Project Manager Operations

American Water Works Company Inc • Colts Neck Township, NJ

124d • $81,120 - $133,380

About The Position

American Water is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, providing safe, clean, reliable, and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people. The company is committed to investing $40 to $42 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency, and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The position involves supporting operations and functional areas by managing projects that support investment, growth, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Four year undergraduate degree preferred and experience.
• 3 years or greater practical business experience in functional or operational role with regulated utility or comparable business organization.
• Advanced knowledge and use of office productivity tools (MS Office, Lotus Notes, etc.).
• Enterprise systems knowledge, SAP preferred, Statistical package experience (Minitab, SAS, SPSS or similar).
• General knowledge of operations and customer billing practices, project management and construction management practices, and contract administration.
• Knowledge of applicable state and federal regulations.
• Knowledge of company procedures, policies and operations.

Nice To Haves

• Strong project management skills (e.g. planning, organizing, directing, monitoring and reporting on project activities).
• A strong sense of organization and schedule, ability to self-direct and prioritize a large number of often non-sequential tasks on multiple concurrent projects.
• Project planning skills: Good verbal and written communication skills (e.g., presentation, listening, report writing).
• Computer literacy.
• Competent in the use of word processing, spreadsheets, flow-charting, project scheduling.
• Financial analysis skill, including budget management, business modeling, and basic accounting knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Proactively build and maintain strong customer relationships; maintain consistent communication, manage customer needs and expectations by meeting project timelines.
• Prepare correspondence/provide information for distribution and/or presentation to other agencies, municipal departments, general public, special interest groups, property owners, consultants.
• Manage relationships with assigned areas of the company for the purpose of driving continuous improvement and delivering projects.
• Support activities at all stages of new acquisitions, including relationship building, research, review of proposals, polling, due diligence, public communication, asset control development, customer integration and other related activities which may include after hours work.
• Work with assigned business areas to identify opportunities, prioritize, select/assign and execute projects to successful completion by working with management and project teams.
• Use critical thinking methods to demonstrate opportunity and execute for continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities, charter (establish goals and scope) and execute projects to successful outcome.
• Work with business leaders as sponsors and process owners to realize goals of projects.
• Lead project teams and manage performance in a matrix organization.
• Perform complex data analysis, gather data through SAP/BI and develop process controls through analytics and statistical methods.
• Ensure that appropriate Safety Management systems are established and implemented for all projects.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Defined Contribution Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage
• Disability
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• Voluntary benefits
• Health and wellness programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees