Water Infrastructure Project Manager

Arcadis • Chicago, IL

19h • $125,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Arcadis is seeking a Project Manager (Municipal Water/ Wastewater) to join our
Resilience Water Business Area in the Chicago, IL office. The Project Manager
will collaborate with our local Water Team to manage projects, with client
interaction and project team coordination. The majority of the work will be in
Illinois and Wisconsin and may also support other offices. This Project Manager
will be responsible for implementing successful project/program execution
strategies with the project team, as well as maintaining strong client
relations.

Role Accountabilities 

The position requires general consulting and process mechanical understanding.
Additionally, experience focused on building project team relationships and
continuity, developing client relationships and trust, and delivering detailed
design solutions within established budgets and schedules is a plus. The
successful candidate shall demonstrate past success as an active project team
member and/or project manager with the ability to lead project staff and
accomplish the following:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, mechanical, electrical, or environmental engineering
• Professional Engineering license or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• 10+ years of experience in engineering/ detailed design project delivery

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working with/ understanding Consulting Engineering
• Self-motivated and flexible with the ability and desire to work on multiple, unique assignments simultaneously with strong organizational, digital analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven interpersonal and relationship skills with demonstrated success recruiting, mentoring, and motivating junior staff in technical career tracks
• Dependable and eager to take ownership of tasks

Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementation and management of project execution in collaboration with our account leaders and local technical teams.  Continual refinement of project execution strategies based on program successes and challenges encountered.
• Contribute to innovative approaches and lead development of value propositions to accelerate growth of our water/wastewater offering and look at continuous process improvements to enhance Arcadis’ offerings to the market and to further meet the needs of our clients and the future challenges that they experience.
• Contribute to the  team to meeting new clients and grow the business locally.
• Responsible for preparation of project scope of services, work plans, project budgets and schedules and delegation of work tasks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with clients and project teams.
• Past experience in utilizing digital tools and data analysis to drive prioritization and decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical mentoring to technical staff as they support project execution activities.
• Passion for serving and growing professionally.

Benefits

• Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP,  401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year.
• The salary range for this position is $125,000 - $200,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level