Water/Wastewater Assistant Project Manager

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.
Woodard & Curran draws on the experience of hundreds of certified operators across the country, backed by the knowledge and skills of hundreds more engineers, scientists, and regulatory experts, to quickly tackle the most challenging operational issues and keep treatment plants running efficiently and in full compliance.  Woodard & Curran also reimburses employees in earning, upgrading, and keeping their licenses and certifications within the industry. ​ What would you be doing at Woodard & Curran? Woodard & Curran is growing!  To support this growth, we have an immediate opening for an Assistant Project Manager for the water and wastewater treatment facilities in LaBelle, Florida. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations, maintenance and management, administrative duties, and maintaining close client communications. You will oversee a staff of 4 employees in the daily operations and maintenance of both water and wastewater treatment facilities, collections, distribution and customer service-related duties.  Employees who join Woodard & Curran’s staff find a culture that is welcoming, supportive, and empowering.    The Assistant Project Manager will play an active role in the coordination and communication with assigned staff, client representatives, contractors, and any assigned engineering firms. He or she will also work closely with all parties to ensure effective system operation and optimization.  The successful candidate will be responsible for performing hands-on work and producing all required reports.  He or she will coordinate the on-going daily operation of the utility system.
Schedule: Hours 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m., Monday - Friday.  Reliable and dependable attendance is an essential function of this position. Availability for standby duty and the ability to be “on-call,” working evenings, weekends and holidays as needed.  Response to emergency events and alarm call-outs as scheduled and required.

Responsibilities include:

• Day-to-day operations and management of the water and wastewater facilities.
• Day-to-day operations and management of a SCADA System and remote communications network.
• Implementation and management of an innovative predictive maintenance management program.
• Administration and implementation of all routine and capital repair and replacement projects.
• Emergency response for process upsets, equipment failures, force majeure events, all alarm events etc.
• Provision of requested / required operations and compliance reporting to regulatory agencies and municipality.
• Assist in the management and oversight of a large Capital Improvement Plan.
• Collaborate with engineers on future planning and ongoing construction administration.  
• Occasionally attending council meetings and present project update presentations.
• Provide Client relations.
• Promote and develop staff members.
• Working with the Health and Safety Team on all safety-related issues, including but not limited to, development and implementation of the project-specific safety plan, reporting of incidents, and supporting the investigation of incidents.
• Review development plans and permits and attend pre-construction meetings.

What would you need to succeed at Woodard & Curran?

• A valid State of Florida Water and/or Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators license is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Construction Science/Management, Engineering, or equivalent field is preferred; equivalent work experience, or combination of work and education, may be substituted.
• Ability to make sound decisions in process control and follow instructions, as well as follow safety procedures.
• Successful candidates will be required to complete a DOT background check, DOT pre-placement physical and DOT drug screen before employment.
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in managing complex water and/or wastewater facilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The opportunity to become more versatile and even more technically proficient. We cross-train to impr