Project Manager - Water​/Wastewater

Project Manager – Water/Wastewater

Herndon, VA – Full-Time/Regular

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) is a 100% employee‑owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients across the United States. JMT is ranked #45 on Engineering News‑Record's list of the Top 500 Design Firms.

Typical work assignments center around managing or assisting in the management of facilities engineering, architecture, and design projects from inception to completion of varying sizes within the water/wastewater market sector. Additional opportunities are available in education, public works, transportation, transit, aviation, health care, and corporate industries. JMT seeks candidates motivated to excel within the consulting engineering field and to embrace challenges as opportunities for personal and professional growth.

• Utilizing knowledge of general engineering, architecture, and construction principles and practices to interpret, organize, coordinate, communicate, and execute assignments with limited supervision.
• Project performance shall meet and/or exceed client expectations.
• Manage financial and contract administration of assigned projects.

• Management of project internal and external engineering resources, government agencies, and client staffing, delivering a project’s proposed scope on time and within budget incorporating appropriate progress tracking best practices.
• Point of contact for clients, contractors, and internal/external design and construction teams.
• Build and develop client relationships and seek opportunities for repeat business or new opportunities.
• Constantly communicate and coordinate with team members to ensure project completion by defined milestones and established quality guidelines.
• Ability to manage multiple multidisciplinary projects ensuring adherence to proper protocols and practices.
• Provide direction and guidance to multidisciplinary design team members.
• Facilitate technical coordination between disciplines on multidisciplinary projects.
• Resolve or assist in the resolution of technical conflicts and mitigate technical risks within projects.
• Ensure projects are constructed in accordance with design, budget, and schedule.
• Coordinate administrative aspects of projects including contract reviews, bidding, scheduling, month‑end processing, project accounting, and project-related reporting.
• Represent the organization at various community and/or business meetings.
• Create project proposals, fees/budgets, work breakdowns, rough order estimates, task prioritization, schedules, and integration plans with project team support.
• Develop monthly progress reports and review internal and sub‑consultant invoicing.
• Provide expertise and consulting to project managers in project management execution and lessons learned.
• Establish and coordinate improvements to project management processes and procedures.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, SharePoint, Outlook).
• Experience utilizing scheduling software (Project or P6) is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture from an accredited program. Registered Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (AIA) is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in design and construction project management of multidisciplinary project teams including design oversight, statement of work development, and project reporting. Experience with water/wastewater facilities is a plus.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.

Work is performed within a general office environment. Work is generally sedentary, though it may require occasional standing and walking. Lighting and temperature are adequate, and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc. Field work is required on occasion where work may be conducted outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions. Some lifting (up to 50 lb.)…