Project Manager - Water Business

Project Manager - Water Business

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The Project Manager position is a high-profile leadership role at Black & Veatch. In this capacity, you will have the opportunity to serve as part of the Water / Wastewater business leadership team. As part of the Washington D.C. collaborative team, they will be responsible for managing the successful delivery of water related infrastructure projects in the multi-million-dollar range. Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.

Be part of a team that has delivered large scale projects such as the AWWA Cost Model Project. Read about it here: PFAS Regulation: Calculating the Cost of Compliance with Confidence | Black & Veatch (bv.com)

Key Responsibilities:

• Business development: Leading team efforts for marketing Strategy development Prospect identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting and contracting for successful opportunities Accountable for new business objectives and for overall project performance
• Project management: External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch's market footprint
• Project execution: Oversight of engineering manager(s) Development of project performance goals Accountability for implementation Active involvement with internal project team and owner project representatives on project activities Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s)
• Staff management: Team development, mentoring and coaching on performance improvement Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team
• Management Responsibilities Acts as a project manager. Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individual comprising this team may vary by project.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15 + years of active water/ wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership experience in the DC market
• Professional Engineering License; Bachelor's Degree in technical discipline
• Understanding of budgets and financial metrics
• Contract negotiation skill including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing and payment terms

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Salary Plan PMT: Project Management Job Grade 017

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