Senior Project Manager - Water/Wastewater Infrastructure

Brown and Caldwell is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead our Washington Infrastructure team. The successful candidate will represent Brown and Caldwell as a client facing project leader and will also serve as the internal team leader for Infrastructure staff in Washington. The Infrastructure team delivers a portfolio of collection system and conveyance planning studies and designs for municipal clients throughout Puget Sound, collaborating with our Water Resources team as well as our Wastewater practice. Our ideal candidate will have the technical skills for effective project management and the interpersonal skills to demonstrate leadership, communication mastery, organizational aptitude, problem-solving and the ability to motivate and manage diverse project teams.

Brown and Caldwell is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead our Washington Infrastructure team. The successful candidate will represent Brown and Caldwell as a client facing project leader and will also serve as the internal team leader for Infrastructure staff in Washington. The Infrastructure team delivers a portfolio of collection system and conveyance planning studies and designs for municipal clients throughout Puget Sound, collaborating with our Water Resources team as well as our Wastewater practice. This dynamic role supports BC’s clients to navigate complex infrastructure challenges with innovative collection system solutions while ensuring quality for our clients and financial performance for BC. Our ideal candidate will have the technical skills for effective project management and the interpersonal skills to demonstrate leadership, communication mastery, organizational aptitude, problem-solving and the ability to motivate and manage diverse project teams.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Delivery of Project and Business Performance Metrics – Support 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. 
• 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 and identify opportunities to pursue. Monitor and share client critical success factors to ensure project success and client satisfaction.
• NW Infrastructure Team leadership: 
• • Deliver team strategy: Work with the NW Growth Lead, Area Practice Leaders, and the Municipal Operations Manager to shape and deliver the team’s business development and growth strategy. Set goals that align with the rest of BC’s business operations and achieve those goals by leveraging the whole team and BC’s national resources.
  • Resource Management: Track team workloads and manage project assignments aligned to each staff’s personal growth goals. Collaborate with the Municipal Operations Manager to maintain utilization goals for the team. 
  • Team Culture: Foster a culture of learning and accountability. Motivate the team by investing in each member’s skills growth, empowering members through both shared and delegated responsibilities, cultivating a culture of trust, and embracing diverse thought and experience.

• Project team leadership: 

• • Set direction – Support defining objectives, decision-making processes, schedules, budgets and success factors. Assist team in providing clarity on what the objectives are for an assignment, how decisions will be made, schedules and budgets, and what critical success factors the client trying to achieve are important components to setting team direction.
  • Communicate – Help establish effective communication methods for team standups, technical/design decisions, and client interactions. Share how communications will be delivered, this includes team standups, technical/design decisions, client changes, etc. 
  • 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 atmosphere where ideas and creativity thrive.
  • Embrace thought and experience diversity – Support an environment where diverse backgrounds, geographies, different perspectives are all heard, respected and considered.
  • Develop team members – Support team development by contributing to continuous learning and skill development.

• Execution of BC’s project delivery requirements:

  • Scope: Collaborate and prepare detailed scopes of work to set clear expectations and prevent project overruns. Ensure ac