Project Manager - Lead Program

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Job Description

Position Purpose: 

Under the direction of the Program Manager, the Project Manager will develop, implement and manage capital improvement projects for the Water Utilities and/or Network Engineering Projects, including sources of supply, treatment plants, pumping stations, water quality Improvements projects and transmission mains and collection/distribution systems.   Project Manager will be primarily responsible for independently managing the Lead Service Line Replacement Program (LSLRP), along with other small and mid-size Capital projects. Project total capex budget can range from $5M per year up to $10M per year.

Responsibilities will include capital project delivery from inception to completion, including preliminary conceptual development, detailed engineering design with support of external engineering consultants; construction cost estimation, procurement, construction administration, supervision and inspection, startup and commissioning, and project closeout documentation delivery, including as-built plans, O&M manuals, and SOPs. Project Manager will mainly manage the Lead Service Line Replacement Program and assist operations for the Hackensack system and/or T&D department and other departments. This position will work on both water, wastewater infrastructure and network engineering projects.

Project Manager will work with contractors, property owners, municipal officials, engineers, and administrators to plan and deliver the LSLRP.

Project Manager will be responsible for work order log and work order management, data compilation, analyzing data to generate metrics on a weekly basis, and will assist in response to field-related matters including materials releases, acquisition of information from GIS, and payment application review to ensure appropriate billing. 

Project Manager will be responsible for managing the Lead Steering Committee including development of and leading the monthly Lead Steering Committee meetings.  In addition, Project Manager will be responsible for filing the necessary regulatory reports to the NJDEP including Annual Inventory Submissions, Replacement Plans, and Progress Reporting.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Prepare preliminary, engineering, and detailed cost estimates.
• Project budget development and cost tracking and expenditure forecasting. Track and report on project expenditures to ensure they are aligned with budget and prioritize projects based on available funding and risk assessment.
• Manage external contractors and engineering consultants to ensure accurate and complete delivery of the Lead Service Line Replacement Program and other small and mid-size capital projects.
• Respond to field-related matters including materials releases, GIS information acquisition, and invoice review and approval to ensure appropriate billing.
• Assist in managing and mentoring associate engineers and summer interns who will support data compilation, weekly metric generation, and work order management aspects of the Lead Service Line Replacement Program and other small and mid-size capital projects.
• Field and address customer concerns and issues and coordinate with external contractors to achieve a satisfactory resolution.
• Prepare bid documents and coordinate procurement with supply chain management (SCM) department.
• Provide engineering support (on and off-site) during emergencies and large main breaks and other Hackensack system emergencies.
• Provide engineering support to Corporate and other Engineering BUs.
• Participate in master planning effort of existing systems and new acquisitions (water and wastewater).
• Prepare short term and long-term capital improvement plans for new acquisitions and prepare valuations of systems based on due diligence site visits and condition assessment for the purpose of formulating bids for acquisitions.
• Communicate regularly in written form (email, memoranda, reports, status updates, etc.) and verbally (group meetings, virtual meetings, internal presentations, external presentations).
• Project Manager will be primarily respons