Black & Veatch

Project Manager – Water Business

Black & Veatch

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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About the role

  • Be responsible for business management with priorities on client relationship development in the Texas area
  • Manage water and wastewater engineering capture strategies requiring global resources and/or multiple partners
  • Be accountable for project performance and specific New Business objectives
  • Create opportunities for new/repeat business; supports complex contract negotiations with appropriate client management
  • Manage varied complex risk which includes fixed price or new technology or non domestic markets or new clients
  • Prepare and implement Client Development Plans for assigned clients
  • Develop and maintain personal relationships with assigned clients, business partners, and competitors
  • Deliver expected volume of New Business and Earned PGM from assigned project portfolio
  • Promote the full range of service offerings
  • Update and maintain ECRM to accurately reflect market potential for assigned clients
  • Develop or review all key pursuit strategy and positioning, and lead or support proposal development
  • Manage the assigned portion of the business development budget
  • Make Go / No Go decisions or recommendations, and assist with preparation of PRB documents
  • Oversee execution of professional service projects to meet or exceed expectations for safety, quality, schedule, and budget
  • Actively manage performance of assigned staff and projects; and lead accountability within the Region

Requirements

  • 15+ engineering experience, prior experience as a project manager; technical experience and background is recommended
  • PE preferred
  • Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline preferred; Master’s Degree desirable
  • Strong technical understanding of Water markets, including drivers and general trends
  • Strong sales traits, including tenacity, competitiveness
  • Overall people skills
  • Highly task oriented to focus on winning new business and achieving sales targets
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, inter-personal skills, and presentations skills
  • Ability to interface with diverse personalities
  • Ability to think strategically and create persuasive message
  • Contract negotiating skills which includes knowledge of terms, risks, pricing, and payment terms
  • Ability to sell; strong negotiating and persuasive skills
  • Understanding of budgets and financial metrics
  • Self starter and ability to make decisions independently
  • Ability to meet deadlines and be flexible to multiple demands of project teams and shifting priorities
  • Problem solving skills
  • Leadership skills
Benefits
  • competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1
  • flexible work schedules
  • paid vacation and holiday time
  • sick time and dependent sick time
  • a variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union
  • performance-based bonus program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
project managementcontract negotiationbudget managementrisk managementwater engineeringwastewater engineeringsales strategyproposal developmentECRM managementbusiness development
Soft skills
client relationship developmentteam collaborationcommunication skillsinterpersonal skillsstrategic thinkingpersuasive messagingproblem solvingleadershiptask orientationflexibility
Certifications
PEBachelor’s DegreeMaster’s Degree