Project Manager – Hydropower

Job Title: Project Manager – Hydropower

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)
    
Estimated Duration: Fulltime

The role of a Project Manager is to manage the design and delivery of large projects and maintain relations with current and future clients within our Energy business line. This opportunity specifically is on our Hydropower and Dams team. Candidate must be a hands-on problem solver willing to work through issues as they arise with staff, clients, offices, disciplines, and projects. They must also foster effective working relationships between colleagues, associates, clients, and officials. 

Our goal is to strike the optimal balance between providing flexibility, sustaining successful teams, and optimizing productivity for the benefit of our employees, projects, and clients. We value a vibrant, healthy, enriching workplace culture that considers employee well-being and work-life balance so our people can bring their best to work every day.? 

Your Key Responsibilities 

• Working in a manner to protect the health and safety of employees, clients, and the public by following company health, safety and security guidelines and policies. 

• Maintaining and enhancing our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider. 

• Managing multiple projects simultaneously. 

• Establishing project objectives, procedures and performance standards and leading multi-disciplinary teams on proposals, planning studies, feasibility through final designs, and construction services for Hydropower and Dams projects. 

• Identifying appropriate resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives as well as managing contract terms, tracking, and managing costs and schedule, and implementing measures necessary to stay on schedule and within budget. 

• Leading by example with active support of internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, and quality management. 

• Growing internal and external networks to enhance reputation and identifying additional talent to join our team. 

• Providing mentoring and training for future leaders, including development of succession plans for key positions. 

• Developing client relationships to facilitate project activities. 

• Promoting collaboration and teamwork across business lines and geographies. 

Qualifications for Internal Candidates

Your Capabilities and Credentials 

• Strong project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing projects from pursuit through closeout, involving internal personnel, subconsultants, contractors, and vendors. 

• Demonstrated successful experience in client service management. 

• Demonstrated successful experience in leadership, including defining and setting the direction for a team, project, and office; strategy development; change management; and corporate stewardship. 

• Demonstrated successful experience in preparing proposals that include preparing detailed scopes of work, assembling project budgets based on the detailed scope of work, and baseline schedules for executing the engineering services. 

• Demonstrated successful experience in decision making, including making sound defensible business decisions; and identifying, assessing, evaluating, and solving complex problems. 

• Demonstrated proficiency in problem solving, and risk management. 

• Demonstrated successful experience with preparing monthly financial updates. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

• Travel to other offices as well as to project sites will be required. 

Education and Experience 

• Minimum 15 years’ relevant experience in project management, preferably for Hydropower and Dams projects. 

• Bachelor’s Degree in civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical, or electrical engineering. 

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred. 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred. 

• Experience working with NYPA/NYS Canal Corp/NAVFAC/USACE preferred.?