Regional Field Project Manager – Water Utilities

Hydromax USA; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hydromax USA is seeking a Project Manager to lead field-service projects with a focus on planning, execution, and client coordination. The role involves regional travel, coordinating with crews and clients, and ensuring successful launches of water utilities projects across the US.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in underground utility management, strong leadership and budgeting experience, and a track record of building trusted client relationships.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' underground utility management experience.
• Experience as Project Manager or Project Engineer with field operations, estimating, contracts, and client relations.
• Ability to obtain underground utility contractor license.
• Strong leadership, safety, negotiations, planning, and contract administration.
• Self-starter with motivation and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to learn HUSA policies, procedures, and software.
• Team-building leader with planning and organizational skills.
• Position requires standing or sitting for extended periods.
• Proficiency in scope management and time estimation.
• Excellent executive-level communication and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop initial project estimates with sales and support proposal development, client engagement on project planning and execution, project management of short and long-term projects to achieve target gross margin, production milestones, and client satisfaction.
• Oversee and approve weekly job cost updates and monthly revenue projections.
• Direct project teams by providing communication, coordination, and follow-up to meet project goals and objectives; ensure project scope or work, schedule and budget are clearly defined and understood.
• Manage and motivate staff to maximum productivity and cost control, and facilitate and conduct scheduling, safety, and training meetings/workshops.
• Establish project procedures consistent with contractual documents and quality plans for all project work; determine and oversee all project controls, schedules and budgets.
• Serve as project representative with client, constructor, subcontractors, and vendors at kick-off meetings, job walks, project review, and other meetings and correspondence.
• Review project progress reporting and identify and put plans in place to address where a project needs additional focus.
• Coordinate training and compliance measures with training manager to ensure project procedures are followed.
• Identify and secure necessary approvals for all changes in project scope, budget and/or schedule.
• Maintain ongoing communication with client, making adjustments as necessary to comply with client needs within contractual obligations, or adjust project deliverables to meet client and HUSA needs.
• Provide ongoing training and mentoring to Field Supervisor and crews to promote employee development.

Skills

Utility management

Leadership

Project coordination

Client relations

Job description

Hydromax USA is seeking a Project Manager to lead field-service projects with a focus on planning, execution, and client coordination. The role involves regional travel, coordinating with crews and clients, and ensuring successful launches of water utilities projects across the US.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in underground utility management, strong leadership and budgeting experience, and a track record of building trusted client relationships.