401K profit-sharing plan.
• Paid time off.
• An awesome work environment.

Fehr Graham provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.