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Senior Project Manager / Practice Builder - Water/Wastewater
Kimley-Horn
Kansas City (MO)
On-site
USD 110,000 - 180,000
Full time
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Job summary
Join a leading engineering firm as a Senior Project Manager to drive strategic growth in the Water/Wastewater sector. Leverage 15+ years of experience in project management and civil engineering to lead a high-performing team. This role offers the autonomy to build and expand your business, alongside robust support in various operational areas.
Benefits
Qualifications
- 15+ years of civil engineering and utility water projects experience.
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) license required.
- Proven ability to win work and manage projects profitably.
Responsibilities
- Manage and expand practice teams for water/wastewater projects.
- Build positive client relationships and ensure effective communication.
- Lead business development efforts with a visionary approach.
Skills
Education
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Overview
Kimley-Horn is searching for a trailblazing leader to supercharge their Water/Wastewater practice in Kansas City, Missouri. This is your chance to revolutionize the local water industry and beyond. As a Senior Project Manager / Practice Builder, you will:
- Craft a bold vision for growth
- Lead business development efforts and manage relationships with key clients
- Drive strategic planning and foster positive client relationships, ensuring seamless communication with partners and team
- Expand and direct a dynamic utilities practice with autonomy to lead, direct, and grow your business
- Benefit from comprehensive support in accounting, administrative, marketing, recruiting, IT, and production
Kimley-Horn is searching for a trailblazing leader to supercharge their Water/Wastewater practice in Kansas City, Missouri. This is your chance to revolutionize the local water industry and beyond. As a Senior Project Manager / Practice Builder, you will:
- Craft a bold vision for growth
- Lead business development efforts and manage relationships with key clients
- Drive strategic planning and foster positive client relationships, ensuring seamless communication with partners and team
- Expand and direct a dynamic utilities practice with autonomy to lead, direct, and grow your business
- Benefit from comprehensive support in accounting, administrative, marketing, recruiting, IT, and production
If you're ready to make waves and lead with passion , this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Why Kimley-Horn?
At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 17 years!
Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn
- Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution
- Annual profit-sharing contribution (aggregate employer contribution has ranged from 16-18%!)
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
- Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
- Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
- Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.
- Additional details and information can be found here Our Employee Benefits and Perks | Kimley-Horn
- Manage, lead, and expand practice teams for multi-discipline projects and programs of work in the fields of water/wastewater treatment projects, water and wastewater pumping systems, and large diameter conveyance (water distribution and wastewater collection)
- Apply an entrepreneurial spirit to create a vision for growth for the local water resource practice and beyond
- Leadership responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Operating with integrity and sound business principals
- Providing vision, business planning, strategy and e stablishing goals
- Building and maintaining positive client relationships
- Having open communication with your partners and team
- Growing and leading a Water/Wastewater and Utilities practice
- Management responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Establishing and cultivating client relationships
- Making presentations
- Writing proposals and scope of work
- Establishing budgets
- Ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables, and supervising the execution of work
- Our Practice Builders manage their projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, and act as a positive leader and mentor
- 15+ years of civil engineering, design, and management of utility water projects experience
- Bachelor's Degree
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
- Client contacts and relationships with local municipalities, area counties, water management authorities and local, regional, state agencies
- Business development skills and the proven ability to win work
- Excellent communication, leadership, and technical skills
- Strong desire and ability to be engaged with clients solving project problems
- Ability to effectively communicate positively at all levels of the organization
- Ability to manage and mentor staff and direct resources effectively in a positive manner
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects profitably
- Seniority levelDirector
- Employment typeFull-time
- Job functionProject Management and Information Technology
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