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IT Project Manager

Overland Park, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Aug 2026

About the role

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 116416

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : No

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Why Black & Veatch?

At Black & Veatch, you’ll be part of work that matters—designing, creating, and building the infrastructure communities rely on every day, from concept through execution.

We care about how the work gets done as much as what we build. Safety is built into every decision, and people look out for each other—speaking up, collaborating, and doing the right thing because it affects real lives.

You’ll work alongside teams solving complex challenges and turning ideas into solutions that perform in the real world—gaining hands-on experience across projects, technologies, and disciplines.

Ownership shows up in how we work. We take responsibility for outcomes, follow through on commitments, and take pride in what we deliver. As a 100% employee-owned company, employees share in the long-term success we build together.

With flexible ways of working and meaningful development opportunities, you’ll build a career you can be proud to stand behind.

The Opportunity

At Black & Veatch, the primary purpose of the IT Project Manager is to assume a strong leadership role of the execution of technical project investments the company has chosen to pursue, typically overseeing the successful delivery and management of multiple projects at once.

The IT Project Manager must be comfortable facilitating other professionals through undefined and ambiguous activity and be well-practiced in creating order from disorder. Additionally, they must do this within established scope, to expected quality specifications, and within time and cost constraints. These success factors may require the IT Project Manager to facilitate discovery sessions to bring clarity and definition to them, where it is lacking. Ultimately, this role carries considerable responsibility for the success and future at Black & Veatch!

Key Responsibilities

Analyze Demands (project proposals) to determine time frame, funding parameters and appropriate human resources (resource plans) for accomplishing projects, and identifying deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
Determine project planning and tracking methodology, such as Agile or Waterfall, based on factors such as clarity of scope, complexity, risk, or change tolerance.
Communicate with sponsor and end user of the project output, to set and ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel, including key stakeholders and sponsors and define the responsibilities and authority, at project kick-off.
With the project Sponsor, establish and implement an appropriate communication plan based on sponsor’s requirements and the needs of all personnel and functions affected by the status and outcome of the project.
Create multi-level project work breakdown structures which consider critical path dependencies and assign work to the lowest levels possible.
Project a strong leadership persona through all project interactions, while motivating individual contributors, conferring with project stakeholders, and updating sponsors.
Drive detail discovery and articulation through rigorous questioning and other structured techniques during times of project ambiguity; intellectual curiosity and critical thinking skills.
Take bold and expedient action to notify sponsors and leadership about project risks and issues as you see them, possibly even through times of opposition to do so, escalating appropriately when needed.
Suggest and implement mitigation plans on risks and issues, layering in feedback and suggestion from sponsors and other leadership if needed.
Demonstrate a propensity for quickly learning and assimilating new ski