WATER / WASTE WATER SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Carroll Daniel•Gainesville, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager – Water/Wastewater serves as a senior leader within Carroll Daniel, responsible for the overall direction, execution, and financial performance of multiple water and wastewater infrastructure projects. This role provides leadership across planning, design, and construction phases, ensuring successful delivery of complex municipal and industrial projects including treatment facilities, pumping systems, and distribution/collection networks. This position combines technical expertise, project delivery leadership, and client relationship management, serving as a trusted advisor to clients while driving projects to meet or exceed expectations for cost, schedule, quality, and safety. The Senior Project Manager also plays a key role in business development, staff mentorship, and strategic growth of Carroll Daniel’s water/wastewater market.

Requirements

Strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
Advanced problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
Results-driven with high accountability and ownership
Strong commercial and contractual acumen
Excellent communication and relationship management skills
Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams across engineering and construction
Deep understanding of water/wastewater systems, including treatment processes and infrastructure
Experience with both Design-Bid-Build and Design-Build delivery methods
Knowledge of permitting, regulatory compliance, and risk management
Experience with large-scale infrastructure and treatment facility projects
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
Experience: 10–15+ years of experience in water/wastewater or civil infrastructure projects
5+ years in a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager role
Proven experience managing complex projects across planning, design, and construction phases
Demonstrated success managing project budgets, schedules, and client relationships
CMIC and project management software
Procore
Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)
Strong presentation and communication skills

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
Experience with municipal and industrial water/wastewater clients
Proven business development and client management experience
Active participation in professional organizations
Professional Engineer (PE) preferred
PMP certification a plus

Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Delivery Provide overall leadership and management of multiple concurrent water/wastewater projects of varying size and complexity.
Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring successful project delivery and long-term relationship development.
Lead projects through all phases including planning, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with contract requirements and quality standards.
Provide oversight of design integration across civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and process disciplines.
Apply advanced technical knowledge to support decision-making, risk mitigation, and problem resolution.
Water / Wastewater Technical Oversight Oversee projects involving: Water and wastewater treatment plants Pumping stations and storage facilities Collection and distribution systems Stormwater and water reuse systems
Guide technical execution including: Treatment process selection, evaluation, and optimization Hydraulic calculations and system sizing Development and review of technical memoranda and design documents Coordination of interdisciplinary engineering design efforts Engineering services during construction and commissioning
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (EPA, EPD, local authorities) and industry standards.
Project Financial Responsibilities Creates and manages projects budget and helps coordinate the development of GMPs or Lump Sum proposals
Knows and understands the requirements of owners contract, including bonds, fees, notifications, schedules, reporting, and costs.
Develops and completes monthly Projected Final Cost Report (CMIC) on time.
Manages the risk on each project which includes ensuring all contracts, insurance, NOC, NTC, Pre-Qualification of Subcontractors is in compliance with CDCC Way.
Preconstruction Services Collaborates with Preconstruction to prepare, review, and monitor information and reports related to all costs involved in developing the projects budget including General Conditions for the project, contingencies, etc.
Takes ownership of process of the quality of budget estimates/deliverables to client.
Manages the subcontracting process, which includes holding initial scope review meetings, finalizing agreed price, developing subcontract scope of work, and managing the subcontract distribution and final execution process.
Project Start-up and Scheduling Coordinates and conducts the Project Start-Up meeting to ensure a thorough hand-off from Pre-Construction.
Collaborates with Ops Manager or DM, superintendent, subcontractors, and suppliers to create a complete construction schedule.
Develops a responsibilities matrix at the start of each project and manages the resources needed for the project (e.g., people, tools, equipment, materials, internal and external services).
Reviews the contract documents with all project participants (e.g., customers, employees, subcontractors, suppliers, government regulators, utilities) to ensure work is completed on time and within budget.
Coordinates and delivers all requirements for subcontractors and suppliers to meet project schedules.
Project Administration, Operations and Close-out Could be responsible for multiple projects reporting into this role.
Responsible for daily project administration and operations.
Holds weekly team meetings to create alignment of expectations and understanding of needs.
Prepares and maintains the project schedule, milestone dates, and close-out checklist.
Reviews with project staff and assigns responsibilities, execution, and follow-up plans.
Ensures and attends proper periodic jobsite morning, planning, progress, and close out meetings are being conducted with other project staff.
Will sometimes require the leading of such meetings along with meeting minutes and follow up.
Compare jobsite progress to schedule, compare actual versus estimated cost on a monthly basis in CMIC, check compliance with plans and specifications, review any problems, and verify the quality of work being performed meets contract specifications and Carroll Daniel guidelines.
Analyze change proposals from subcontractors before submittal to the owner for accuracy, delay impact and scope; coordinate any proposals with Ops Manager or DM as needed.
Manage the project closeout process to help settle all financial obligations, demobilize all resources, and transition the project to the customer.
Helps team manage Safety on the project.
Establishes relationships and communication tools as needed with suppliers and other key people to verify all materials, supplies, tools, equipment, and personnel are obtained and/or delivered when necessary.
Ensures that all understand performance standards and expectations.
Ensures that project site and company assets are secure and maintains a safe and respectful working environment at all times by implementing programs for safety and loss prevention, risk management, training, and quality control.
Promote Customer Relations Builds effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customers expectations.
Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company image.
Proactively seeks new business opportunities through relationships acquired on each project.
Culture, Leadership and Employee Development Behaviors are in alignment with our Core Values, Purpose and Vision.
Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior.
Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company image Takes full ownership of personal career development through on-the-job training, CDCC Way training programs and assists in the development of Project Engineers, APMs, Interns / Co-Ops
Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.