Project Manager - Asset Reliability/Engineering/Construction

Through reliability practices, the Project Manager leads multi-disciplinary teams managing facility renovation projects at WSSC Water facilities to ensure that all operations run smoothly and efficiently. The Project Manager will lead cross-functional project teams managing projects with varying degrees of complexity, including, but not limited to, the planning, design, construction, and commissioning of physical capital assets such as water/wastewater plants, pumping stations, and storage facilities.

Essential Functions

- Leads a team managing planning, design, construction, and commissioning projects including the renovation of treatment plants, pumping stations, or other major facilities

- Leads and mentors project team members

- Consults and works with team members from other internal organizations, including senior leadership, in the administration of consultant, Architect/Engineer (A/E) and construction contracts and their associated procurement mechanisms

- Reviews project technical, management, and budgetary plans and ensures project compliance with corporate policy and technical specifications

- Gathers data and prepares diagnostic and prescriptive reports on significant Department, Division or institutional issues

- Serves as WSSC Water project representative equivalent to consultant’s or contractor’s Project Manager

- Reviews, negotiates and finalizes contracts and change orders

- Prepares or monitors project schedules using PERT, CPM, Bar Chart, or other methods

- Assists in the development of the Engineering Support Projects, Operations Support Projects, as well as Division and other budgets

- May oversee the work of Associate Project Managers, inspectors and support staff both on specific project assignments and in general mentoring and tutorial roles

- Reviews and approves monthly and final payments for A/E’s, contractors and vendors

- Drives a vehicle to conduct WSSC Water business

Other Functions

- Serves as Acting Section Manager in their absence

- Substitutes for other Project Managers, in their absence

- Performs other related duties as required

Work Environment And Physical Demands

Worked is performed in standard office environment and involves site visits to multiple WSSC Water facilities (i.e., treatment plants, pumping stations and other major facilities)

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

- Comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices of design, construction, and commissioning project management, environmental engineering and associated organizational management systems

- Ability to organize and lead cross functional project teams

- Ability to maintain project team focus and effective structure including the development of a strategic project management plan encompassing schedule, budgetary, contractual, human resources and stakeholder elements

- Must possess the knowledge and skills required to effectively access and involve other agencies, internal staff, the public and special interest communities

- Demonstrated team building, group leadership, project management and verbal and written communication skills

Minimum Education, Experience Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Civil, Sanitary, Environmental Engineering or related engineering discipline)

- 5+ years experience in the practice of project management

OR

- High school diploma or equivalent - 9+ years experience in the practice of project management