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