Senior Project Manager - Wastewater

Fehr Graham
Broadview, 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 Aurora, Illinois, 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.

Go beyond the job description: Uncover projects that ignite your passion. Wastewater Engineering - Fehr Graham

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.

Learn more about Fehr Graham's people, culture and projects on our website.

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.

The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location.

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About Fehr Graham

Fehr Graham is a premier provider of engineering, environmental and funding solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional and government clients with Midwest office locations in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Fehr Graham is an Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firm and Zweig Group Hot Firm. For more information, visit fehrgraham.com.

Our hiring process


Stage 1: Applied
Stage 2: Initial Screening
Stage 3: 1st Interview
Stage 4: Offer
Stage 5: Hired
Posted 2026-07-04

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