Senior Project Manager - Wastewater

Compensation: $140,000 - $180,000 / year. Department: Water/Wastewater. Location: Schaumburg, IL. Description 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. What’s in it for you? We offer an exciting and engaging work environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities. As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll help maintain client relationships and contribute to business growth. You’ll also understand and uphold the importance of client confidentiality, ensuring the trust and privacy of our clients are prioritized. Where you’ll work This position is located at our Schaumburg, IL office. At Fehr Graham, we believe in work-life balance, and that includes injecting a healthy dose of fun into everything we do. It’s even part of our Core Values! We celebrate milestones and enjoy friendly team-building activities and office outings. A happy and engaged work team is a successful one. Each of our offices brings an environment filled with positive energy and enthusiasm. We encourage our teams to connect on multiple levels and support each other’s personal and professional growth. What you’ll do 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. What it takes 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. You 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. What you’ll get You’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow professionally at our progressive firm, which started in 1973. Our people-first organization is focused on giving our employees the opportunity for growth. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer: Medical/life/disability insurance. 401K profit-sharing plan. Paid time off. An awesome work environment. Equal Opportunity Employer 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Fehr Graham Engineering & Environmental