Job Description
Our client is seeking a Project Manager for water and wastewater infrastructure projects to join our team in the Carolinas (Charleston, Charlotte, Columbia, or Greenville). This individual will serve as project manager and/or technical lead on municipal drinking and wastewater projects.
Foundational
- Builds on extensive technical foundations with expectation to make significant contributions to the team efforts for the benefit of the client
- Demonstrates ability to evaluate, select, and apply standards, techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform a task or sequence of tasks for conventional projects with few complex features
- Understands technical requirements needed in the design of a project and how various disciplines are integrated to meet the needs of the client
- Independent performer on most assignments
Technical
- Lead multidisciplinary teams to provide studies
- Provide planning and design services for water/wastewater utilities
- Provide technical design for water/wastewater treatment projects and technical support to the design team to ensure efficiency, quality, and performance to fulfill project requirements
- Deliver engineering calculations, project coordination, write engineering specifications, establish appropriate design methods, report preparation and coordination, equipment sizing and selection while working directly with clients
- Drive profitability of projects and satisfaction of clients through quality work and on-time / on-budget delivery
- Coordinate with leadership on staffing and workload through entire project development to complete documents on schedule
- Conduct QA/QC of all documents and reports, verifying accuracy of data, information and calculations
- Prepare and oversee detailed construction document packages and provide technical leadership for all deliverables for client
- Support marketing efforts through client engagement, responsiveness and strong delivery of projects
- Assist with proposals to provide professional services, including preparation of scopes, budgets and schedules for assignments
Professional Competencies
Client and Customer Focus
- Assist in learning the needs of assigned clients.
- Understand the profession’s ethical obligation to Client and the public welfare
- Assist with reviewing and defining scope of work issues with Consultants and Contractors
Team Orientation
- Work across disciplines and office locations to fully utilize firm experiential knowledge
- Ability to coordinate work with professional engineers, surveyors, survey field personnel, city code enforcement officials and construction crews
- Plans and coordinates detailed aspects of engineering work.
- Ability to work with multiple individuals in a team environment.
- Coordinates work with entry-level engineers, technicians, surveyors and administrative staff
- Contributes to Client Services team
Communication
- Ability to respond to common inquiries from contractors, surveyors, survey field personnel, city code enforcement or regulatory agencies
- Ability to effectively present information in oral and written format
- Receives general supervision on assignments and thorough review of all aspects of work
- Receives instruction on specific objectives, and direction on unconventional and/or complex problems
Continuous Improvement
- Assist with developing standards and guidelines
- Provide input towards improving operational procedures.
- Able to perform tasks in support of Staff Professionals and Engineer Interns
- Performs more advanced drafting tasks
- Continually participate in Individual Development planning and program.
Leadership
- Trains and mentors other CADD / Revit technicians
- Collaboratively uses judgment to determine adaptations in methods for non-routine aspects of assignments
Service
- Actively participate in local professional society
- Participate in community service activities and understand implications of involvement
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering
- Experience with municipal water/wastewater
- PE registration in South Carolina or ability/plan to obtain
- Strong technical background and experience in water or wastewater
- Active engagement in professional and industry organizations
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- Working knowledge of technical specifications
- Software knowledge: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD
Experience
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- Master’s, BCEE, PMP, LEED AP preferred
- Engaged in life-long learning to maintain knowledge associated with Architecture / Engineering contemporary issue
- Professional Engineer Licensure
Job Tags
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