Senior Resilience Project Manager

Dewberry • Orlando, FL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Dewberry is currently seeking a Senior Resilience Project Manager to join any one of our offices that is located within the Central or South Florida Region. Come join Dewberry’s multi-disciplinary team of resilience services professionals dedicated to reducing risk to flooding and hazards as a Senior Project Manager playing a key role in growing our resilience and water resources services. In this role, the person will have responsibilities that include client relationship management, project management, technical leadership, and sales. Candidates must have a proven track record of successful project management and sustaining strong client relationships. The individual selected for this position will work closely with Dewberry’s national experts in resilience, water resources, and hazard mitigation, and will have opportunities to support Dewberry projects in other markets. Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Requirements

• BS degree in civil engineering, climate science, natural environmental science, or related field, with emphasis in resilience
• At least 10 years of professional experience in resilient infrastructure planning and design, Florida design regulations, water resources engineering, benefit-cost analysis, and GIS.
• At least 2 years of experience in managing tasks or technical support work related to the Resilient Florida Program, with documented success on completion of projects on schedule and under budget.
• Nature-based mitigation design experience in urban, rural, and coastal landscapes.
• Proven record of managing an inter-disciplinary team and delivering projects within a matrix organization successfully, profitably, and to the client’s satisfaction.
• At least 5 years of independent client management skills.
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills with clients in the Florida region are required, as this is a leadership position requiring the individual to manage clients and mentor staff.

Nice To Haves

• Masters’ degree and/or PhD in similar field preferred.
• PE (or ability to obtain within 12 months)
• PMP (or ability to obtain within 12 months)
• CFM preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior project manager on a variety of projects related to resilient infrastructure planning and design, hydrologic/hydraulic/coastal modeling, GIS mapping, risk and vulnerability assessments, and related services.
• Manage, lead, execute, and provide technical support for resilience, water resources, and hazard mitigation projects within the municipal, regional, and Federal markets.
• Lead the development or implementation of climate adaptation and resilience plans, strategies, and similar policy initiatives.
• Communicate with clients, establish goals and objectives for project teams, and schedule and coordinate resources to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the performance expectations of the client.
• Lead meetings with internal staff and subject matter experts on basic and complex projects.
• Lead teams in the preparation of winning proposals and successful presentation, as well as developing scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for various projects.
• Support business growth goals; win new resilience, water resources, and hazard mitigation projects and add new clients.
• Travel to and from in-person meetings on a frequent basis, in Florida and Alabama.
• Other duties, as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior