Sr. Project Manager (Water/Wastewater)

About the role

The Sr. Project Management role works to plan, execute, and oversee projects to completed on time, within budget, while meeting quality standards and health and safety requirements. The role works closely with cross-functional teams to define project scope, set objectives, allocate resources, and develop detailed project plans. The role monitors progress, manages risks and change, resolves challenges, and communicates with stakeholders to provide regular updates. The role typically manages mid-sized to large projects and is expected to independently deliver results with minimal supervision, while progressively increasing revenue responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Project team leadership expectations:
  • Support defining objectives, decision-making processes, schedules, budgets and success factors.
  • Assist 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.
  • Help establish effective communication methods for team standups, technical/design decisions, and client interactions.
  • Support Team Motivation: Assist in empowering team members, resolving conflicts, providing feedback and celebrating success.
  • Create a safe environment: Support and assist in providing an atmosphere where ideas and creativity thrive.
  • Embrace thought and experience diversity: Support an environment where diverse backgrounds, geographies, and different perspectives are all heard, respected and considered.
  • Develop team members: Support team development by contributing to continuous learning, skills development and mentoring.
• Strategic leadership as the Client Service Manager (CSM) for assigned clients, working in partnership with Market and Area leadership to deliver projects that achieve business objectives related to client satisfaction, growth, and financial performance.
  • Maintain full ownership of the client relationship, acting as the trusted advisor and primary point of accountability for overall performance, including growth, delivery quality, and client experience.
  • Carefully coordinate and lead cross-functional delivery teams, aligning resources, setting clear expectations, and driving execution across the portfolio to ensure commitments are met and outcomes are successfully delivered.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of project management tools and techniques.
• Proven ability in project planning and management, including budget, risk, contract, change and quality management and safety leadership.
• Advanced understanding of quality and change management tools, techniques and processes.
• Comprehensive understanding of contract management and client service.
• Strong business acumen and ability to align project outcomes with business goals.
• Excellent client service skills and ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Proven team/staff management skills to build and maintain strong staff relationships.
• Proven ability to identify and cultivate opportunities with existing clients.

Skills

• Competency in development and monitoring of moderate project schedules.
• Competency in development and monitoring of moderate project budgets.
• Competency in Risk Management.
• Experience leading cross functional teams.
• Proven experience in project planning, risk and change management, and contract management of mid-size projects.
• Previous experience applying specialized knowledge in project management to deliver the solutions for clients.

Benefits

• We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance.

Pay

The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Schedule

Not specified.

Benefits and Other Compensation

• We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance.

About Brown And Caldwell

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities.