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Water/Wastewater Project Manager
Charlotte, NC
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We are 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 

Company Perspective

  • Represent the firm in all aspects of projects and assignments to prospective employees, clients, and the communities we serve.
  • Reinforce GMC standards and Core Values to others 

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

Travel requirements:

  • As required per project or client / project


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