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Job Description: CDM Smith currently has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager/Seller-Doer with previous experience selling and managing municipal water services projects to join our Western Canada group. In this position, your primary role will be to lead the sales and successful delivery of engineering projects for our clients in the following areas of practice: facility planning, drinking water and wastewater treatment, biosolids, pump stations, pipelines, and water and sewer systems. CDM Smith’s Global Delivery Excellence Framework provides project managers with best-in-class tools and policies that streamline scope, schedule, and financial management. Project managers are also provided with project control specialists, contract administrators, and quality management support throughout the project planning, delivery, and closeout lifecycle. Senior Project Managers and Sales Leader's key performance indicators include revenue managed, profit delivered, cash flow, business development, proposals, on-time delivery, quality management system compliance, and individual utilization. For more information about our Project Management roles, tools and culture, please visit this website https://bit.ly/2UC8V16. As a member of this team, you would contribute to CDM Smith's mission by: • Managing and serving as the lead Project Manager for water, wastewater, stormwater, conveyance, and general municipal engineering projects. • Collaborate with sales teams to pre-position for upcoming projects and create proposals in response to RFPs • Meet with current and potential future clients to review their current and future project needs. • Providing technical guidance, senior leadership, and mentoring engineering staff to enhance our water services design capabilities. • Being responsible for planning and execution of scope, schedule and budget for projects managed. • Completing Quality Assurance/Quality Control reviews of key deliverables. • Assisting Client Service Leaders with technical marketing by meeting with clients in the region. • Participation in professional societies relevant to the industry. • Building and maintaining positive working relationships with key decision makers in our clients’ organizations. • Perform technical engineering project work. • Providing excellent client service that generates repeat business. • Supporting proposal development and participating in interviews for new projects you will help deliver. #LI-MO1 Skills & Abilities: Significant experience working with project management methodology including budget development, project planning, Significant experience working with project management methodology including budget development, project planning, control and assurance methodologies, project management software and finance and accounting concepts and practices. Demonstrates excellent communication skills both verbal and written. Possesses exceptional deep and broad knowledge of project goals, drivers, strategies, risks and opportunities. Demonstrates exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills for interacting with team members and clients. Ability to interact with many people, and process a large volume of requests as necessary. Excellent personal computer skills including expert knowledge of MS Word and Excel. Demonstrates superior organizational skills to balance and prioritize work. Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree. 15 years of related experience. • PMP (PMI), CCM or DBIA certification is required (within 12 months of hire or promotion onto the Approved Project Manager list). • Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands. • Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree. Preferred Qualifications: • P.Eng certification • Prior experience managing municipal water and wastewater treatment and/or conveyance projects in British Columbia greater than $1m. • Excellent communication, networking, and team building skills. Amount of Travel Required: 10% or less Background Check and Drug Testing Information: CDM Smith Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries (hereafter collectively referred to as “CDM Smith”) reserves the right to require background checks including criminal, employment, education, licensure, etc. as well as credit and motor vehicle when applicable for certain positions. In addition, CDM Smith may conduct drug testing for designated positions. Background checks are conducted after an offer of employment has been made in the United States. The timing of when background checks will be conducted on candidates for positions outside the United States will vary based on country statutory law but in no case, will the background check precede an interview. CDM Smith will conduct interviews of qualified individuals prior to requesting a criminal background check, and no job application submitted prior to such interview shall inquire into an applicant's criminal history. If this position is subject to a background check for any convictions related to its responsibilities and requirements, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history. Criminal history will not automatically disqualify a candidate. In addition, during employment individuals may be required by CDM Smith or a CDM Smith client to successfully complete additional background checks, including motor vehicle record as well as drug testing. Additional Compensation: All bonuses at CDM Smith are discretionary and may or may not apply to this position. Pay Range Min: USD $182,083.00 Pay Range Max: USD $336,856.00 Visa Sponsorship Available : No-Please note that all applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada, for the Company, at the time of hire. Furthermore, this is not a position for which the Company is offering immigration application sponsorship or support Accessibility: CDM Smith attracts the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Given our ongoing commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace, CDM Smith will consider all other accommodation requests related to protected characteristics in good faith, in accordance with its internal policies and procedures and all applicable laws.
If you require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at +1.617.452.6000 and ask to speak with the Employee Relations Manager. Please have the requisition number of the position you are applying to available during the call.
