Senior Project Manager - Municipal
Trilon Group
$130,000 - $160,000 / year
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Description
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll provide essential technical guidance and administrative services while facilitating efficient, profitable and timely project execution. As the primary contact for our clients, you’ll play a key role in business development, from proposal preparation and presentations to maintaining client relationships and supporting public relations efforts.
The position is based in either our West Union or Manchester, Iowa offices and will have leadership responsibilities across both offices. 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 after work. 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.
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What you’ll do
As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll be the go-to contact for clients, ensuring their needs are met with precision and professionalism. You’ll cultivate and maintain strong relationships with clients and prepare and deliver proposals, contracts and presentations. You’ll also:
- Oversee projects so they are successful.
- Coordinate projects, resolving any scheduling, staffing or quality issues.
- Lead project teams, including staff and subconsultants, to deliver results.
- Invoice clients, provide explanations for billed items and follow up on accounts.
- Maintain client confidentiality and follow company standards for online filing and documentation.
- Perform Root Cause Analysis for project write-offs and ensure quality control for assigned projects.
- Communicate technical concepts and ideas to clients and team members.
- Prioritize tasks and follow tight deadlines.
- Work across multiple disciplines to cross-market services.
Ideally, you’ll have a bachelor’s degree with five to seven years of experience in municipal project management. Ideally, you will also:
- Have experience in the consulting industry.
- Be certified in Project Management.
- Hold a professional license in your respective discipline.
- Speak and write well.
- Have strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Be a team player.
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:
Pay Transparency:
The base salary (or hourly rate) 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.
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About this role
Fehr Graham, a Midwest engineering and environmental consulting firm, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead municipal projects across their West Union and Manchester, Iowa offices. You'll serve as the primary client contact throughout the project lifecycle—from proposal development and presentations through delivery and invoicing—while overseeing day-to-day execution, coordinating teams of staff and subconsultants, and resolving scheduling or quality issues as they arise. The role blends technical project leadership with business development responsibilities, requiring you to communicate complex engineering concepts to clients and internal teams while maintaining profitability and meeting tight deadlines.
The ideal candidate holds a bachelor's degree and five to seven years of municipal project management experience, ideally within a consulting environment. A Project Management certification and professional license in your discipline are preferred. You'll need strong organizational and analytical skills, the ability to prioritize competing demands, and comfort working across multiple disciplines to cross-sell services. This is an in-office position offering a salary range of $130,000–$160,000, along with medical and life insurance, a 401K profit-sharing plan, and paid time off.
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