Project Director - Water/Wastewater

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About the Role

The Project Director position is a high-profile leadership role at Black & Veatch. In this capacity, you will serve as part of the Water / Wastewater business leadership team. As part of the Memphis, TN collaborative team, you will be responsible for managing the successful delivery of water-related infrastructure projects in the multi-million-dollar range.

Black & Veatch’s Governments & Communities team focuses on specific infrastructure needs of municipalities, state and local governments, and specialized physical and digital infrastructure solutions for government and federal agencies. This team partners with customers to align their people, processes, technologies, and data analytics in the face of industry transformation. We help our customers leverage industry-leading solutions and expertise to modernize water infrastructure, optimize asset use, meet performance goals, reduce costs, and mitigate risk. This team is ranked in the top 10 by ENR for Water Design Firms in Water Supply and Sewer Waste and other water-related rankings.

Responsibilities

• Business development: Leading team efforts for marketing, strategy development, prospect identification, proposal development, client presentations, project budgeting, and contracting for successful opportunities. Accountable for new business objectives and overall project performance.
• Project management: External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities, and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities. Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies, and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance market footprint.
• Project execution: Oversight of engineering manager(s), development of project performance goals, accountability for implementation, and active involvement with internal project team and owner project representatives on project activities. Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s).
• Staff management: Team development, mentoring, and coaching on performance improvement. Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of business development and project management experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Professional Engineering License.
• Proven technical understanding of Wastewater and Water markets, including drivers and general trends.
• Strong sales traits, including tenacity and competitiveness.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including proposal and presentation skills.
• Ability to interface with diverse personalities and think strategically to create persuasive messages.
• Contract negotiating skills, including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing, and payment terms.
• Understanding of budgets and financial metrics.
• Self-starter with the ability to make decisions independently and meet deadlines while being flexible to shifting priorities.
• Problem-solving and leadership skills.

Work Environment

Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance, and work assignments.

• Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmospheric conditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation).
• Physical demands: Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of our commitment to employee well-being and includes:

• Health care benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurances, along with disability and a robust wellness program.
• Flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.
• Company-matched 401k plan.
• Adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, and an employment referral program.
• AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan, and the B&V Credit Union.
• Performance-based bonus program eligibility.
• 100 percent ESOP-owned company: As employee-owners, professionals share in the financial rewards of the company’s success through stock ownership.