CDM Smith ยท 1 month ago
Project Manager I - Water Services
New York - New York City
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$104K/yr - $181K/yr
4+ years expCDM Smith is focused on sustainable water management and is seeking a Water Project Manager to lead impactful projects. The role involves overseeing the planning, execution, and optimization of water projects while ensuring they meet community needs and environmental standards.
Responsibilities
Creates project definitions, schedules, budgets and objectives for projects using lessons learned
Prepares detailed statements of work with associated work breakdown structures and gains concurrence and approval from internal and external stakeholders regarding various project aspects
Assesses potential project risk and outlines risk mitigation solutions
Ensures adherence to company and project management policies, procedures, and practices
Manages project costs and is responsible for ensuring profitability
Identifies, quantifies, and communicates residual risk (time and cost)
Creates and reviews timely client billings with internal billing support
Responsible for ensuring timely client payment and follows up on outstanding client invoices to obtain payment
Reviews and approves subcontractor/vendor invoices to ensure timely payment to outside resources
Performs ongoing review of project status
On an ongoing basis, monitors project risks; identifies possible risks and recommends and implements risk mitigation solutions; escalates as appropriate
Manages project change using change management protocols; determines appropriate changes or alternate paths based upon performance and metrics
Works in conjunction with team members and internal and external stakeholders to manage changes to requirements and schedule of the project
Ensures proper review of project scope by safety managers and proper implementation of safety plans
Provides timely response to audit corrective actions identified by external or internal audits
Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and application of standard engineering or construction techniques, procedures, and criteria
Provides guidance to drafters/designers, engineers, craft workers, other project team members, contractors or subcontractors
Develops and implements project resource plan and manages the staffing of assigned projects
Determines and coordinates the proper staffing within the project including identification of outside resources needed (subs/vendors) and ensures procurement processes are followed
Clearly communicates project deadlines, assignments and objectives to project team members
Assigns work and provides direction to project staff with regard to timeliness and completion of project objectives
Coaches project staff and provides feedback to staff and to project staff's supervisors on project performance; escalates any performance issues to appropriate management and human resources
Builds, maintains and manages strong client relationships
Ensures client satisfaction by delivering quality, on-time project outcomes as a result of good planning and organizational skills; manages client expectations
Identifies opportunities for change orders and repeat business though pre-eminent project execution and developed client relationships
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
4 years of related experience
PMP (PMI), CCM or DBIA certification is required (within 12 months of hire or promotion onto the Approved Project Manager list)
Preferred
Professional Engineer License
Company
CDM Smith
Louis Perry Group (now CDM Smith) is a privately owned engineering and construction firm providing legendary client service and smart solutions in water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Karen Thomas, PHR
Human Resources Business Partner
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