Project Management; Drinking Water - England

Brown and Caldwell, a national environmental engineering firm, offers a Project Manager role to lead and manage drinking water projects for New England clients. Responsibilities include planning, executing, and overseeing projects to complete on time, within budget, and in compliance with quality, health, and safety standards.

• Project team leadership expectations:
  • Set direction: support defining objectives, decision-making processes, schedules, budgets, and success factors.
  • Communicate: establish effective communication methods for team standups, technical/design decisions, and client interactions.
  • Support team motivation: empower team members, resolve conflicts, provide feedback, and celebrate success.
  • Establish trust: demonstrate integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and transparency.
  • Create a safe environment: support an atmosphere where ideas and creativity thrive.
  • Embrace diversity: support an environment where diverse backgrounds, geographies, and perspectives are respected.
  • Develop team members: contribute to continuous learning, skills development, and mentoring.
• Execution of project delivery requirements:
  • Scope: prepare detailed scopes of work, set expectations, and manage assumptions and limitations.
  • Schedule:
    
    develop and maintain project schedules, recommend delay mitigation measures.
  • Budget: collaborate on work breakdown structures, align budgets with scope and schedule, and manage finances to meet performance metrics.
  • Quality Management: create, implement, and monitor quality plans and processes.
  • Change Management: identify, recommend, and manage changes, prepare scope and budget for change orders, and secure client approval.
  • Risk Management:
    
    identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, monitor and update risk profiles throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Health & Safety: lead by example, follow BC policy and client requirements, and implement health and safety plans.
  • Manage external resources: oversee third parties/vendors on scope, quality, budget, and schedule.
• Delivery of project and business performance metrics: lead achievement of goals related to scope, schedule, budget, and quality; monitor profitability through earned value analysis and business revenue forecasting.
• Client service and sales/marketing support: build successful relationships with clients, collaborate with service managers and project teams to assess satisfaction and share success factors.
• Flexibility: adapt and execute additional assignments as needs evolve.

• May provide mentorship, guidance, support, and knowledge-sharing to help less experienced team members develop skills and grow in their roles.

• Solid knowledge of project management tools and techniques, including planning, budget management, and risk management.
• Strong budget, quality, and change management skills.
• Understanding of quality and change management tools, techniques, and processes.
• Understanding of contract management and client service.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of financial performance and revenue generation.
• Proficient communication, client service, and engagement skills.
• Proficient team/staff management skills to build and maintain strong relationships.

• Typically a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience managing projects of increasing complexity.
• Competency in developing and monitoring project schedules.
• Competency in developing and monitoring project budgets.
• Experience with risk management concepts.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience in project planning, risk and change management, and contract management of small to mid-size projects.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in municipal water engineering and consulting with progressively increasing responsibility.
• Experience in management and design of drinking water treatment facilities.

• A bachelor’s degree in project management, engineering, business administration, or equivalent relevant experience is required.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain one via reciprocity within 6 months.
• Project…