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 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.
• 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).
• Evaluate employee performance, match abilities with job requirements, and capitalize on talents to meet business objectives.
• Evaluate and develop new business opportunities.
• Seek customer and sales input to gain an intimate understanding of customer needs, problems, and systems.
• Identify needs and implement corrective actions to improve satisfaction levels.
• Hold responsibility for budget preparation and implementation of cost control measures.
• Forecast budget, staffing, and equipment needs.
• Optimize technology and systems used to communicate, manage budgets, streamline processes, and increase efficiency.
• Prepare monthly reports in a timely manner.
• Develop and present annual budgets for project review.
• Ensure project meets or exceeds financial plans.
• Forecast monthly budget variances.
• Ensure timely collection of receivables.
• Manage facilities generally >10 mgd, including several worksites or a single large water/wastewater plant.
• Supervise a staff of >10 FTEs.

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.

Skills

• Leadership and Personal Qualities: Outgoing, self-directed, goal-oriented, and creative in identifying opportunities.
• 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.
• Understanding of 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.
• Strong PC skills, including proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, and database software.
• Optimize technology and systems to streamline processes and increase efficiency.

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.

Pay

$149,800 to $224,600 per year.

Schedule

Rotational 24-hour emergency on-call as required by the site.