Job Description
AECOM is seeking a Structural Engineering Project Manager to support a five-year, $3.9 billion Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to improve Chicago’s water services. AECOM is the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for generations to come. We work with a wide variety of clients planning, designing, and managing the construction of large- and small-scale water, wastewater, and conveyance projects for federal, state, and municipal agencies and private industry clients.
A highly qualified candidate would be an Engineer with a Professional Structural Engineer (SE) license who has led and supported large capital improvement programs. Experience with managing large and complex water and other municipal infrastructure projects is preferred.
The Facilities Engineering Project Manager will represent the Chicago Department of Water Management (DWM) with oversight to various service providers in completing a range of CIP projects that include planning, designing, and construction oversight.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
- Serve as the Project Manager with structural engineering expertise responsible for the development and delivery of the capital improvement plan for major water system facilities that include water purification plants; intake structures; pumping stations; reservoirs; hydraulic structures; buildings/structure and large conveyance for raw and finished water supply tunnels. Lead the Structural task with the layout and design of water facilities described above.
- Provide structural engineering technical oversight for implementation of projects. Independently prepare engineering related calculations. Develop structural technical specifications, plans, and details.
- Verify compliance with applicable codes and engineering standards/ practices. As necessary, modifies established guidelines, devises new approaches, applies existing criteria in new ways and draws conclusions from comparative situations.
- Coordinates and participates in project presentations to DWM and other external groups.
- Leads conceptual project development and, RFQ preparation and participate in, design consultant selection, and the negotiation of final scope and fee for various assignments.
- Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with design and construction management consultants to finalize project assignments.
- Manage project teams and monitors consultants’ 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.
- Monitors and reports financial and completion status of projects to client.
- Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.