Project Director - Water/Wastewater

About the role

The Client Director position at Black & Veatch involves managing all aspects of medium to large Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC)/Service projects, including risk to cost, schedule, quality, and providing for the successful staffing of the project.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of medium to large Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC)/Service projects, including risk to cost, schedule, quality
• Be responsible for the day-to-day successful execution of contracted engineering, procurement, and construction scope in the areas of performance, financial metrics, planning, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, safety, and client satisfaction
• Manage and lead medium to large teams of multi-discipline professionals
• Cookordination and integration of the activities associated with the engineering, procurement, construction, and startup elements of the project team, including the activities of all third party companies contributing to the initiative
• Leading team efforts for marketing
• Strategic development
• Prospect identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting and contracting for successful opportunities
• Accountable for new business objectives and for overall project performance
• Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch’s market footprint
• Project management: External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities
• Project execution: Oversight of engineering manager(s), Development of project performance goals, Accountability for implementation, 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
• Management Responsibilities: Acts as a project manager. Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individual comprising this team may vary by project.

Requirements

• 15 + years of active water/wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership experience
• Professional Engineering License; Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline
• Understanding of budgets and financial metrics
• Contract negotiation skill including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing and payment terms

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Skills

• Strong leadership and project management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in water/wastewater engineering and project management
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Knowledge of project budgeting and financial metrics
• Experience with contract negotiation

Benefits

• Flexible work options
• Paid vacation and holiday time
• Sick time
• Dependent sick time
• Company-matched 401k plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vendor discounts
• Employment referral program
• AD&D insurance
• Pre-taxed accounts
• Voluntary legal plan
• B&V Credit Union membership
• Performance-based bonus program

Pay

Salary Plan PMT: Project Management Job Grade 020

Schedule

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