Senior Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

Garver is seeking an experienced licensed professional to join our Colorado Water/Wastewater Team as a Senior Project Manager (Client Service Manager) for our developing Colorado portfolio. If you have ever dreamed of having your own practice, this just may be your calling only better. You will be empowered and rewarded to grow your own. With the full support of a century-old engineering consulting firm that is rapidly growing in the water market, the successful candidate will help develop and lead business planning, pursue diverse and custom water and wastewater projects, build and maintain outstanding client relationships, be active in industry activities and events, and learn and mentor as part of a growing full services team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the hands-on management of exciting water industry projects through all phases of delivery.

Specifically, responsibilities will include a variety of projects related to:

• Water infrastructure planning, design, implementation, and optimization
• Water distribution, pumping, and storage
• Sewer collection, pumping, and storage
• Water resources planning and development
• Conveyance, pumping, and storage
• Surface water supply
• Groundwater supply
• Challenged and/or reuse supply
• Water facilities planning, design, implementation, and optimization
• Drinking water treatment plants
• Wastewater treatment plants
• Advanced water treatment plants

• Business planning and development activities
• Client service management
• Pursuit planning
• Support proposal development efforts
• Scope, fee, and contract development services
• Program Owner's Advisor (OA) services
• Oversee production of deliverables, including:
  
• Complete detailed design calculations, drawings, and specifications
• Scheduling, management and coordination of support disciplines and subconsultants
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement activities
• Support 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

• Display technical competency of water or wastewater engineering
• Develop and manage detailed project delivery assumption, scope of work, level of effort, and associated man-hour estimates
• Manage and delegate scope, budget, and schedule for a team of multi-disciplined (civil, process, structural, mechanical, electrical, and I&C) project engineers, design engineers, and CAD Technicians in the development of various Water Business Line projects
• Manage and delegate 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 and billing, 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

• Master's degree in civil, chemical, biological, or environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program
• 10+ years of similar technical experience with no less than 3+ years' experience in project or team leadership
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (PE) in Colorado or the ability to obtain within a year
• Previous experience in responsible charge of planning, design, and implementation of water facilities and infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of the multi-disciplined practices (i. e. process, surveying, geotechnical, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and control) required for the planning, design, and implementation of water facilities and infrastructure projects
• Proficient with MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Project and Outlook

• Client Focused - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external clients; gets first-hand client information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with clients in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with clients and gains their trust and respect.
• Ensures Accountability and Drives Results - Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear objectives and measures; monitors process, progress, and results; designs feedback loops into work. Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Action Oriented and Manages Complexity - Enjoys working smart and efficient; is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging; not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning and analysis; seizes opportunities; can effectively cope with change; is very flexible and adaptable when facing tough calls; balances risk; can combine seeming opposites like being compassionately tough, stand up for self without trampling others, set strong but flexible standards, act differently depending upon the situation; is seen as balanced despite the conflicting demands of the situation.
• Collaborates and Communicates Effectively - Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives; represents own interests while being fair to others and their areas; partners with others to get work done; credits others for their contributions and accomplishments; gains trust and support of others. Effective in a variety of communicatio.