Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

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AECOM is seeking a Water/Wastewater Project Manager with a focus in water/wastewater infrastructure design and in-depth design engineering experience in municipal conveyance, treatment, and pumping systems in our Chicago, IL office.

This role offers an opportunity to progress down the project management career path with a focus on client business growth, project delivery leadership and mentoring of engineering staff by leveraging top notch regional and national water/wastewater engineering expertise and capabilities. The appropriately qualified applicant will have the opportunity to manage and work with an established team of professional engineers on a variety of water, wastewater, and conveyance design projects.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Serves as Project Manager on medium to large water/wastewater treatment plants and pump station projects
• Prepares technical memoranda, planning studies and final design calculations, plans and specifications
• Provides technical direction and mentorship for junior staff
• Coordinates with other discipline leads, clients, consultants, and agencies in management and implementation of projects
• Participates all aspects of project delivery, including scope, schedule, finance, and quality
• Performs work in accordance with agreed upon budget and schedule
• Builds and maintain relationships with clients and industry professionals
• Assists in identifying opportunities, development of proposals and statement of qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS and 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of water infrastructure design experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) 
• Experience working on municipal projects
• Master’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.