Senior Project Manager - Water Engineering

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Your Opportunity

An opportunity exists within Stantec's Water Sector for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team in Atlanta, GA. As the successful candidate, you will use your technical abilities to plan project execution including resourcing, budgets and schedules, prepare task orders, manage contracts, and interact and present to clients primarily in the municipal water and wastewater market sector as part of a dynamic design team.

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Key Responsibilities

As Senior Project Manager/ Engineer, you will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of successful water/wastewater municipal projects by helping to scope and manage cost effective, practical designs and construction solutions for our clients. You will interact internally throughout the organization with staff at all levels as well as clients, members of professional organizations, subcontractors, and other firms. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Working effectively with all project team members, including the client, project manager, and junior staff.
• Coordinating with engineers and technical staff to ensure that the projects' needs are met in a timely and effective manner
• Preparing task order proposals for new projects
• Managing project budgets, staff allocation for projects, and preparing and reviewing invoices prior to issuance to the client
• Following established processes for obtaining necessary project approvals from various agencies
• Preparing detailed design calculations, developing construction drawings and specifications, and overseeing design implementation.
• Writing technical reports and design briefs to document analyses
• Taking responsibility for the quality of your written, technical and graphic work
• Plan, organize, and manage the production of project deliverables to ensure on time delivery, technical quality and within budget – includes coordinating work efforts and the preparation of deliverables reports, client stewardship and coordinating with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Execute multiple concurrent projects efficiently.
• Mentor junior staff and supervise direct reports.
• Develop long-lasting partnerships with our clients, maintain positive client relationships, and understand our client's needs to facilitate full-service offerings.
• Leadership and involvement in related professional societies, including preparation and presentation of papers at professional society conferences and seminars.
• Talent recruitment and development.
• Support and ensure implementation of Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work and coordinate with HSSE professionals during the execution of all phases of project planning and implementation.
• Other duties or responsibilities as assigned.

• Must have strong oral and written communication skills, and be customer focused to understand and appropriately respond to client’s business needs.
• Must demonstrate effective resource planning, results delivery, and staying current with relevant technology and innovation.
• Strong understanding of federal and state regulations and…