Senior Project Manager - Wastewater Services - CDM Smith
Concord, CA
About the Job
Why CDM Smith?
Check out this video and find out why our team loves to work here!
Join Us! CDM Smith – where amazing career journeys unfold.
Imagine a place committed to offering an unmatched employee experience. Where you work on projects that are meaningful to you. Where you play an active part in shaping your career journey. Where your co-workers are invested in you and your success. Where you are encouraged and supported to do your very best and given the tools and resources to do so. Where it’s a priority that the company takes good care of you and your family.
Our employees are the heart of our company. As an employer of choice, our goal is to provide a challenging, progressive and inclusive work environment which fosters personal leadership, career growth and development for every employee. We value passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world-class solutions and bring diverse perspectives. Join our team, and together we will make a difference and change the world.
Job Description
This position can be based in Concord, San Francisco, or Sacramento CA.
CDM Smith is growing in N. California! We have a new opening for a Sr. Project Manager - Wastewater Services.
As a member of this team, you would contribute to CDM Smith's mission by:
• Managing and serving as the lead Project Manager on municipal water or wastewater services projects in Northern California
• Project Development Design: Creating project definitions, schedules, budgets and objectives for projects using lessons learned. Preparing detailed statements of work with associated work breakdown structures and gain concurrence and approval from internal and external stakeholders regarding various project aspects. Assessing potential project risk and outline risk mitigation solutions. Ensuring adherence to company and project management policies, procedures, and practices.
• Billing and Budget Management: Managing project costs and being responsible for ensuring profitability. Identifying, quantifying, and communicating risk (time and cost). Creating and reviewing timely client billings with internal billing support. Responsible for ensuring timely client payment and follows up on outstanding client invoices to obtain payment. Reviewing and approving subcontractor/vendor invoices to ensure timely payment to outside resources.
• Scope Management, Technical Execution and Deliverables Management: Performing ongoing review of project status. On an ongoing basis, monitoring project risks; identifying possible risks and recommending and implementing risk mitigation solutions; escalating as appropriate. Managing project change using change management protocols; determining appropriate changes or alternate paths based upon performance and metrics. Working in conjunction with team members and internal and external stakeholders to manage changes to requirements and schedule of the project. Ensuring proper review of project scope by safety managers and proper implementation of safety plans. Providing timely response to audit corrective actions identified by external or internal audits. Planning and conducting work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and application of standard engineering or construction techniques, procedures, and criteria. Providing guidance to drafters/designers, engineers, craft workers, other project team members, contractors or subcontractors.
• Resource Management and Leadership: Developing and implementing project resource plan and manage the staffing of assigned projects. Determining and coordinating the proper staffing within the project including identification of outside resources needed (subs/vendors) and ensure procurement processes are followed. Clearly communicating project deadlines, assignments and objectives to project team members. Assigning work and provide direction to project staff with regard to timeliness and completion of project objectives. Coaching project staff and provide feedback to staff and to project staff's supervisors on project performance; escalating any performance issues to appropriate management and human resources.
• Client Service Management and Sales Collaboration: Building, maintaining and managing strong client relationships. Ensuring client satisfaction by delivering quality, on-time project outcomes as a result of good planning and organizational skills; manage client expectations. Identifying opportunities for change orders and repeat business though pre-eminent project execution and developed client relationships. Working collaboratively with sales leaders to evaluate potential new work and supports the scoping and costing effort.
• Participation in professional societies relevant to the industry
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree.
• 10 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, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
EEO Statement
We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship status, genetics, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Agency Disclaimer
All vendors must have a signed CDM Smith Placement Agreement from the CDM Smith Recruitment Center Manager to receive payment for your placement. Verbal or written commitments from any other member of the CDM Smith staff will not be considered binding terms. All unsolicited resumes sent to CDM Smith and any resume submitted to any employee outside of CDM Smith Recruiting Center Team (RCT) will be considered property of CDM Smith. CDM Smith will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.
