Collaborative Delivery Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc.•Temecula, CA

36d•$127,000 - $212,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Kennedy Jenks is seeking a Collaborative Delivery Project Manager to join its California team and lead complex, multidisciplinary projects across its water, environmental, and industrial practices. The role is accountable for project outcomes and guides teams through technical, regulatory, and organizational complexity. It works across disciplines and geographies to translate client goals into delivery strategies and ensure projects are executed effectively from start to finish. The position combines project leadership, client engagement, and delivery strategy. The Project Manager owns project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and risk; aligns integrated teams; serves as a primary client and stakeholder contact; and monitors financial and operational performance. The role also supports proposals, feasibility studies, and delivery planning, mentors project staff, and contributes to continuous improvement. Kennedy Jenks uses a hybrid work model with a minimum of two days per week in the office. The expected salary range is $127,000 to $212,000, varying based on education, experience, qualifications, licensure or certifications, and geographic location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
At least 10 years of progressive experience delivering technically complex projects.
Experience leading complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure, environmental, industrial, or treatment system projects.
Ability to translate client goals into delivery strategies and align teams to execute them.
Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk across project lifecycles.
Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and change management processes.
Experience working in regulatory or compliance-driven environments.
Strong working knowledge of project management principles, project controls, and delivery frameworks.
Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset and strong judgment.
Strong communication skills and ability to build trust with clients, partners, and internal teams.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a related technical field.
Professional Engineer (PE) license in California, or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

Own scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and risk across complex projects throughout all delivery phases.
Translate client objectives into actionable delivery plans and align multidisciplinary teams to execute them.
Lead integrated teams across disciplines, locations, and partner organizations, ensuring work is aligned, sequenced, and progressing.
Serve as a primary client and stakeholder contact, lead meetings, facilitate discussions, and build trust through clear communication and sound judgment.
Monitor budgets, schedules, forecasts, and change management to support project performance and informed decisions.
Anticipate challenges, evaluate options, and guide teams toward practical solutions that maintain alignment with client and firm objectives.
Support proposals, feasibility studies, and delivery planning with an execution-focused perspective.
Mentor project staff, provide direction, and improve delivery practices through lessons learned and continuous improvement.