Senior Project Manager - Water Resources

McAdams is a full-service land planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, transportation, and geomatics firm located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Florida. We seek to partner with our clients to create meaningful experiences through inspired design. Our employees are what make McAdams different. We bring experiences to the forefront of everything we do, and to do that takes special people.

Position Overview 
The Senior Project Manager - CIP position is specifically and primarily intended to grow McAdams presence in the design and implementation of a CIP practice within McAdams. Secondarily, this position is expected to support other efforts and responsibilities of the Water Resources Department with corporate reach. The Senior Project Manager will spend significant time developing and maintaining client relationships and play a major role in the identification and securing of grant funding or other alternative funding for identified projects, when applicable and necessary. 

Key Responsibilities

• Interact and coordinate with other operational groups within the Company 
• Work within the framework of McAdams Company and the Water Resources Unit.
• Develop and sustain the framework of the CIP Practice within Water Resources
• Establish, promote, and assure quality on all projects performed by team
• Set design standards for team
• Set training and proficiency requirements for team members
• Coordinate and oversee resource scheduling to assure workload and deadlines are managed effectively
• Communicate timely and effectively through multiple channels with subordinate staff, other Directors, upper management, external clients, and other stakeholders as may be appropriate
• Understand limitations and parameters of empowered decision making as it pertains to your practice area within Water Resources
• Assist design staff with technical guidance
• Develop innovative design concepts with design staff input and engagement
• Develop staff within the Practice to be responsible for the technical competence and development of staff
• Work closely with department project managers and other senior staff to resolve complex issues and problems encountered and to meet the overall goals and objectives of the project – specifically for projects that are part of a more comprehensive project within the Firm.
• Prepare reports for upper management regarding status of projects, project profitability, staff utilization, and business development pursuits
• Monitor financial performance of each project and oversee project billing and receivables
• Development of staff for the day-to-day execution of this task
• Gain awareness of the business initiatives and concerns of current and prospective clients to develop meaningful and beneficial relationships.  
• Actively participate in development and implementation of the Water Resources / CIP Practice strategic plan and all BD initiatives
• Understand trends and the current environment in the Water Resources / CIP field with specific focus toward emerging design concepts and technologies, driving forces behind our clients’ needs and goals, and client 
  types (i.e….local government clients, state / federal government clients)
• Understand the Water Resources market by communicating with stakeholders and actively participating in professional organizations and events
• Work with marketing staff to pursue projects. Support business development efforts by leading or assisting with proposal development and marketing activities
• Travel to other metros where McAdams is active and expand Water Resources / CIP services to each metro. 

Skills + Experience  

• Four-year college degree (B.S.) in engineering
• PE required
• 10+ years of related experience and/or training
• Highly motivated to develop a CIP practice
• Possess technical expertise in civil engineering as it applies to Stormwater projects
• Demonstrated leadership abilities with the ability to carry a project through the design process independently and within a team framework
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage and grow key relationships
• Proven knowledge of budget impacts and profit and revenue expectations
• Demonstrated ability to think critically while preparing and executing strategic plans for growth
• Proven relationships within the community that are of value in the development of a CIP practice 

Work Environment + Physical Demands 
The characteristics described below are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position. When properly requested and when feasible (without undue hardship