Assistant Project Manager, Water/Wastewater - Richmond, VA or Williamsburg, VA

Bowman
Richmond, VA 23225
United States
Category
Engineering
Job Description
Purpose

Apply administrative, technical, and managerial techniques to assigned projects to ensure their successful and timely completion within the allocated budget.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Direction
  • Receive broad guidance from senior-level management relating to overall key objectives, critical issues, new concepts, and policy matters and general parameters for execution. Manage people and processes to ensure effective execution. Review work produced by staff for quality assurance.

At the Operational and Company Level
  • Assist manager in securing repeat business from existing clients and identifying new clients.
  • Coordinate with other internal departments to meet project requirements.

Do the Work
  • Define the scope of assigned projects and develop plan to accomplish projects. Monitor progress toward deliverable schedules. Compile project status reports.
  • Review with manager all project changes, contract alterations, additional work requests, and all other factors which may significantly affect staffing requirements or budget.
  • Review job cost sheets and prepare monthly billings. Ensure assigned projects stay within budget allocation.
  • Assist with the collection of outstanding monies.
  • Maintain close liaison with clients to resolve all project questions, such as technical requirements, completion requirements and billing inquiries.
  • Participate in meetings with prospective clients, proposal preparations and establishment of budgets and schedules.
  • Work with the Project Manager to review project changes, pending or anticipated alterations to the contract, additional work requests, and all other factors, which may significantly affect staffing requirements or budget.
  • Coordinate with other internal departments to meet project requirements.
  • Work with the Project Manager to: define the scope of multiple, complex projects and develop plan to accomplish project; monitor progress toward deliverable schedules; and compile project status reports.
  • Review job cost sheets and prepare monthly billings. Ensure assigned projects stay within budget allocation.
  • Assist in the collection of outstanding monies due from assigned clients.
  • Participate in marketing presentations and attend marketing meetings.

Success Metrics and Competencies

Ideal candidate will consistently demonstrate...
  • Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.
  • Highly motivated and problem-solving attitude.
  • Strong sense of urgency in responding to constituents.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong work ethic and commitment to quality.
  • Self-reliance and ability to operate independently with limited direction.
  • Strong marketing/business development skills and mindset.
  • Commitment to driving profitability and growth.
  • Commitment to becoming a "citizen" of the broader organization, breaking down barriers and silos.
  • Basic understanding of financial reports and metrics.

Education, Work Experience, Licensure/Certifications, and Technical Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
  • Five or more (5+) years engineering or related land development experience to include professional project management experience.
  • Knowledge of AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Microsoft Office.

Physical Demands and Working Environment
  • Partly indoor professional office environment which may include bright/dim light, noise, fumes, odors, and traffic.
  • Mobility around an office environment.
  • Frequent and prolonged use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
  • Partly outdoor work environment which may include adverse weather conditions, varying temperatures, excessive noise, and/or potential hazards.
  • Mobility around a job/construction site to include walking, bending, crawling, climbing, squatting, or kneeling and wearing of required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
  • Frequent and prolonged use of data collection equipment and/or drones, necessitating walking the assigned study area to complete data collection over the course of several hours.
  • Primarily local travel during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be required according to the needs of the business.
  • Occasional lifting or carrying up to 20 pounds.
  • Occasional pushing or pulling up to 20 pounds.
  • Occasional reaching outward or above shoulder.

Note: While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, it is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary at any time with or without notice.

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Employer
Bowman