Drinking Water Project Manager

About the role

This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy. HDR is seeking an experienced Drinking Water Project Manager to join our Water Business Group in our Missouri locations of St Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, or Columbia.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate projects with technical complexity, including management of teams throughout the project’s lifecycle (from development and initiation to closeout).
• Participate in developing marketing initiatives to identify and capture expanding service opportunities.
• Establish and maintain client relationships.
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders.
• Support contractual negotiations, and lead design production and review meetings.
• Cook up staffing and workload balance through the project lifecycle to drive successful completion of deliverables on schedule.
• Track financial aspects of projects, coordinate and adjust work effort of team to deliver contracted services within budget and schedule.
• Work closely with the Accounting, Operational, and Business leadership for periodic project reviews.
• Maintain quality in project delivery and implement QA/QC procedures.
• Collaborate with other Business Class and Marketing staff in the pursuit of new projects, taking a champion role in selected key pursuits.
• Serve as Project Manager for key/strategic projects, provide technical input for Business Class, and assist in developing capabilities of Business Class staff.
• Supervise project staff and mentor staff.

Requirements

• MS in Civil or Environmental Engineering preferred.
• Experience with designing of complex municipal drinking water systems.
• Strong technical background and experience in designing treatment facilities and collection systems.
• Proven project leadership, project management (staffing, schedule, and budget), and mentorship skills.
• Ability to lead and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong business development and strategic planning skills.
• A team player with the ability to function effectively in a variety of roles on integrated project teams.
• The ability to interact with various design teams.
• Excellent organizational, project management, and communication skills (both written and verbal).

Preferred Qualifications

• An active participant in our employee-owned culture is a must.
• Preference is given to local candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 7 years related experience
• A minimum 2 years project management experience
• Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
• MS Office and MS Project experience is required (Access experience would be plus)
• Demonstrated leadership skills

Benefits

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.