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Water Facilities Construction Project Manager-2603270RV11
Ardmore RoderickUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Jul 2026
💰 $170,560/yr($114,400/yr – $170,560/yr)
About the role
About Us
Ardmore Roderick is a full-service infrastructure solutions firm that specializes in Utilities, Transportation, Aviation, Rail and Transit, Building and Facilities Projects. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
Our Vision
Reimagining infrastructure to improve lives and communities
Our Mission
Transforming communities by empowering the best minds to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions.
Our Values
We are seeking a new Water Facilities Construction Project Manager to join our team at Ardmore Roderick. As a Water Facilities Construction Project Manager, you will join a team of infrastructure solutions experts working to solve our client’s ever-evolving project needs. This opportunity will be located at our client office in Chicago and could have potential to be hybrid depending on the specific client, project and team needs.
Key Responsibilities
Ardmore Roderick is a full-service infrastructure solutions firm that specializes in Utilities, Transportation, Aviation, Rail and Transit, Building and Facilities Projects. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
Our Vision
Reimagining infrastructure to improve lives and communities
Our Mission
Transforming communities by empowering the best minds to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions.
Our Values
- Caring
- Excellence
- Impact
- Innovation
- Inclusion
- Safety
We are seeking a new Water Facilities Construction Project Manager to join our team at Ardmore Roderick. As a Water Facilities Construction Project Manager, you will join a team of infrastructure solutions experts working to solve our client’s ever-evolving project needs. This opportunity will be located at our client office in Chicago and could have potential to be hybrid depending on the specific client, project and team needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent the Chicago Department of Water Management (DWM) with oversight of construction of a range of CIP projects
- Serve as the construction manager responsible for supporting DWM with providing oversight on improvement to 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
- Manage construction of water facilities with multi-disciplinary improvements (e.g., electrical, mechanical, structural, processes and architectural)
- Provide oversight regarding electrical/mechanical equipment commissioning
- Manage project teams and monitors consultants’ compliance with contractual commitments
- Manage the process of hiring a resident engineer who are a part of on call engineering firms and field inspectors to oversee the construction of projects
- Work in conjunction with the resident engineer to ensure that the work is being executed and performed with the contract documents
- May manage all phases of construction projects (from beginning to close out)
- Manages the schedule and budget of projects
- Coordinates and communicates project progress with the client
- Facilitates and resolves project issues and scope changes with design team and the client
- Works mostly independently but receives basic instruction on specific assignments, objectives, complex features and possible solutions
- Monitors and reports financial and completion status of projects to client
- Receives technical guidance on unusual or complex problems and supervisory approval on proposed plans for projects
- Involves occasional field work at facilities related to design and construction projects
- Manages one or more moderately complex design projects, involving coordination of multiple engineering disciplines, consultants and/or various agencies
- Supervise other engineering and technical staff
- Bachelor’s degree in civil, structural, mechanical engineering or a related discipline and 6+ years of relevant experience
- Experience in large municipal capital improvement programs with design-bid-build delivery mechanism
- Proven interpersonal skills, including client interaction, public speaking and persuasive ability
- Strong project financial
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