Project Manager - Water

Barge Design Solutions, Inc.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Barge Design Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead water and wastewater pipeline, pumping, and treatment projects. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams from inception to completion, ensuring client satisfaction and project success.

Ideal candidates bring a Bachelor's degree, 6+ years in the field, and strong leadership and communication skills to manage scopes, schedules, and budgets in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited program with at least 6 years in water/wastewater
• Proven ability to manage water/wastewater design projects
• PE preferred; PMP with equivalent skills considered
• Excellent interpersonal and client communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-project environment
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

• Acts as primary agent between client and project team, coordinating events, leading client meetings, and delivering final project to client.
• Coordinates multi-discipline design projects for water/wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.
• Develops and manages scopes, schedules, and budgets for successful project delivery.
• Provides technical engineering guidance and resolves project problems.
• Prepares comprehensive Project Management Plans.
• Ensures Quality Program implementation and execution.
• Manages project financials, invoices, and changes from clients.
• Participates in project management training sessions and related meetings.
• Participates in proposal development with coordination from marketing.
• Builds and maintains relationships with clients, internal teams, officials, contractors, and others.
• If applicable, may assist as engineering technical lead on projects.

Skills

Leadership

Client communication

Project coordination

Multi-project management

Detail orientation

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree

6 years of relevant experience

P.E. preferred; PMP with similar skills considered

Job description

What We're Looking For:

Barge Design Solutions is searching for a dynamic and experienced Project Manager with expertise in water/wastewater pipeline, pumping, and treatment projects. The successful candidate will lead multi-disciplinary teams in project delivery for water/wastewater clients. This role requires strong leadership skills, technical knowledge, and the ability to manage complex projects from inception to completion, ensuring client satisfaction and project success.

Responsibilities

• Acts as primary agent between client and project team coordinating events, leading client meetings, and delivery of final project to client.
• Coordinates multi-discipline design projects for water/wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.
• Develops and manages scopes, schedules, and budgets for successful project delivery.
• Provides technical engineering guidance and resolves project problems, challenges, and obstacles.
• Prepares comprehensive Project Management Plans.
• Ensures Quality Program implementation and execution.
• Manages project financials, invoices, and changes requests from clients.
• Participates in Barge project management training sessions and related group meetings.
• Participates in proposal development with coordination from Barge marketing.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with clients, internal teams, officials, contractors, and others.
• If applicable, may assist as an engineering technical lead on projects.

Education & Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from accredited program. Minimum of 6 years of relevant industry experience.
• Minimum of 3+ years' experience managing water and/or wastewater design projects.
• PE candidates are highly preferred, but PMP candidates without a PE but with the same technical skills will also be considered.
• Excellent interpersonal and client communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-project environment
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through capabilities
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions,Inc.,is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinarypractice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 650+ people strong andserves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record’s Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified GreatPlace To Work®.

Our primary purpose for being in business is ultimately to create a better life by unleashing the potential of our people, clients and communities. This purpose is supported by our company’s core values because at the end of the day, Barge CARES:

• Collaborate – Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
• Authentic – Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
• Responsible – We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
• Excellence – We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
• Service – We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Agency Submissions

No unsolicited agency submissions.Barge DesignSolutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters orstaffing agencies. Any unsolicited resume becomes the property of Barge DesignSolutions, and no fee will be paid for resulting hires. Only agencies with asigned agreement are authorized to submit candidates.