Water / Wastewater Project Manager

Job DescriptionTake Your Delivery Management Career to the Next LevelDo you have a passion for managing budgets, meeting deadlines, and exceeding client expectations? Our delivery management professionals are involved in project delivery from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, and closeout. Each phase requires strong attention to detail while communicating to internal and external stakeholders. Do you have a proven track record in managing goals and objectives? Consider joining our team and work with peers who have vast industry knowledge and experience solving complex problems.Step into Your New RoleKleinfelder has a fantastic opportunity for a Water / Wastewater Project Manager in our New Jersey offices.The ideal candidate will thrive as a vital part of a resourceful and collaborative water team, working across projects, markets, and offices. This position will help lead, inspire, and support our water resources discipline, and most importantly help to continue to grow our portfolio of work and clients across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. Our water resources team is a highly integrated group of professionals performingcommunity outreach and engagement, policy analysis, technical assessment, resiliency planning, design, and construction. We embrace a holistic approach to water resource management, and for this position we are specifically seeking a professional with demonstrated experience in engineering and managing successful delivery of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients.Specific experience, skills and expectations include:Strong team building and communications skills.Excellent business acumen with effective financial and risk management skills at the project level.Progressive leadership experience.Robust experience with the design and construction of potable water, wastewater, and stormwater systems.Resourceful and creative problem-solver.In-depth knowledge of water treatment processes and experience coordinating the various engineering disciplines involved in the design of treatment plant and distribution system improvement projects.Leading technical efforts for planning, studies, budgeting, technical management, coordination of multi-discipline engineering efforts, quality assurance, subcontract management and contract administration.Supervising staff and subcontractors to successfully deliver technical projects and providing mentorship to the Team.Ability to effectively communicate design concepts to clients, participating in project scoping activities and proposal presentations, and coordinating with clients to ensure an ongoing positive relationship.Establishing strong, productive internal collaborative relationships with teammates across multiple offices.Requirements:A minimum of eight (8) years of experience providing technical delivery and project management of water/wastewater projects.B.S. in Civil, Mechanical, Environmental, or Chemical Engineering, or related field.Professional Engineering license preferred.Solid written and verbal fluency in English.Move Forward with KleinfelderKleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients' transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver.Progress with an Employer that Values YouKleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIESPlease note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity