Project Manager - Industrial Water/Wastewater

The Project Manager position is charged with leading the growth and development of industrial water projects within BC’s Private Sector Business Unit (PSBU) through the application of knowledge and expertise in the field of water and wastewater engineering, client services and project management. This role requires experience with projects through Issued for Construction design phase. The PM will also support the firm’s prominence in IW through application of best technical, project management and client services practices and through the strategic vision, persuasive leadership, coordination with multiple groups within BC and application of necessary directive efforts.  The PM is an engaged and action-oriented position who will make decisions based on significant expertise and experience in the subject matter, instinct, and in coordination with PSBU leadership. The PM will develop and implement project delivery strategies and tactics in collaboration with PSBU, Design Services, and design/build leaders.  

The Project Manager role involves planning, executing, and overseeing projects so that they are 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 manages moderately complex projects. This role will typically manage small to mid-size projects and is expected to independently deliver results with minimal supervision, while progressively increasing revenue responsibility.   

 

Responsibilities  

Responsibilities include the following for delivering day-to-day operations for small to mid-sized projects:   

• Project team leadership expectations:  

• • Set direction: 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.  

• • Communicate: 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.  

• • Establish Trust: Demonstrate integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and transparency.   

• • 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 project team members: Support project team development by contributing to continuous learning, skills development and mentoring.   

• Execution of BC’s project delivery requirements:  

• • Scope: 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.