Water Resource Project Manager II

FLSA Status: Exempt, Salary

Reports To: Project Manager IV

Job Type: Full-Time, Regular

Compensation: $97,500 - $121,900 per year, based on relevant experience

This position is based in the Midwest and offers flexibility to work remotely or from an Eocene office. Candidates must be located within the Midwest, and periodic travel to Eocene office locations is required.

About Eocene Environmental Group: 

Our team has spent the past two decades providing environmental, utility vegetation management (UVM), software and sustainability services. We are fortunate to be a part of the Wright Service Corp. family, which has helped us establish a strong foundation for continued growth and success. 

Through a strategic alignment of values and goals, four Wright Service Corp. entities joined and integrated into one, operating as Eocene Environmental Group. These four entities are: 

• Forestry & Utility Division 

• Environmental Division 

• Technology & Innovation Division 

• Sustainability Division 

JOB SUMMARY:

The Project Manager II is an experienced member of our growing Water Resource and Engineering Team. This position blends technical leadership, team development, and client strategy – with a seat at the table as we expand our regional footprint and service lines. This position will lead watershed planning and engineering design projects. It will also support client relations and help drive business development initiatives.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions:

Project Management & Leadership 

• Manage and expand water resources projects – watershed planning, stream analysis and restoration, constructed wetlands, H&H modeling, green infrastructure, mitigation banking, and more

• Mentor and support staff to promote technical development, collaboration and professional growth

• Collaborate with leadership on workload forecasting, team development initiatives, and service area growth

• Ensure successful project delivery – including managing schedule, budget, client communication, quality assurance, and technical direction

• Provide mentorship to junior project managers, environmental scientists, and engineering technicians

• Assist with identifying, recommending and providing training to staff

• Lead multidisciplinary teams of professional and technical staff to complete complex environmental projects

• Independently manage client relationships, budgets, schedules, and project resources

• Track and manage project deliverables

• Interact and coordinate with various clientele, including federal, state, local, and tribal agencies

• Support, actively participate, and act in accordance with Wright’s and Eocene Environmental Group’s culture of safety and employee ownership

Business Development  

• Develop and maintain strong client relationships, lead proposal efforts, and support strategic pursuits

• Lead or support marketing and scoping project work, including development of fee estimates and strategic pursuits / high-level of effort proposals

• Identify and pursue water resource-specific, design, engineering, and construction observation project opportunities

• Identify, connect clients, write and pursue grant funding for water resource related projects.

• Attend and present at industry events to promote project and staff expertise and increase exposure of Eocene’s Environmental Division

• Contact and meet with prospective and current clients, establish lines of communication for follow-up

• Assist with participation and preparation of new business presentations

• Review and recommend formal proposals in response to Requests for Proposals (RFP) and Requests for Qualifications (RFQ)

• Attend regional and national conferences

• Assist with new contract startups

Regional Management

• Perform Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) visits with clients per the company procedure to ensure team is meeting client expectations

• Meet and collaborate with other Eocene service lines

• Ability to travel throughout designated territory and to Wright Service Corp. headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa when required. The amount of travel required will depend upon the candidate’s location

• Conduct