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Senior Project Manager - Municipal Engineering Department: Civil/Municipal Employment Type: Full Time Location: Champaign, IL Reporting To: Josh Harken Compensation: $145,000 - $165,000 / year Description Are you a seasoned Senior Project Manager ready to take your career to new heights? Fehr Graham is a fast-growing Midwest engineering and environmental firm looking for a dynamic person to lead our -municipal projects, ensuring excellence from start to finish. We’re looking for someone who wants to drive the successful completion of client projects, leveraging internal and external resources. 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 take the lead in client interactions, from pre-proposal contracts to proposal preparation and presentations. 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 The position is based in our East Peoria, 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. Civil Engineering - Fehr Graham What you’ll do As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll have a proven track record in work, You’ll work with fellow engineers, environmental scientists, and others. You’ll also: Provide oversight for projects, showcasing your project management skills. Ensure work quality by leading quality assurance and quality control efforts for junior staff, offering support to engineers and guiding CAD techs in technical design. Allocate staff and resources across multiple offices. Lead projects, ensuring they dance to the tune of success – on schedule and on budget using our talented staff and trusted sub-consultants. Cultivate client relationships through meaningful contacts. Craft compelling statements of qualifications, proposals, and contracts that reflect our commitment to excellence. Manage and follow up on invoicing by providing clear explanations for billed items, and follow up on accounts receivable. Execute our Quality Control program, ensuring it aligns seamlessly with assigned projects and clients. Seek new projects and bring business opportunities to the firm. What it takes Ideally, you’ll have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Civil or Engineering or a similar degree with appropriate experience. You should have 10 years of experience in Project Management. You should also be a licensed professional engineer. Ideally, you’ll also: Have proven business development and client relationship management skills. Be a smart worker and a team player. Be well acquainted with components, construction methods, materials and code requirements. Develop design and construction plans with an eye for detail. 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/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 . 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. #LI-HF1
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.