Project Manager - Water Business

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Location:

Walnut Creek, CA, San Jose, CA, Rancho Cordova, CA, US

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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Black & Veatch is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join a well-established and expanding water/wastewater team in Northern California.

The Sr. Project Manager will be responsible for leading our State and Local Government and Water business with clients in Northern California. The ideal candidate will develop client and pursuit strategies, manage relationship and business development activities, overall financial management, contract management, and ensure client satisfaction. The Client Director is accountable for meeting new business and earnings goals; developing strong relationships with clients, partners and contractors;

driving business development; and selling the Black & Veatch full suite of services.

Black & Veatch is a leading engineering, consulting and construction company. We serve public and private clients of every size with a strong focus on life cycle economy, efficiency and reliability in the Water market.

Governments & Communities focuses on specific infrastructure needs of municipalities, state and local governments, and specialized physical and digital infrastructure solutions for government and federal agencies. This team partners with customers to align their people, processes, technologies, and data analytics in the face of industry transformation, modernize water infrastructure, optimize asset use, meet performance goals, reduce costs, and mitigate risk.

• Prepare and implement Client Development Plans for assigned clients
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with assigned clients, business partners, and competitors
• Develop client and pursuit strategies
• Lead or support proposal development
• Make Go / No Go decisions or recommendations and assist with preparation of Proposal Review Board documents
• Serve as the Client Director and provide leadership to project and pursuit teams
• Meet new business and earnings financial goals
  
  Manage assigned business development budget
• Manage contracts and legal issues
• Manage and mitigate risks
• Identify key client interests and drivers on projects and pursuits and communicate with team members
• Leverage professional networking skills to identify and pursue project opportunities
• Supervise and mentor project team members

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

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management or a related field
• Prefer 10+ years professional experience managing a multi-disciplinary team to deliver new business for water and wastewater utility and state and local government projects
• Previous consulting experience
• Proficiency with computer software, including MS Office Suite and Project Software
• Experience preparing proposals; negotiating and managing contracts; managing project budgets, costs and accounts receivables
• Experience…