Senior Project Manager - Water​/Wastewater Services

Job Description

CDM Smith currently has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager with previous experience managing municipal water services projects to join our greater NY capital region. In this position, your primary role will be to lead the successful delivery of engineering projects for our clients in the following areas of practice: planning and design of drinking water, wastewater treatment, biosolids, pump station, conveyance, general municipal engineering, and stormwater.

Secondarily, you will support Client Service Leaders in business development activities for projects you are identified to manage or play a key technical role in delivering.

We are open to this position working hybrid out of the following offices:
Syracuse, Latham, Massena, NY.

• Managing and serving as the lead Project Manager for wastewater, water, stormwater, conveyance, and general municipal engineering projects.
• Providing technical guidance, senior leadership, and mentoring engineering staff to enhance our water services design capabilities.
• Being responsible for planning and execution of scope, schedule, and budget for projects managed.
• Completing Quality Assurance/Quality Control reviews of key deliverables.
• Assisting Client Service Leaders with technical marketing by meeting with clients in the region.
• Participation in professional societies relevant to the industry.
• Building and maintaining positive working relationships with key decision makers in clients’ organizations.
• Performing technical engineering project work.
• Providing excellent client service that generates repeat business.
• Supporting proposal development and participating in interviews for new projects you will help deliver.

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 7 years of related experience.
• PMP (PMI), CCM or DBIA certification is required (within 12 months of hire or promotion onto the Approved Project Manager list).
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental or chemical engineering or related discipline.
• Professional engineering (PE) license.
• Previous experience working on and managing projects for municipal water resources, wastewater, drinking water, conveyance clients.
• Previous experience managing multi-discipline project teams.
• Excellent communication, networking and team building skills.
• Previous experience working directly with clients.
• Master’s degree.
• Previous business development experience including preparation of proposals and scopes of work and cost estimates for municipal clients.

10% or less.

CDM Smith Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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No sponsorship for H-1B or TN visas.