Project Manager (Water / Waste Water)

Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is one of the largest privately-held architecture and engineering firms in the Southeast.

GMC is seeking a Project Manager for water and wastewater infrastructure projects to join our Montgomery, AL team. This individual will serve as project manager and/or technical lead on municipal drinking and wastewater projects.

Foundational

• Builds on extensive technical foundations with expectation to make significant contributions to the team efforts for the benefit of the client
• Demonstrates ability to evaluate, select, and apply standards, techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform a task or sequence of tasks for conventional projects with few complex features
• Understands technical requirements needed in the design of a project and how various disciplines are integrated to meet the needs of the client
• Independent performer on most assignments
  
  

Technical

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to provide studies
• Provide planning and design services for water/wastewater utilities
• Provide technical design for water/wastewater treatment projects and technical support to the design team to ensure efficiency, quality, and performance to fulfill project requirements
• Deliver engineering calculations, project coordination, write engineering specifications, establish appropriate design methods, report preparation and coordination, equipment sizing and selection while working directly with clients
• Drive profitability of projects and satisfaction of clients through quality work and on-time / on-budget delivery
• Coordinate with leadership on staffing and workload through entire project development to complete documents on schedule
• Conduct QA/QC of all documents and reports, verifying accuracy of data, information and calculations
• Prepare and oversee detailed construction document packages and provide technical leadership for all deliverables for client
• Support marketing efforts through client engagement, responsiveness and strong delivery of projects
• Assist with proposals to provide professional services, including preparation of scopes, budgets and schedules for assignments
  
  

Professional Competencies

Client and Customer Focus

• Assist in learning the needs of assigned clients.
• Understand the profession’s ethical obligation to Client and the public welfare
• Assist with reviewing and defining scope of work issues with Consultants and Contractors
  
  

Team Orientation

• Work across disciplines and office locations to fully utilize firm experiential knowledge
• Ability to coordinate work with professional engineers, surveyors, survey field personnel, city code enforcement officials and construction crews
• Plans and coordinates detailed aspects of engineering work.
• Ability to work with multiple individuals in a team environment.
• Coordinates work with entry-level engineers, technicians, surveyors and administrative staff
• Contributes to Client Services team
  
  

Company Perspective

• Represent the firm in all aspects of projects and assignments to prospective employees, clients, and the communities we serve.
• Reinforce GMC standards and Core Values to others
  
  

Communication

• Ability to respond to common inquiries from contractors, surveyors, survey field personnel, city code enforcement or regulatory agencies
• Ability to effectively present information in oral and written format
• Receives general supervision on assignments and thorough review of all aspects of work
• Receives instruction on specific objectives, and direction on unconventional and/or complex problems
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Assist with developing standards and guidelines
• Provide input towards improving operational procedures.
• Able to perform tasks in support of Staff Professionals and Engineer Interns
• Performs more advanced drafting tasks
• Continually participate in Individual Development planning and program.
  
  

Leadership

• Trains and mentors other CADD / Revit technicians
• Collaboratively uses judgment to determine adaptations in methods for non-routine aspects of assignments
  
  

Service

• Actively participate in local professional society
• Participate in community service activities and understand implications of involvement
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering
• Experience with municipal water/wastewater
• PE registration in Alabama or ability/plan to obtain
• Strong technical background and experience in water or wastewater
• Active engagement in professional and industry organizations
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Working knowledge of technical specifications
• Software knowledge: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD
  
  

Experience

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s, BCEE, PMP, LEED AP preferred
• Engaged in life-long learning to maintain knowledge associated with Architecture / Engineering contemporary issue
• Professional Engineer Licensure
  
  

Travel Requirements

• As required per project or client / project
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About GMC

We believe in community, collaboration, and using the power of creativity and hard work to make a difference. Whether designing schools, parks, hospitals and other commercial developments, or providing clean water, safe streets and restoring resilient environments, GMC takes great pride in serving our communities through the transformative work we do. Every project is guided by the foundational concept that communities are built by people, not companies, and we strive to serve our communities with quality, integrity, creativity and care. One of the Southeast’s most comprehensive multi-disciplined firms, GMC is equipped to provide all of the services associated with architecture, interior design, civil engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, planning, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, surveying and disaster recovery.