Project Manager - Water Business

Overview

Project Manager - Water Business at Black & Veatch. The opportunity is a leadership role in the Water / Wastewater business within the Columbia, South Carolina collaborative team, responsible for managing the successful delivery of water-related infrastructure projects in the multi-million-dollar range.

• Leading team efforts for marketing
• Strategy development
• Prospect identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting and contracting for successful opportunities
• Accountable for new business objectives and for overall project performance

• External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities
• Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch’s market footprint

• Oversight of engineering manager(s)
• Development of project performance goals
• Accountability for implementation
• Active involvement with internal project team and owner project representatives on project activities
• Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s)

• Team development, mentoring and coaching on performance improvement
• Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team

Acts as a project manager. Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individual comprising this team may vary by project.

• Professional Engineer (PE) License
• 10+ years of civil engineering design services including conceptual planning, preliminary and final design in water and wastewater treatment; master planning; water main; water facilities; pump stations; and conveyance.
• Experience on BIM developed projects
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Salary Plan: PMT - Project Management

Job Grade: 018

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned company. We offer relocation assistance for the right candidate and hybrid or flexible work options after the first 90 days, based on manager discretion and work assignments. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We provide a comprehensive benefits package and a 401(k) plan with company matching. We are ESOP-owned and encourage employees to share in the company’s long-term success.