
Senior Water Main Design Manager
- Chicago, IL
- $125,000-175,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Oversee preparation of water main and lead service line replacement designs and signing design drawings.
- Manage special projects (e.g., LSLR designs/implementation) and preparation of contract and bidding documents for various types of projects.
- Lead cost estimating and preparation of the Term Agreement Contracts for water main and LSLR construction.
- Coordinate with construction teams and address issues or conflicts
- Support DWM with project prioritization and provide subsequent proejct execution oversight.
- Perform quality control of design documents - reviewing plans, signing drawings, reviewing cost estimates.
- Provide water main technical assistance and expertise to the other tasks within the program (e.g., Force Accounts) and DWM and their stakeholders (e.g., Construction Management, Operations, etc.).
- Support Force Accounts by reviewing work order drawings and identifying conflicts between proposed utility improvements and future water main projects.
- Attend coordination meetings with the DWM and their Construction Management group.
- Coordinate design approval workflow through DWM OUC, IDOT and other relevant step actors.
- Support Task Leader with support services to maintain water quality in the DWM system which including these key activities: lead testing program; meter save studies; service line inventory; LSLR implementation support; water filters support for residences.
- Manage project teams with more than twenty people and monitor compliance with contractual commitments.
- Monitors/manages project production for compliance with schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
- Supervises technical professionals and other project managers including workload and staffing management.
- Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
- Bachelor's degree in civil/environmental/water resources engineering or a related discipline and 6 + years of water main design experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
- Professional Engineering license in Illinois or the ability to obtain one within first 6 months of employment.
- 15+ years of progressive design experience in Water/Wastewater as project engineer and project manager, with 5+ year in leading project teams.
- Experience in working on municipal water utility projects.
- Experience in water quality and LSLR regulations and implementation programs.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
- Proven interpersonal skills, including client interaction, public speaking, and persuasive ability; strong project financial management along with ability to lead diverse, multi-disciplined teams.
- Relocation assistance is not available for this role
- Sponsorship is not offered for this role