Black & Veatch

Project Manager - Water Business

Black & Veatch$90K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of active water/wastewater experience, particularly in the Toronto market.
  • Professional Engineering License and Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline.
  • Strong understanding of budgets and financial metrics.
  • Skilled in contract negotiation including terms, risks, and pricing.
  • Proven leadership experience in project management roles.

Responsibilities

  • Manage medium to large EPC/Service projects, ensuring project success in terms of cost, schedule, and quality.
  • Oversee day-to-day execution of engineering, procurement, and construction under performance, financial metrics, and client satisfaction.
  • Lead staffing efforts and manage multi-discipline teams for project execution.
  • Integrate engineering, procurement, construction, and startup activities across the project team.
  • Drive business development through marketing, strategy development, and client engagement.

Benefits

  • Flexible work-life balance options.
  • Career growth opportunities from day one.
  • Innovative and inclusive work environment.
  • Health, life, accident, and disability insurances available.
  • Possibility of performance-based bonuses.
Full Job Description
Req Id : 111552

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : Yes

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Contract Hire Only for this Project : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

The Opportunity

As the Project Manager, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Manage all aspects of medium to large Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC)/Service projects, including risk to cost, schedule, quality
  • Be responsible for the day-to-day successful execution of contracted engineering, procurement, and construction scope in the areas of performance, financial metrics, planning, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, safety, and client satisfaction
  • Provide for the successful staffing of the project
  • Manage and lead medium to large teams of multi-discipline professionals
  • Coordinate and integrate the activities associated with the engineering, procurement, construction, and startup elements of the project team, including the activities of all third party companies contributing to the initiative


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The Team

BV's Governments & Communities business works to provide innovative solutions and integrated planning, design, and construction support for mission-critical facilities, as well as threat reduction and environmental services support worldwide. By joining our business, you will be able to provide infrastructure for community benefit through regulated utilities and government agencies such as the City of Toronto.

This team partners with our customers to align their people, processes, technologies, and data analytics in the face of industry transformation. We help our customers leverage our industry-leading solutions and expertise to modernize water infrastructure, optimize asset use, meet performance goals, reduce costs, and mitigate risk no matter where the water industry goes next. This team is ranked in the top 10 by ENR for Water Design Firms in Water Supply and Sewer Waste and other water-related rankings.

Be a part of a team that works on projects such as the Black Creek Sanitary Trunk Sewer project. Additionally, check out one of our recent projects Upgrades to Wastewater Treatment Plant Support Millions of Residents in Canada's Largest City | Black & Veatch

Key Responsibilities

Business development:
  • Leading team efforts for marketing
  • Strategy development
  • Prospect identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting and contracting for successful opportunities
  • Accountable for new business objectives and for overall project performance

Project management:
  • External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities
  • Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch's market footprint.

Project execution:
  • Oversight of engineering manager(s)
  • Development of project performance goals
  • Accountability for implementation
  • Active involvement with internal project team and owner project representatives on project activities
  • Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s).

Staff management:
  • Team development, mentoring and coaching on performance improvement
  • Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team.


Preferred Qualifications

  • 15 + years of active water/ wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership experience in the Toronto market
  • Professional Engineering License; Bachelor's Degree in technical discipline
  • Understanding of budgets and financial metrics
  • Contract negotiation skill including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing and payment terms


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.


Work Environment/Physical Demands

  • Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.
  • Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmospheric conditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation). Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.


Salary Plan

PMT: Project Management

Job Grade

019

About Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch is a global engineering and construction company. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Black & Veatch provides a range of services, including engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services, consulting, and environmental services. The company serves a variety of industries, including power, water, telecommunications, and oil and gas. Black & Veatch has operations in more than 100 countries around the world.
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