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Senior Project Manager - Municipal Engineering
SchaumburgHybridFull-time
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A Senior Project Manager at Fehr Graham oversees municipal engineering projects, serves as the primary client contact, and coordinates project teams to ensure successful, timely, and profitable execution.
About this role
Are you a results-driven Senior Project Manager looking for a new challenge? Fehr Graham is a fast-growing Midwest engineering and environmental firm looking for a motivated and experienced Project Manager in engineering or environmental engineering to ensure our projects are successful.
What’s in it for you?
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll provide essential technical guidance and administrative services while facilitating efficient, profitable and timely project execution. As the primary contact for our clients, you’ll play a key role in business development, from proposal preparation and presentations to maintaining client relationships and supporting public relations efforts.
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll provide essential technical guidance and administrative services while facilitating efficient, profitable and timely project execution. As the primary contact for our clients, you’ll play a key role in business development, from proposal preparation and presentations to maintaining client relationships and supporting public relations efforts.
Where you’ll work
The position is based in our Schaumburg, 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 after work. 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. Municipal Engineering - Fehr Graham.
What you’ll do
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll be the go-to contact for clients, ensuring their needs are met with precision and professionalism. You’ll cultivate and maintain strong relationships with clients and prepare and deliver proposals, contracts and presentations. You’ll also:
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll be the go-to contact for clients, ensuring their needs are met with precision and professionalism. You’ll cultivate and maintain strong relationships with clients and prepare and deliver proposals, contracts and presentations. You’ll also:
- Oversee projects so they are successful.
- Coordinate projects, resolving any scheduling, staffing or quality issues.
- Lead project teams, including staff and subconsultants, to deliver results.
- Invoice clients, provide explanations for billed items and follow up on accounts.
- Maintain client confidentiality and follow company standards for online filing and documentation.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis for project write-offs and ensure quality control for assigned projects.
- Communicate technical concepts and ideas to clients and team members.
- Prioritize tasks and follow tight deadlines.
- Work across multiple disciplines to cross-market services.
What it takes
Ideally, you’ll have a bachelor’s degree with five to seven years of experience in municipal project management. Ideally, you will also:
Ideally, you’ll have a bachelor’s degree with five to seven years of experience in municipal project management. Ideally, you will also:
- Have experience in the consulting industry.
- Be certified in Project Management.
- Hold a professional license in your respective discipline.
- Speak and write well.
- Have strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Be a team player.
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:
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/dental/vision
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Profit-sharing bonus plan
- Paid time off
- An awesome work environment.
Learn more about Fehr Graham’s people, culture and projects on our website.
Key Responsibilities
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.
Benefits
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.
We may use AI-powered tools to support administrative aspects of recruiting, including sourcing support and note-taking. These tools do not evaluate candidates or influence screening, interview, or hiring decisions. Every candidate is reviewed and assessed by human recruiters and hiring managers.
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We may use AI-powered tools to support administrative aspects of recruiting, including sourcing support and note-taking. These tools do not evaluate candidates or influence screening, interview, or hiring decisions. Every candidate is reviewed and assessed by human recruiters and hiring managers.
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Skills
Client Relationship ManagementContract ManagementCross-functional CoordinationEnvironmental EngineeringInvoicingMunicipal EngineeringProject ManagementProposal PreparationPublic RelationsQuality ControlRoot Cause AnalysisSchedule ManagementStaff ManagementTechnical Communication
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