Project Manager - Water/ Wastewater - Saint Paul, MN

About the role

Brown and Caldwell is seeking an engineer with experience managing and executing water and wastewater projects in our Midwest Area. In this role, you will utilize your design and project management expertise to deliver high quality projects and develop strong client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Project team leadership expectations:
  • Support defining objectives, decision-making processes, schedules, budgets and success factors.
  • Aid team by providing clarity on what the objectives are for an assignment, how decisions will be made, development of schedules and budgets, and what critical success factors the client is trying to achieve.
  • Establish effective communication methods for team standups, technical/design decisions, and client interactions.
  • Empower team members, resolve conflicts, provide feedback and celebrate success.
  • Create a safe environment where ideas and creativity thrive.
  • Embrace thought and experience diversity.
  • Support project team development by contributing to continuous learning, skills development and mentoring.
• Execution of BC’s Project Delivery Requirements:
  • Collaborate and prepare detailed scopes of work to set clear expectations and prevent project overruns.
  • Develop clear assumptions and limitations and set realistic expectations and a solid pathway to delivering quality work successfully.
  • Schedule: Collaborate on the development and maintenance of project schedules to provide for timely resource allocation and delivery.
  • Recommend and assist implementation of schedule delay mitigation measures as needed.
  • Manage budget on project to meet planned project performance metrics.
  • Quality Management: Create, implement and monitor quality management plans and processes to enhance client trust, minimize deficiencies, incorporate our standards and quality review processes and collaborate with team members to contribute to quality.
  • Change Management: Identify and manage internal and external changes to mitigate risks. Identify and recommend change management, in collaboration with project team, prepare the scope and budget for the change order, and gain client endorsement and approval for the change to minimize financial and execution risk to BC.
  • Risk Management: Ability to identify risks, develop risk mitigation strategies and perform ongoing risk monitoring and mitigation throughout the project lifecycle. Identify and escalate risks, collaborate with teams to prepare mitigation strategies for each risk, monetization of each risk, and update the risk profile on the project throughout the lifecycle of a project.
  • Health & Safety: Lead by example and follow BC policy and client requirements for health and safety. Lead development and implementation of health and safety plans per the project specific requirements. Manage external resources including third parties/vendors to deliver successfully on their contracted scope, quality, budget, and schedule.
  • Delivery of Project and Business Performance Metrics: Lead achievement of project goals related to scope, schedule, budget and quality. Monitor profitability through routine earned value analysis and compliance, business revenue forecasting and timely invoicing/collections.
  • Client Service and Sales/Marketing Support and Engagement: Ability to build successful relationships with Clients, while collaborating with client service managers and project teams to assess client satisfaction. Monitor and share clients’ critical success factors for project success and client satisfaction. Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience successfully managing projects of increasing complexity.
• Competency in development and monitoring of project schedules.
• Competency in development and monitoring of project budgets.
• Experience with risk management concepts.
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams.
• Proven experience in project planning, risk and change management, and contract management of small to mid-size projects.

Qualifications

• BS degree in related engineering field with a focus on wastewater and water treatment facilities, preferred but not required.
• PE in Minnesota, or ability to obtain one through reciprocity within 6 months.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI), preferred.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong knowledge of project management tools and techniques, including project planning, budget management and risk management.
• Strong budget, quality and change management skills.
• Understanding of quality and change management tools, techniques and processes.
• Understanding of contract management and client service.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of financial performance and revenue generation.
• How individual projects fit into larger organizational goals.
• Proficient in communication, client service and engagement skills.
• Proficient team/staff management skills to build and maintain strong staff relationships.