Senior, Engineering Project Manager

American Water; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

American Water in Scranton seeks a Senior Engineering Project Manager to lead delivery of capital projects from conception to completion. You will manage budgets, schedules, and coordination across Operations, Technical Services, and external agencies to ensure on-time, within-budget outcomes.

The role requires strong leadership, analytical thinking, and excellent communication to influence stakeholders and drive efficient project delivery in a regulated utility setting.

Qualifications

• This role requires strong process, project, and program management skills.
• It requires excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience delivering capital projects for water resources is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of multiple medium to small capital projects from inception to completion.
• Monitor budgets and schedules for projects and programs of moderate scope.
• Drive efficiency in project delivery through performance metrics and procurement approaches.
• Coordinate with Operations to align project delivery with operations needs.
• Ensure compliance with standards, regulatory criteria, and CPM procedures.
• Coordinate land acquisition, easements, permits, and other approvals with internal and external groups.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

PE / EIT / PMP certification

Job description

Job Title: Senior, Engineering Project Manager

Posting Start Date: 9/25/26

Job Description:

Primary Role

This position is responsible for managing (through a team as appropriate) all activities concerned with the delivery of several medium to small capital investment projects from inception to completion, the size and importance of which have a significant impact to Company objectives related to Production, Networks, and/or other water resource or operations systems.

Key Accountabilities

• Monitoring and managing budgets and schedules for several medium to small Capital Investment Projects and programs of moderate scope and complexity.
• Driving efficiency into project delivery through the monitoring of delivery metrics (unit costs, target costs vs. actual, etc.) and pursuit of more effective delivery and procurement approaches.
• Delivery of assigned Capital Projects in accordance with policies and procedures set for in the Capital Program Management (CPM) system to meet asset needs.
• Asset Owner satisfaction in accordance with the scope of work agreed upon for each project. Interacts with Operations personnel to ensure project delivery program meets operations needs and is coordinated with operations personnel on operational impacts related to project delivery program.
• Interaction with Technical Services function regarding standards and requirements. Ensures compliance with established regulatory criteria, specifications, and standards.
• Interacts with property group, technical services, and other internal groups and external governmental agencies to coordinate land acquisition, easements, rights of ways, permits, certificates, and other project approvals for assigned projects and programs.

Knowledge/Skills

• Strong process, project, and program management skills.
• Strong quantitative skills (e.g., analytical, technical, problem solving).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (e.g., fluency in report writing and presentations).
• Effective interpersonal skills (e.g., persuasion, negotiation, listening, cooperation, tact, diplomacy, problem solving, internal consulting).
• Leadership presence (e.g., ability to deal effectively and maintain collaborative relationships with Company senior management and other key internal and external stakeholders).
• Ability to influence across the organization to drive operational work and resource planning activities.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively problem solve routine and non-routine issues, developing possible solutions to problems and challenges.
• Ability to execute with urgency, while also maintaining project management discipline and stakeholder engagement.
• Financial analysis skill, including budget management, business modeling, and basic accounting knowledge.

Experience/Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in project delivery of major water resources projects.
• With a Bachelor’s degree, 6+ years’ experience in project delivery of water/wastewater related projects.
• Without a Bachelor’s degree, 12+ years’ experience in project delivery of water/wastewater related projects.
• Water/Wastewater utility experience preferred.
• Consideration will be given for advanced degrees and/or relevant certification(s) in lieu of minimum years of experience.

Certifications & Licenses

• Professional Engineer (PE), Engineer-in training (EIT) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred.

Travel Requirements

Periodic travel with overnight stays as required; generally, less than 20% of total time is anticipated away from office