Senior Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

Energy Systems Group; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Energy Systems Group in Texas seeks a Senior Project Manager – Water/Wastewater to lead complex municipal water and wastewater construction projects from design through start-up and handover. The hybrid role emphasizes safety, budget, schedule, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction, with extensive travel required and coordination across engineering, construction, and operations teams.

You will manage project finances, change orders, and forecasts, supervise site leaders, ensure regulatory

Qualifications

• 7+ years engineering and construction project leadership experience.
• Experience with municipal water/wastewater facilities is strongly preferred.
• PMP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning, procurement strategy, schedule integration, risk management, change orders, commissioning, startup, performance testing, and final acceptance leading to successful project delivery.
• Coordinates with engineering staff to ensure estimates and pricing align with project goals and manages project execution scope, schedule and budget.
• Develops and maintains client communications, oversees contractors and subcontractors, and ensures on-time completion within cost and quality constraints.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Construction management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management

Job description

ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP is looking for a Senior Project Manager – Water/Wastewater (W/WW) to join our Public Sector Central team in Texas. This position is hybrid. Frequent travel of 50%-75%, including overnight travel dependent on project(s) location is required.

The Sr. Construction Project Manager – Water/Wastewater (W/WW) coordinates all aspects of drinking water and wastewater construction project execution, ensuring a smooth transition from the design phase to the installation and on-going service and support phase of the completed project. The position is responsible for leading and managing complex water and wastewater construction projects from conceptual design through completion. This role ensures projects are executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in full compliance with regulatory and quality requirements. The position provides strategic direction to project teams, manages client and stakeholder relationships, and consistently drives operational excellence. This includes, but is not limited to, advising and assisting the Engineer in estimating and managing the account, conferring with engineering personnel on technical information, procuring and managing outside contractors, scheduling project phases and training customers’ maintenance personnel. Manages all aspects of project finances including change management, revenue projections, customer billings, and quarterly updates. Acts as primary point of contact for all internal personnel, external contractors, subcontractors and customer agents to coordinate all aspects of project installation. Ensuring that projects are completed on time, within budget and that customers are satisfied with both the installation process and the end result is a primary objective of the Sr. Project Manager.

The essential functions of the position include:

• Assume responsibility for project planning, constructability, procurement strategy, schedule integration, risk management, change orders, commissioning, startup, performance testing, and final acceptance leading to successful project delivery
• Coordinates with engineering staff to ensure that prompt and accurate estimates and pricing are achieved and consistent with project goals. This position will hold ownership and/or coordination responsibilities regarding the project execution estimate, schedule, procurement plan, and budget baseline. (Engineering retains responsibility for its technical design).
• Develops and maintains ongoing contact with the customer to schedule and coordinate all work performed and to ensure clear and consistent communication about the project’s progress, costs and training
• Assists engineers in obtaining quotes from outside mechanical, electrical and construction contractors and vendors, chooses appropriate contractors and vendors for each project, issues contracts, schedules and manages all contractor and subcontractor work and ensures on time arrival of all project equipment and supplies
• Directs and manages Construction Managers (Site Superintendents) on the project, both ESG employees and contract employees. This position will lead overall project delivery, while site personnel manage day-to-day field execution.
• Assume responsibility for the overall project financial outcome, including cost-to-complete forecasts, contingency, change-order recovery, cash flow, and early identification of margin erosion.
• Coordinates with ESG Management, Finance and Accounting support groups to ensure project is on track and cost objectives are met
• Provide monthly revenue forecasts and quarterly budget updates to Operations Director
• Reviews Project Metrics report with the project accountant that contains contract value, percent of completion, billings, contingency and margin; flags on report that generate action items include under billings by more than 5% and margin deviation by greater than 3%. Other responsibilities will include cost-to-complete forecasts, commitments, cash flow, change-order status, and corrective-action ownership.
• Monitors labor, materials, project modifications and work completion and makes changes as necessary to ensure achievement of project objectives within cost and time constraints
• Works with all contractors to ensure systems, software and control strategies for integrated systems meet project requirements.
• Oversees all aspects of W/WW installation, working with all parties involved to proactively prevent and solve quality and other problems that may arise in the course of the project
• Manages coordination of equipment testing, controls integration, commissioning, operator training, O&M manuals, warranties, punch-list closure, and turnover to the customer or ongoing service team.
• Create and maintain an efficient, effective project work force, providing training and supervision for each member assigned to the project and coordinating team member activities to meet project objectives
• Coordinate with the ESG EHS Director to ensure adherence to all OSHA, Federal, State and safety regulations, as well as all ESG policies and procedures. This may include coordination regarding quality assurance/quality control, inspections, nonconformance resolution, safety planning, and corrective actions.
• Keeps abreast of all changes in federal, state and local safety regulations and company policies as they pertain to the project installation and implements system changes as required
• Analyzes project costs and works with accounting and finance departments to determine customer billing
• Performs all financial management tasks within ESG’s financial management systems software
• Performs related work as required

Your background includes:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, with a preference for engineering or construction management
• A minimum of seven (7) years’ engineering and construction-related experience managing construction projects
• Demonstrated experience with municipal water/wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure strongly preferred
• Minimum construction related requirements include:
  • Exposure to project development
  • Exposure to working with and directing project teams
  • Experience in developing schedules
  • Experience managing project budgets. Demonstrated ability to successfully manage projects from development to project closure
  • Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets and project schedules, properly document projects, and work well with customers and achieve customer satisfaction on every job
  • Demonstrated ability to work with others including customers, subcontractors, design engineers and material suppliers in a professional and ethical manner
• Demonstrated working knowledge of OSHA, Federal, and State Safety regulations

A bonus to have:

• Ten (10) years’ experience engineering and construction-related experience managing construction projects, preferably including experience managing municipal water and wastewater treatment facility and infrastructure projects, including process equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation and controls, and commissioning. Experience working at active treatment facilities where construction must be coordinated with ongoing operations also preferable
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Designated Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)

What we bring to you:

• Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision insurance plans and wellness plans for employee and your family
• Life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and supplemental benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Nine Paid Holidays with three floater holidays
• Paid Vacation and Personal/Sick Leave
• Paid Parental Leave for the birth, adoption, or placement of a child/children
• Highly competitive salaries and incentive structure

We want you to know:

ESG is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value talent and understand that our colleagues allow us the opportunity to deliver an exceptional customer experience. We achieve our goals through teamwork and conduct our business with integrity. Join our world-class team to provide mission-critical infrastructure solutions for K-12 schools and universities to local, state and federal government agencies and more.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.