Certified Water/Wastewater - Project Leader

About the role

The successful candidate will lead the planning, execution, and completion of a project, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and timely delivery within budget constraints. Navigate project-specific challenges with resilience and adaptability, proactively addressing obstacles as they arise. Effectively communicate project goals, progress, and challenges to team members and stakeholders, ensuring everyone is aligned and informed. Foster a collaborative team environment by leveraging strong emotional intelligence and building positive relationships within the project team. Develop and implement creative, practical solutions to overcome project-related issues and drive successful outcomes. Ensure that project teams reflect and respect diversity, promoting an inclusive and supportive working environment. Drive project success by keeping a clear focus on achieving defined objectives and delivering high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and completion of a project, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and timely delivery within budget constraints.
• Navigate project-specific challenges with resilience and adaptability, proactively addressing obstacles as they arise.
• Effectively communicate project goals, progress, and challenges to team members and stakeholders, ensuring everyone is aligned and informed.
• Foster a collaborative team environment by leveraging strong emotional intelligence and building positive relationships within the project team.
• Develop and implement creative, practical solutions to overcome project-related issues and drive successful outcomes.
• Ensure that project teams reflect and respect diversity, promoting an inclusive and supportive working environment.
• Drive project success by keeping a clear focus on achieving defined objectives and delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Lead and nurture a safety culture driven by individual behavior and accountability across the assigned project.
• Maintain plant compliance with OSHA, State, and Veolia Safety and Environmental Programs.
• Lead efforts to ensure compliant execution of the specific contract for the assigned project site, including adherence to established environmental, safety, operating, and emergency response procedures.
• Demonstrate skills and responsibilities related to ensuring dependable project execution, maintaining high quality standards, and delivering consistent results.
• Apply ingenuity and initiative to coordinate problem resolution, manage conflicting priorities, and meet deadlines within a team environment.
• Serve rotational 24-hour emergency on-call as required by the site.
• Exhibit strong leadership and mentoring skills to effectively manage resources (eg.personnel, equipment, materials, facilities, funds, and reputation).
• Exhibit effective communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to motivate all levels of project personnel.
• Evaluate employee performance, match abilities with job requirements, and capitalize on talents to meet business objectives.
• Ensure effective communication and execution of business initiatives and progress toward goals by employees.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, understanding customer needs, requirements, and feedback to incorporate into project deliverables.
• Administer client contracts to ensure compliance, customer satisfaction, and prompt identification and notification of scope changes.
• Perform baseline client relations duties, including progress reports and special reports preparation and presentation.
• Participate in client meetings, special award programs, and professionally handle client service issue resolution.
• Assist with regulatory agency reports and public relations duties as necessary.
• Measure performance by Net Promoter Score and participation.
• Inspire and guide a team towards project goals, providing clear vision and motivation.
• Focused on empowering team members by fostering an environment of collaboration, accountability, and support.
• Skilled in mentoring and developing individual team members to enhance their contributions and professional growth.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate project goals, expectations, and progress to both internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills for building effective relationships across departments and ensuring alignment with operational objectives.
• Skilled at influencing without direct authority, gaining buy-in and cooperation from cross-functional teams or stakeholders.
• Engage with clients, providing regular updates, and ensuring their needs and expectations are addressed throughout the project.
• Skilled at managing stakeholder expectations and navigating sensitive situations diplomatically.
• Foster a positive and inclusive work culture that promotes employee engagement, development, and retention.
• Provide strategic leadership, coaching, and mentoring to regional personnel.
• Implement company employee recognition programs and address employee concerns promptly and effectively.
• Supervise a staff of >10 FTEs.
• Champion a culture of safety excellence by implementing and enforcing comprehensive safety protocols, procedures, and best practices across the entire project.
• Conduct regular safety training programs and promote individual accountability for safe work practices.
• Monitor and report on project safety performance metrics, including incident rates and near-misses.
• Promote a culture of safety accountability and individual responsibility.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with customers.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, listening, and presentation).
• Handle sensitive communications internally and with all levels of project stakeholders.
• Commitment to compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.
• Ability to understand and manage safety, environmental, and health requirements.
• Facilities and capital equipment management.
• Problem-solving and solution development.
• Team building and motivation across all personnel levels.
• Technical writing and total quality management.
• Strong PC skills, including proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, and database software.
• Optimize technology and systems to streamline processes and increase efficiency.

Qualifications

• A degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field is strongly preferred but not required.
• 6 years of leadership experience, 4 of which leading project teams, with a strong emphasis on effective team collaboration and project delivery.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Leadership and Personal Qualities - Outgoing, self-directed, goal-oriented, and creative in identifying opportunities. Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail. High degree of initiative, judgment, and resourcefulness. Ability to find creative solutions to complex problems and manage changing priorities. Demonstrated leadership ability with understanding of HR principles.
• Financial Management - P&L ownership, budgeting, and cost control for project sites. Proven track record of delivering excellent customer satisfaction.
• Relationship Management - Build and maintain strong partnerships with customers. Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, listening, and presentation). Ability to handle sensitive communications internally and with all levels of project stakeholders.
• Compliance and Safety - Commitment to compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies. Ability to understand and manage safety, environmental, and health requirements.
• Technical Skills - Facilities and capital equipment management. Problem-solving and solution development. Team building and motivation across all personnel levels. Technical writing and total quality management.
• Required Certification/Licenses/Training - Must be able to obtain the certifications as required.

Benefits

Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.

Disclaimer

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.