Project Manager, Wastewater equipment - West Coast

ChemTreat; California (MO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Onboarding & training

Powerful team

Career coaching

Health benefits & 401(k)

Job summary

USP Technologies, part of Veralto, seeks a Project Manager to lead chemical dosing and treatment system projects across water facilities. You will liaise with customers, sales, engineers, and field teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery that meets customer requirements.

The role demands strong technical aptitude, excellent communication, and proven project execution experience in a fast-paced setting. West Coast candidates welcome; travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, project management, environmental science, business, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of project-management experience in industrial, environmental, engineering, construction, chemical, or technical-service environment.
• Experience managing multiple customer-facing projects with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple customer projects from kickoff through implementation, commissioning support, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, risk logs, and action trackers.
• Serve as the primary project contact for customers with clear, timely progress updates.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Travel up to 25%

Cross-functional collaboration

PMP/CAPM (nice to have)

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

ERP tools

Job description

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impacton the world around you.
• Growing your expertiseand expanding your skillset with every project.
• Owning your ambitionand fueling your career growth.

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impacton the world around you.
• Growing your expertiseand expanding your skillset with every project.
• Owning your ambitionand fueling your career growth.

It’s possible with a role at USP Technologies.

USP Technologies

USP Technologies, part of Veralto, develops innovative peroxygen technologies and full-service chemical treatment programs to purify water, wastewater, air and soil. At USP Technologies, you’ll be part of a unique workplace where purpose meets possibility: where your everyday work will play a vital role in supporting a cleaner, more sustainable environment, and where you’ll have ample opportunities to deepen your skillset and invest in your career growth.

We offer

• Flexible working hours
• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits and 401(k)

Project Manager

The Project Manager is responsible for the planning, execution, installation, commissioning, and ongoing support of chemical dosing and treatment system projects across municipal and industrial water and wastewater facilities. This role serves as the primary liaison between customers, sales teams, engineers, contractors, manufacturing, and field service personnel to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with customer requirements.

The Project Manager oversees multiple concurrent projects involving chemical feed systems, process equipment, controls integration, pilot and demonstration programs, and capital equipment installations. Success in this role requires strong technical aptitude, exceptional communication skills, project execution experience, and the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Location: Candidates located on the West Coast will be considered (either MST or PST time zones).

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Manage multiple customer projects from kickoff through implementation, commissioning support, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, risk logs, and action trackers.
• Serve as the primary project contact for customers and provide clear, timely progress updates.
• Coordinate technical, commercial, procurement, vendor, and field‑service activities.
• Identify project risks, delays, scope changes, and resource constraints, and drive appropriate countermeasures.
• Manage project documentation, deliverables, contracts, change orders, and customer approvals.
• Facilitate project meetings and ensure decisions, actions, owners, and deadlines are documented.
• Support continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and improving project‑management processes.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project management, environmental science, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 3–5 years of project-management experience in an industrial, environmental, engineering, construction, chemical, or technical‑service environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple customer‑facing projects with competing priorities.
• Knowledge of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and change control.
• Strong customer communication and cross‑functional stakeholder‑management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project‑management or ERP tools.
• Ability to travel to customer or project locations up to 25%.

It would be a plus if you also possess:

• PMP, CAPM, or similar project‑management certification.
• Water, wastewater, environmental treatment, chemical‑feed systems, remediation, or industrial‑process experience.
• Experience coordinating field installation, commissioning, contractors, or technical service teams.
• Familiarity with engineered‑to‑order or customized customer solutions.

USP Technologies is proud to part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

US ONLY:

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $100,000 - $110,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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