Job Description

Resident Engineer - Wastewater/Water

Department: Construction/CEI

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Rochelle, IL

Compensation: $37.00 - $47.00 / hour

Are you a trailblazer who thrives on turning ideas into reality? Ready to hit the road to success? Fehr Graham is a fast-growing Midwest engineering environmental firm looking for a motivated Resident Engineer, who is a proven leader, mentor and strategic thinker. We’re all about shaping the future of our communities.
What’s in it for you?
We offer an exciting and engaging work environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities.
Where you’ll work
The position is based in our Rochelle, 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 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.
What’s in it for you?We offer an exciting and engaging work environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities. As our Resident Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering personalized attention to each project, ensuring our clients’ visions become reality. You’ll be at the forefront of municipal project construction, guiding and supervising the process. Your commitment to attention will set you apart in this role, building trust and strong client relationships.
This is a highly visible role requiring strong communication, sound engineering judgment, and hands-on construction oversight experience in municipal wastewater infrastructure.

Go beyond the job description: Uncover projects that ignite your passion. Fehr Graham Engineering & Environmental.
What You’ll Do
As a Resident Engineer, you will support construction oversight for a major Wastewater Treatment Plant among other projects. This role will serve as the on-site technical representative, ensuring construction activities are completed safely, efficiently and in accordance with project plans, specifications, schedules and regulatory requirements. You will also:

• Serve as the primary on-site representative for Fehr Graham during construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities
• Oversee daily construction activities to ensure compliance with plans, specifications, permits, and contract documents.
• Coordinate with contractors, inspectors, project managers, and municipal stakeholders.
• Review contractor submittals, RFIs, pay applications, change orders, and field documentation.
• Monitor construction schedules, quantities, and quality control procedures.
• Identify and resolve field issues in collaboration with the project team.
• Conduct and document progress meetings and site observations.
• Ensure adherence to safety standards and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain accurate project records, reports, and correspondence.
• Support project closeout activities, including punch lists and final documentation.

What It Takes

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in construction engineering, or construction oversight.
• Direct experience with wastewater treatment plant design or construction strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of construction means and methods, contract administration, and municipal infrastructure standards.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work full-time on-site.

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.

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