Project Manager – Water
Black & Veatch
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Be responsible for business management with priorities on client relationship development in the Texas area
- Effective positioning within target client organizations
- Leading pursuit teams
- Strong financial management to include both top line and bottom line growth
- 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
Requirements
- 10+ 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
- Benefits that start day 1
- Flexible work schedules
- Paid vacation and holiday time
- Sick time and dependent sick time
- Adoption reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vendor discounts
- Employment referral program
- AD&D insurance
- Pre-taxed accounts
- Voluntary legal plan
- B&V Credit Union
- Performance-based bonus program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
engineeringproject managementfinancial managementcontract negotiationwater engineeringwastewater engineeringbudgetingtechnical understanding of water marketssalesrisk management
Soft skills
client relationship developmentteamworkcommunicationinterpersonal skillsstrategic thinkingpersuasivenessproblem solvingleadershiptask orientationflexibility
Certifications
PE