Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

The Project Manager - Water/Wastewater is accountable for the week-to-week execution and management of assigned projects such as scope, schedule, budget and quality. Responsibilities include leading a production team, coordinating with subcontractors, permitting, and ensuring on time deliverables. The PM is the first line of communication and accountable point of contact for clients.

Duties Include

• Responsible for overall project production, delivery, and routine client updates.
• Build and maintain the project plan incorporating scope, schedule, and budget.
• Responsible for assigned contract/Extra Work Authorization (EWA) scope and fee preparation and negotiation with client.
• Create and maintain Smartsheet and ensure alignment with financial reporting (Estimated
• Date of Task Completion, Overall Schedule Milestones, Extra Work Authorizations – EWAs, etc.).
• Lead a production team through weekly project reviews, task assignments, as well as coaching and mentoring; ensure project coordination; keeps the team productive and efficient.
• Assists in the development of plans, specifications, reports and cost estimates for a variety of water/wastewater and stormwater projects involving transmission, distribution, collection, treatment, storage, utility master planning, permitting and various engineering tasks.
• Assists in the design of hydraulic modeling including advanced treatment and storage design along with water and sewer pumping systems, hydraulic water distribution modeling and stormwater modeling.
• Track planned labor budget vs actual labor burn weekly; corrects variances; monitors labor charges to appropriate phases/tasks through project time review and identifies scope creep and promptly proposes EWA’s and / or ETC’s.
• Serves as assigned client’s day-to-day contact; escalates strategic items to Program Manager (pricing, scope, disputes); supports upsell / cross-sell conversations; coordinates with Project Financial Analysts (PFA) and Project Coordinators (PC).
• Accountable for project QA/QC.
• Enforces safety and Delegation of Authority (DOA); maintains project files / records; captures lessons learned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills to serve as a trusted advisor to clients.

• Strong industry and project management knowledge can lead to multi-discipline coordination

• Working knowledge of project controls (ETC, labor budgets, cost codes, etc.)

• Proficiency with project management and financial tools (e.g., VantagePoint, Smartsheet, Power BI).

• Analytical skills to interpret and act on projects and financial data.

• Effective negotiation and problem-solving capabilities.

• Drives accountability; clear tasking and follow-through; collaborative

• Education and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline is required. A Master's degree in the discipline or Business Administration (MBA) is highly preferred.

• Active professional licensure (e.g., P.E., R.A., P.S.M.)

• A minimum of 4+ years of progressive professional experience within the A/E/C industry.

• Valid state-issued driver's license with a clean driving record.

Compensation & Benefits

• Dependent upon experience.
• CPH offers Medical, Dental and Vision and Long-Term Disability with a quality insurance company.
• Company Paid Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability.
• 401K, Paid Personal Time Off, Paid Holidays, and Paid Paternal Leave. CPH is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Drug Free Work Environment Employer.