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Job Title: Senior Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

Location: Fort Smith, AR (Onsite)

Job Description:

The position may include a variety of projects related to:

• Water distribution, including pumping and storage
• Sewer distribution, collection, and pumping
• Water and wastewater treatment plants
• Improvements and retrofitting of existing water infrastructure facilities

The responsibilities may include, but not limited to the following:

• Support of business development activities
• Lead and support conceptual planning studies
• Support proposal development efforts
• Scope, fee, and contract development services
• Display technical competency of water or wastewater engineering and civil engineering
• Develop and manage detailed project delivery assumption, scope of work, level of effort, and associated man-hour estimates
• Manage multiple projects concurrently
• Be responsible for time management and work product quality
• Keep accurate and up-to-date project accounting on all assigned projects
• Conduct written and oral project reporting for clients and Team Leader. Reporting will include project design status, upcoming milestones, project accounting, percent completes, progress reports, etc.
• Prepare and execute Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plans
• Lead internal and external project workshops
• Be an active learner responsible for continuing education and learning based on project needs, as well as overall needs of the team
• Construction management, excluding construction observation, for local projects
• Periodic travel will be required on an as-needed basis for projects, conferences, marketing, and other duties.
• Professional and career development while attending industry conferences as a subject matter expert and the Water Business Line.

Production of constructible documents including

• Complete detailed design calculations, drawings, and specifications
• scheduling, management and coordination of support disciplines and subconsultants
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement activities
• Obtain permitting approval with regulatory agencies
• Manage quality assurance and risk management
• Facilitate workshops with clients

Transition to construction phase (both alternative delivery and design-bid-build)

• Contractor pre-qualification and bid evaluation
• Participate in facilitated teaming activities
• Technical review of submittals and RFIs
• Construction phase engineering support
• Scheduling, management and coordination of support disciplines and subconsultants
• Progress tracking and communications

Transition to integration phase

• Manage owner training program
• Equipment, instrument, and device checkout and performance validation
• Control system and HMI integration
• Scheduling, management and coordination of support disciplines and subconsultants
• Contract closeout

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, biological, or environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program
• 10 years of water and wastewater technical project experience and 3 years’ experience in team leadership
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (PE)
• Previous experience having been in responsible charge of designs, including detailed plans and specifications, for water and wastewater collection, distribution, pumping, and/or treatment projects

Preferred Skills

• Master’s Degree in civil, biological, or environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program
• 15 years of water and wastewater technical project experience and 3 years’ experience in team leadership
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (PE) in Arkansas
• Software proficiency in water industry hydraulic or process modeling
• Strong understanding of the multi-disciplined practices (i.e. process, surveying, geotechnical, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control) required for the implementation of water and wastewater infrastructure improvements