Water/Wastewater Senior Project Manager (Design-Build)

Job Description

Dewberry is currently seeking a Water/Wastewater Senior Project Manager in Raleigh, NC to join our growing Southeast Water group. This is a highly strategic career opportunity for an enthusiastic and talented individual who is committed to providing exceptional client service, is passionate about growth, and excels at collaborating with our team of outstanding professionals. The candidate will have technical, project management, and market access responsibilities to lead water / wastewater infrastructure design projects for municipal clients.  In collaboration with local and national leaders, candidate will manage and leverage client relationships to position Dewberry to perform large and complex water/wastewater projects. With collaborative support, successful candidate will lead business development activities, pursue new clients and potential project leads, and prepare qualifications and proposals. 

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Experience with Alternative Delivery/Collaborative Delivery and Progressive Design Build in the water market required
• Develop, perform and manage water/wastewater programs. Work includes water infrastructure evaluations, feasibility studies, design and construction management. 
• Provide client management and technical support for design/build programs for the construction of water infrastructure projects. 
• Develops and maintains high-value client relationships 
• Lead and participate in business development activities including collaborating with our team in the marketing of new projects, proposal preparation, and client relationship management. 
• Creates client action plans, to include client engagement and pre-positioning strategies 
• Serve as PM of key water and wastewater design projects. 
• Lead and facilitate engineering design staff. 
• Work with design team across multiple offices and multiple disciplines to generate detailed design documents for construction plans. 
• Meet client deadlines and project budgets. 

Required Skills & Required Experience

• B.S. Degree in Environmental, Mechanical, Civil, or Chemical Engineering. 
• NC Professional Engineering license. 
• 10 years+ experience with progressive responsibilities for public sector water and wastewater projects. 
• Successful track record of maintaining relationships with clients in the North Carolina market or similar market. 
• A successful track record of managing projects, including scope, schedule and budget. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

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