Check out this video and find out why our team loves to work here!
Join Us! CDM Smith – where amazing career journeys unfold.
Imagine a place committed to offering an unmatched employee experience. Where you work on projects that are meaningful to you. Where you play an active part in shaping your career journey. Where your co-workers are invested in you and your success. Where you are encouraged and supported to do your very best and given the tools and resources to do so. Where it’s a priority that the company takes good care of you and your family.
Our employees are the heart of our company. As an employer of choice, our goal is to provide a challenging, progressive and inclusive work environment which fosters personal leadership, career growth and development for every employee. We value passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world-class solutions and bring diverse perspectives. Join our team, and together we will make a difference and change the world.
Job Description
This position can be based in Concord, San Francisco, or Sacramento CA.
CDM Smith is growing in N. California! We have a new opening for a Sr. Project Manager - Wastewater Services.
As a member of this team, you would contribute to CDM Smith's mission by:
• Managing and serving as the lead Project Manager on municipal water or wastewater services projects in Northern California
• Project Development Design: Creating project definitions, schedules, budgets and objectives for projects using lessons learned. Preparing detailed statements of work with associated work breakdown structures and gain concurrence and approval from internal and external stakeholders regarding various project aspects. Assessing potential project risk and outline risk mitigation solutions. Ensuring adherence to company and project management policies, procedures, and practices.
• Billing and Budget Management: Managing project costs and being responsible for ensuring profitability. Identifying, quantifying, and communicating risk (time and cost). Creating and reviewing timely client billings with internal billing support. Responsible for ensuring timely client payment and follows up on outstanding client invoices to obtain payment. Reviewing and approving subcontractor/vendor invoices to ensure timely payment to outside resources.
• Scope Management, Technical Execution and Deliverables Management: Performing ongoing review of project status. On an ongoing basis, monitoring project risks; identifying possible risks and recommending and implementing risk mitigation solutions; escalating as appropriate. Managing project change using change management protocols; determining appropriate changes or alternate paths based upon performance and metrics. Working in conjunction with team members and internal and external stakeholders to manage changes to requirements and schedule of the project. Ensuring proper review of project scope by safety managers and proper implementation of safety plans. Providing timely response to audit corrective actions identified by external or internal audits. Planning and conducting work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and application of standard engineering or construction techniques, procedures, and criteria. Providing guidance to drafters/designers, engineers, craft workers, other project team members, contractors or subcontractors.
• Resource Management and Leadership: Developing and implementing project resource plan and manage the staffing of assigned projects. Determining and coordinating the proper staffing within the project including identification of outside resources needed (subs/vendors) and ensure procurement processes are followed. Clearly communicating project deadlines, assignments and objectives to project team members. Assigning work and provide direction to project staff with regard to timeliness and completion of project objectives. Coaching project staff and provide feedback to staff and to project staff's supervisors on project performance; escalating any performance issues to appropriate management and human resources.
• Client Service Management and Sales Collaboration: Building, maintaining and managing strong client relationships. Ensuring client satisfaction by delivering quality, on-time project outcomes as a result of good planning and organizational skills; manage client expectations. Identifying opportunities for change orders and repeat business though pre-eminent project execution and developed client relationships. Working collaboratively with sales leaders to evaluate potential new work and supports the scoping and costing effort.
• Participation in professional societies relevant to the industry
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree.
• 10 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, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
EEO Statement
We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship status, genetics, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Agency Disclaimer
All vendors must have a signed CDM Smith Placement Agreement from the CDM Smith Recruitment Center Manager to receive payment for your placement. Verbal or written commitments from any other member of the CDM Smith staff will not be considered binding terms. All unsolicited resumes sent to CDM Smith and any resume submitted to any employee outside of CDM Smith Recruiting Center Team (RCT) will be considered property of CDM Smith. CDM Smith will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.
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