Project Manager – Industrial Wastewater/Design Build Construction

Are you a seasonedProject Manager with a passion forengineer-led design-build construction? At Foth, you’ll lead transformative projects inindustrial wastewater work that makes a real impact on communities and the environment. From proposal development to project close-out, you’ll oversee every phase with a focus on quality, safety, and client satisfaction. Whether mentoring teams or managing budgets and schedules, your expertise will shape innovative solutions.

As a member-owned firm, we offer something different: a collaborative culture where your voice matters and your contributions drive success. Join us and help redefine how projects are built.

While the ideal candidate will be based in one of our Midwest offices, we welcome remote applicants who are open to travel up to 75%

Primary Responsibilities:

• Proposal Development: Collaborate with project directors to respond to RFPs. Prepare conceptual estimates, schedules, and proposal documents. Participate in client presentations
• Design Coordination: Engage in design reviews, provide constructability insights, monitor design progress, and manage scope and cost adjustments
• Estimating & Cost Control: Develop and manage detailed estimates, cost codes, and cost control systems to keep projects on budget
• Procurement Management: Develop comprehensive scopes of work for inclusion in bid packages. Support the solicitation and evaluation of competitive bids, ensuring thorough analysis and alignment with project goals. Assess and qualify subcontractors, recommend contract awards, and assist in coordinating major purchase orders to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement
• Project Planning: Establish project organization, staffing plans, and schedules in partnership with superintendents and subcontractors
• Execution Oversight: Direct project schedules, lead site meetings, update timelines, and ensure compliance with governing authorities for permits and inspections
• Construction Management: Coordinate subcontractors and clients. Manage onsite construction activities ensuring a safe work environment
• Financial Management: Drive cash flow through invoicing and collections, manage change orders, and oversee subcontractor and vendor payments
• Performance & Quality: Monitor progress, safety, and quality standards. Address subcontractor performance issues and implement corrective actions as needed
• Team Development: Mentor construction personnel, support performance management, and foster professional growth
• Close-Out: Lead project close-out activities and warranty work to ensure client satisfaction
• Travel: Ability to travel as needed and align with our vision of engineer-led design-build project delivery

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in a combination of construction, design, and project management roles with a proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects valued between $5 million and $50 million or more
• Experience with budgeting, scheduling, and resource management
• Prior experience with estimating, construction methods, and project management technology

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)
• Masters Degree in Construction Management
• AACE (estimating certification)