Senior Project Manager - Municipal Water / Wastewater - (Richmond, VA / Chesapeake, VA / Baltimore,
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Burns & McDonnell's rapidly growing Water Practice is in search of a Municipal Water/Wastewater Project Manager. Our passion started with water. Our water solutions evolve with the ever-changing needs of communities everywhere. Burns & McDonnell strives to create amazing success for our clients and amazing careers for our employee-owners.
We are looking for highly driven employee owners who have excellent client interaction skills and can manage and lead planning and design teams for a wide-range of water and wastewater projects. In this position, you will help with the pursuit and management of manage a variety of water treatment, water distribution, wastewater collection and wastewater treatment projects. At Burns & McDonnell we go where you need us, near or far. This Project Manager role will be no different and will work on projects across the U.S. to connect our Mid-Atlantic clients to the services they need for a successful project.
Responsibilities:
- Direct and coordinate water/wastewater activities of several disciplines on everything from major projects to projects of moderate scope or a combination of smaller projects.
- Work with a multi-discipline team of engineers and technicians in the design of municipal water and wastewater treatment facilities as well as the contractors and construction staff on design/build projects.
- Understand and apply conventional and advanced treatment technologies to solve complex water quality challenges for clients throughout the United States.
- Perform client development, maintenance, and management duties; contract preparation and negotiation; coordination with regulatory agencies; project planning, budgeting, and scheduling; and the establishment of critical project objectives and performances.
- Plan, organize, and communicate project personnel needs to department management.
- Mentor less experienced staff and serve as a leader.
- Be visible in the regional water and wastewater marketplace through leadership and participation in professional organizations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field from an accredited curriculum. Master's degree preferred.
- Minimum seven (7) years related experience in the design and construction of municipal water or wastewater treatment facilities, including three (3) or more years managing a variety of water/wastewater projects with full responsibility for budget, schedule, contractual obligations, client service, and quality standards.
- This position requires a self-driven individual with municipal water or wastewater process and plant facilities background and the willingness to take on new challenges.
- If drinking water focused background, a demonstrated ability in both conventional filtration as well as membrane filtration. In addition, candidate needs experience in hydraulics, chemical feed systems, alternate disinfection systems, advanced oxidation, and residuals handling.
- If wastewater focused background, a demonstrated experience and knowledge in preliminary treatment, primary treatment, biological treatment (including BNR), disinfection, hydraulics, and solids processing and handling.
- Must have ability to deal effectively with a wide variety of industry, government and public contracts on project-related matters.
- Existing relationships with local and statewide municipal and private clients.
- Candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- This position requires an individual capable of applying intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to a broad area of assignments.
- Candidate must be capable of devising new approaches to solve complex problems.
- Previous consulting experience.
- Previous design-build experience preferred.
- Active history in professional associations preferred.
- Professional engineer license or the ability to obtain within the first six (6) months is required.
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Project Management
Primary Location US-VA-Norfolk
Other Locations US-VA-Richmond
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
Req ID: 251795
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-VR #WTR
- Location:
- Richmond
- Job Type:
- FullTime