Senior Project Manager – Utility Capital Programs

Senior Project Manager – Utility Capital Programs

Seattle, WA Full-Time | On-Site/Client-Facing

At CMTS, we deliver complex infrastructure and capital improvement programs that strengthen communities and improve essential public services. With more than 40 years of industry experience, CMTS provides a strong foundation for professional growth, long-term career development, and meaningful project work.

We foster a collaborative culture centered on integrity, accountability, employee well-being, and continuous learning. Join CMTS and help lead major municipal utility projects throughout the Puget Sound region.

About Your Role

CMTS is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager – Utility Capital Programs to support a major municipal utility capital improvement program in Seattle, Washington.

The Senior Project Manager will lead multiple task orders under an on-call public-sector contract. Assignments may include project planning, alternatives analysis, design support, construction-phase services, commissioning, and project closeout.

This position will serve as the primary day-to-day client contact while managing multidisciplinary project teams, engineering subconsultants, project controls, financial performance, quality, and contract compliance.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field
• Equivalent professional experience may be considered

What You'll Need to Get the Job

• At least 12 years of experience delivering public-sector capital projects
• At least five years of experience supporting municipal water, wastewater, stormwater, drainage, or related utility infrastructure projects
• Demonstrated experience managing task-order, on-call, or indefinite-delivery contracts for public agencies
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and client expectations
• Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder-management abilities
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary consultant and engineering teams
• Experience developing scopes of work, cost estimates, work authorizations, and task-order proposals
• Knowledge of public-agency contracting practices and consultant-services agreements
• Ability to successfully complete a background check

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional certification
• Professional Engineer licensure
• Experience supporting Seattle-area public agencies
• Familiarity with the City of Seattle contracting environment
• Experience with phased or stage-gate project delivery
• Knowledge of owner asset-management frameworks
• Experience working within a rotational or rapidly mobilized task-order environment

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the execution of task orders under a multi-award municipal utility on-call contract
• Direct projects involving planning, options analysis, preliminary engineering, final design, construction support, commissioning, and closeout
• Serve as the primary client contact for assigned task orders
• Develop, scope, price, negotiate, and execute task orders and work authorizations
• Mobilize multidisciplinary teams to meet changing client needs and project schedules
• Manage multiple concurrent assignments while maintaining schedule, budget, quality, and technical performance
• Direct engineering consultants, technical specialists, and subconsultant teams
• Manage subconsultant contracts, scopes, budgets, schedules, deliverables, and performance
• Prepare project budgets, financial forecasts, cost reports, and earned-value analyses
• Review invoices, monitor project profitability, and identify potential financial risks
• Lead project-progress meetings, executive briefings, stakeholder discussions, and client presentations
• Prepare executive-level reports, technical documentation, meeting summaries, and client correspondence
• Enforce quality-assurance and quality-control requirements for all project deliverables
• Confirm compliance with owner standards, technical specifications, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices
• Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies to maintain project performance
• Support WMBE and DBE inclusion goals, subcontractor participation, supplier-diversity initiatives, and utilization reporting
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