Black & Veatch

Project Manager - Water Business

Black & Veatch$90K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of water/wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership
  • Professional Engineering License required
  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline
  • Understanding of budgets and financial metrics
  • Strong skills in contract negotiation, including terms and risks

Responsibilities

  • Lead team efforts for business development and marketing
  • Identify and develop prospects, proposals, and budgeting for projects
  • Engage with clients and promote Black & Veatch through community activities
  • Support development of market business strategies and client engagement
  • Oversee engineering team and project performance goals
  • Manage project performance including budgeting and invoicing
  • Mentor and coach team members, identifying candidates for training and promotion

Benefits

  • Relocation support available
  • Flexible working options after 90 days
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a team-focused environment
  • Involvement in high-profile water infrastructure projects
  • Engagement with a top-ranking team in the industry
Full Job Description
Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 115908

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : Yes

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

The Opportunity

Black & Veatch is a leading employee-owned global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company. Consistently recognized as "Best Companies to Work For" and "Best Employers for Diversity." One of the biggest Water & Wastewater Civil Design Firms with 8,300+ employees. Our revenues exceed $3 billion.

The Project Manager position is a high-profile leadership role at Black & Veatch. In this capacity, you will have the opportunity to serve as part of the Water / Wastewater business leadership team. As part of the Reno, Nevada collaborative team, they will be responsible for managing the successful delivery of water related infrastructure projects in the multi-million-dollar range.

The Team

Black & Veatch's Governments & Communities focuses on specific infrastructure needs of municipalities, state and local governments, and specialized physical and digital infrastructure solutions for government and federal agencies. By joining our market sector, you will be able to provide infrastructure for community benefit.

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.

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


Management Responsibilities

Acts as a project manager. Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individual comprising this team may vary by project.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 10 + years of active water/wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership experience
  • 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
  • Sitting/standing/computer usage for extended periods of time
  • Ability to utilize video/audio conferencing software tools for internal/external communication
  • Travel to client sites


Salary Plan

PMT: Project Management

Job Grade

018

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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