Senior Project Engineer - Water
Piper Maddox
Chicago, IL · $120k–$140k a year · Posted November 4, 2026
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November 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $130,000 a year. Across 68 open senior project engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $115,000 to $152,500 and the median is $126,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 3% above the median.
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About the job
...Sr NPD Project Engineer, Mechanical --Company Overview Our client is a fast-growing, privately held manufacturer of power distribution and smart grid equipment. It finished last year at ~$1B in revenue and has already added another $600M in 2026 from data center projects...