Senior Project Manager - Water​/Wastewater​/Utilities

Senior Project Manager - Water/Wastewater/Utilities

Department: Water/Wastewater

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Sanford, FL

CPH is seeking a talented individual to join our team as a Senior Project Manager at our Corporate HQ in Sanford, FL
! This role will be focused on the water/wastewater/utilities space requiring a strong blended expertise across project/program management, team leadership, and project design/delivery. A high sense of business acumen and knowledge is required to fulfill this role.

The Senior Project Manager is accountable for the week-to-week execution and management of assigned projects such as scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk; while leading a production team and coordinating subcontractors, permitting, and deliverables. The PM is the first line on communication and accountable point of contact for clients as well as ensuring full project delivery.

• Responsible for overall project production, delivery, and routine client updates including plans, design reports and technical specifications.
• Build and maintain the project plan incorporating scope, schedule, and budget.
• Responsible for assigned contract/Extra Work Authorization (EWA) scope and fee preparation and negotiation with client.
• Create and maintain project schedule and ensure alignment with financial reporting (Estimated Date of Task Completion, Overall Schedule Milestones, Extra Work Authorizations – EWAs, etc.).
• Lead a production team through weekly project reviews, task assignments, as well as coaching and mentoring; ensure project coordination; keeps the team productive and efficient.
• Manage project responsibilities and coordinate with various teams, including architects, engineers, designers, consultants, and clients, as part of the project design process.
• Utilizes team management skills to lead the design group during the conceptual phase of product development following CPH and client’s standards and templates.
• Track planned labor budget vs actual labor burn weekly; corrects variances; monitors labor charges to appropriate phases/tasks through daily timesheet review and identifies scope creep and promptly proposes EWA’s and / or ETC’s.
• Serves as assigned client’s day-to-day contact; escalates strategic items to Program Manager (pricing, scope, disputes); supports upsell / cross-sell conversations; coordinates with Project Financial Analysts (PFA) and Project Coordinators (PC).
• Prepare pre-bills, percentage complete updates, and billing notes; support collections to keep AR current.
• Accountable for project QA/QC.
• Enforces safety and Delegation of Authority (DOA); maintains project files / records; captures lessons learned.
• Periodic travel to perform business development, client meetings and presentations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Adherence to project schedule and client requirements; Labor Budget and As Sold Direct Labor Multiplier (DLM):
  Achieves or beats labor budgets.
• Utilization & Team Engagement: Team is meeting / exceeding productivity targets and maintain low employee turnover.
• Goal: Zero preventable errors and omissions.
• Client Satisfaction: High client retention, good feedback.
• W  Discipline: Inputs on time, actions closed, active participation.

• Delivers on time, on budget, with zero preventable errors and omissions.
• Keeps assigned Accounts Receivable (AR)/ Work In Progress (WIP) current; issue EWAs promptly; protect margin.
• Maintain and communicate accurate schedules, budgets, and forecasts weekly.
• Provides professional client experience that leads to repeat work and focuses on client/revenue growth.
• Develop junior staff and team.

• Operates within the Delegation of Authority
• Accountable for full production team and project performance
• Accountable to the Program Manager (PrM)

• Sustained client relationships leading to repeat business and growth opportunities
• Predictable delivery with clean financial and documentation.
• A high-through, highly engaged production team that delivers quality work on time.
• Developing pipeline of future PMs through mentoring and coaching.
• Reduced rework and…