Senior Project Manager, Industrial Water

Brown and Caldwell•,

10d•Remote

About The Position

The Industrial Water (IW) Senior Project Manager (SPM) position is charged with leading the growth and development of the Technology Market Sector within BC's Private Sector Business Unit (PSBU) through the application of knowledge and expertise in the field of water and wastewater engineering, client services, and project management. The SPM will also achieve the firm’s prominence in IW through the application of best technical, project management, and client services practices, and through strategic vision, persuasive leadership, coordination with multiple groups within BC, and application of necessary directive efforts. The SPM is an engaged and action-oriented position who will make decisions based on significant expertise and experience in the subject matter, instinct, and in coordination with PSBU leadership. The SPM will develop and implement project delivery strategies and tactics, in collaboration with PSBU, Design Services, and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) leaders. The SPM role works to plan, execute, and oversee projects to completion on time, within budget, while meeting quality standards and health and safety requirements. The role works closely with cross-functional teams to define project scope, set objectives, allocate resources, and develop detailed project plans. The role monitors progress, manages risks and change, resolves challenges, and communicates with stakeholders to provide regular updates. The role typically manages mid-sized to large projects and is expected to independently deliver results with minimal supervision, while progressively increasing revenue responsibility.

Requirements

Comprehensive knowledge of project management tools and techniques.
Proven ability in project planning and management, including budget, risk, contract, change, and quality management and safety leadership.
Advanced understanding of quality and change management tools, techniques, and processes.
Comprehensive understanding of contract management and client service.
Strong business acumen and ability to align project outcomes with business goals.
Excellent client service skills and ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
Proven team/staff management skills to build and maintain strong staff relationships.
Proven ability to identify and cultivate opportunities with existing clients.
Typically, a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience managing mid-size to large projects with progressively increasing responsibility.
Competency in development and monitoring of moderate project schedules.
Competency in development and monitoring of moderate project budgets.
Competency in Risk Management.
Experience leading cross functional teams.
Proven experience in project planning, risk and change management, and contract management of mid-size projects.
Previous experience applying specialized knowledge in project management to deliver solutions for clients.
A bachelor’s degree in project management, engineering, business administration or equivalent relevant experience is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering water and wastewater infrastructure for the data center industry
MS in engineering and/or MBA
PE registration
Strong written and verbal communication skills
High level of emotional intelligence
Process engineering
Design delivery
Technology Market perspective
Nation-wide experience and network and willing to travel throughout the US.
Strong client contacts – Client-friendly manner, respected by clients, adept at discerning and managing client expectations.
Strategic, open-minded thinker – Ability to think beyond standard Brown and Caldwell boundaries and assumptions, tireless in getting additional information to develop possible strategies.
Strong competitor knowledge and focus – Develops competitor evaluations and strategies.
Can-do approach – Pragmatic and enthusiastic.
Demonstrated team player and builder.
Recognized in client organization associations and in professional engineering circles.
Proficient in managing and delivering projects.
Capable of understanding and applying technologies commonly used in industrial water applications.

Responsibilities

Set direction: Support defining objectives, decision-making processes, schedules, budgets, and success factors. Assist team by providing clarity on what the objectives are for an assignment, how decisions will be made, development of schedules and budgets, and what critical success factors the client is trying to achieve.
Communicate: Help establish effective communication methods for team standups, technical/design decisions, and client interactions.
Support Team Motivation: Assist in empowering team members, resolving conflicts, providing feedback, and celebrating success.
Establish Trust: Demonstrate integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and transparency.
Create a safe environment: Support and assist in providing an atmosphere where ideas and creativity thrive.
Embrace thought and experience diversity: Support an environment where diverse backgrounds, geographies, and different perspectives are all heard, respected, and considered.
Develop team members: Support team development by contributing to continuous learning, skills development, and mentoring.
Scope: Collaborate and prepare detailed scopes of work to set clear expectations and prevent project overruns. Develop clear assumptions and limitations and set realistic expectations and a solid pathway to delivering quality work successfully.
Schedule: Collaborate on the development and maintenance of project schedules to provide for timely resource allocation and delivery. Recommend and assist implementation of schedule delay mitigation measures as needed.
Budget: Develop and collaborate on work breakdown structures and project budgets aligned with scope and schedule to set a project up for financial success. Manage budget on project to meet financial plan.
Quality Management: Create, implement, and monitor quality management plans and processes to enhance client trust, minimize deficiencies, incorporate our standards and quality review processes, and collaborate with team members to contribute to quality.
Change Management: Identify and manage internal and external changes to mitigate risks. Identify and recommend change management, in collaboration with project team, prepare the scope and budget for the change, and gain client endorsement and approval for the change to minimize financial and execution risk to BC.
Risk Management: Ability to identify risks, develop risk mitigation strategies, and perform ongoing risk monitoring and mitigation throughout the project lifecycle. Identify and escalate risks, collaborate with teams to prepare mitigation strategies for each risk, monetization of each risk, and update the risk profile on the project throughout the lifecycle of a project.
Health & Safety: Lead by example and follow BC policy and client requirements for health and safety. Lead development and implementation of health and safety plans per the project specific requirements.
Manage external resources: Including third parties/vendors to deliver successfully on their contracted scope, quality, and budget.
Lead achievement of project goals related to scope, schedule, budget, and quality. Monitor profitability through routine earned value analysis and compliance, business revenue forecasting, and timely invoicing/collections.
Ability to build successful relationships with Clients, while collaborating with client service managers and project teams to assess client satisfaction. Monitor and share clients’ critical success factors for project success and client satisfaction.
Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.
May provide mentorship, guidance, support, and knowledge-sharing to help less experienced team members develop their skills and grow in their roles.