Project Manager - Water Business - Toronto

Black & Veatch; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Project Manager for their Water Business in Markham. This role involves managing engineering procurement construction projects, ensuring successful execution, and leading diverse teams. You'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact by providing innovative solutions for community benefit. The company promotes a flexible hybrid work environment, empowering you to grow your career while balancing personal commitments. Join a team that values your contributions and fosters professional development in a supportive atmosphere, making a difference in the water industry.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Performance-Based Bonus

Flexible Work Schedule

Qualifications

• 15+ years of water/wastewater experience with leadership in the Toronto market.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of medium to large EPC projects, ensuring quality and client satisfaction.
• Lead multi-discipline teams and coordinate project activities effectively.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Contract Negotiation

Budget Management

Team Development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Discipline

Professional Engineering License

Job description

Project Manager - Water Business - Toronto

Date: Feb 20, 2025

Location: Markham, ON, CA

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

At Black & Veatch, our employee-owners go beyond the project. For over a century, we have been breaking down social, economic and geographic barriers by making life's critical resources accessible to all. Working with us, you will help provide critical expertise as we, along with our valued clients, deliver solutions that positively impact communities around the world. Our professionals are our greatest asset, and we believe nothing is more important than the health, happiness and professional growth of our employee-owners. With a focus on flexible work-life balance options, an expanding and diverse workforce, and limitless career growth opportunities, we will give you our best to help you give us your best, and together we can build a world of difference.

Opportunity Type: Staff

Contract Hire Only for this Project: No

Why Black and Veatch

Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation and benefits that start day 1.

Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

The Opportunity

As the Project Manager, you will have the opportunity to:

• Manage all aspects of medium to large Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC)/Service projects, including risk to cost, schedule, quality.
• Be responsible for the day-to-day successful execution of contracted engineering, procurement, and construction scope in the areas of performance, financial metrics, planning, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, safety, and client satisfaction.
• Provide for the successful staffing of the project.
• Manage and lead medium to large teams of multi-discipline professionals.
• Coordinate and integrate the activities associated with the engineering, procurement, construction, and startup elements of the project team, including the activities of all third party companies contributing to the initiative.

The Team

BV’s Governments & Communities business works to provide innovative solutions and integrated planning, design, and construction support for mission-critical facilities, as well as threat reduction and environmental services support worldwide. By joining our business, you will be able to provide infrastructure for community benefit through regulated utilities and government agencies.

This team partners with our customers to align their people, processes, technologies, and data analytics in the face of industry transformation. We help our customers leverage our industry-leading solutions and expertise to modernize water infrastructure, optimize asset use, meet performance goals, reduce costs, and mitigate risk no matter where the water industry goes next. This team is ranked in the top 10 by ENR for Water Design Firms in Water Supply and Sewer Waste and other water-related rankings.

Project Management

• External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities.
• Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch’s market footprint.
• Oversight of engineering manager(s).
• Development of project performance goals.
• Accountability for implementation.
• Active involvement with internal project team and owner project representatives on project activities.
• Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s).

Staff Management

• Team development, mentoring and coaching on performance improvement.
• Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of active water/ wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership experience in the Toronto market.
• Professional Engineering License; Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline.
• Understanding of budgets and financial metrics.
• Contract negotiation skill including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing and payment terms.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Hybrid work schedule: 3 days in office and 2 days remote.
• Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmospheric conditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation). Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.

Salary Plan

PMT: Project Management

Job Grade

003

BVH, Inc., its subsidiaries and its affiliated companies, complies with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) affirmative action laws and regulations. Black & Veatch does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law.

Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy. We offer professionals an array of health and welfare benefits that vary based on their geographic region and employment status. This may include health, life accident and disability insurances, paid time off, financial programs and more. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

By valuing diverse voices and perspectives, we cultivate an authentically inclusive environment for professionals and are able to provide innovative and effective solutions for clients.