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GHD · 1 week ago

Senior Project Manager- Atlanta Metro (Water / Wastewater)

Buford, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

15+ years exp

GHD is a global engineering company focused on delivering positive water outcomes. They are seeking a motivated Senior Project Manager to lead major water/wastewater treatment and infrastructure projects in the Metropolitan Atlanta area, ensuring innovative solutions and effective client management.

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Responsibilities

Needs Assessment: Uncover emerging issues or needs, identifying potential causes, barriers, and key stakeholders, as well as related issues

Feasibility Studies: Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure

Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs

Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues

Leadership: Provide leadership on projects relating to water and wastewater, including but not limited to treatment plants, pump stations, water transmission mains, sewer collection systems and stormwater

Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards

Solution Development: Analyze and evaluate the feasibility and relevance of proposed complex services and develop and amend, as necessary, with guidance from senior colleagues

Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information, draft engineering standards and specifications, and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants

Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organization's change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues

Knowledge Management: Develop policies and processes, create best practices, set up case studies, and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in a particular area of expertise and to support the practice

Client Management: Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues

Qualification

Civil EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringProject ManagementProfessional Engineer LicenseWater/Wastewater InfrastructureClient ManagementKnowledge ManagementImprovement/InnovationLeadership

Required

Bachelor of master's degree in civil or environmental engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) License in Georgia

15+ years of experience in planning, design and construction of water and wastewater infrastructure including but not limited to treatment plants, pump stations, water transmission mains, sewer collection systems and stormwater

Preferred

A minimum of five years of experience serving municipal clients in the Metro-Atlanta area is preferred (e.g., Dekalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Clayton and City of Atlanta)