Principal Project Manager, Water Resources

Gannett Fleming is seeking a dynamic Principal Project Manager to join their Water Business Group, focusing on innovative solutions for sustainable water management. The role involves leading project teams, managing client relationships, and ensuring quality project delivery while mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain relationships with our clients, connect GFT solutions to client needs, lead project teams in quality project delivery, and guide procurement stages leading to new opportunities in collaboration with other water business line professionals
• Develops high-value client relationships, while representing GFT
• Engages and cultivates client service teams to support understanding and delivering on client needs and expectations
• Creates client engagement strategies and pursuit plans, actively leading in key opportunity proposal strategy, positioning, teaming, messaging and interview development
• Serves as project manager or senior technical resource for key clients. Manage multi-disciplinary resources to deliver projects on schedule and budget and according to client critical success factors
• Ensures quality client services, clarity on work products, and delivery of high-quality services within budget and schedule constraints
• Utilizes internal systems for communication, tracking and collaboration on projects and opportunities
• Supports development of staff members, especially as it relates to exceptional client service delivery, strategic planning, and effective communication
• Meets identified performance metrics including annual sales goals, project budgets and schedules
• Leverages resources, experience and skills of the firm to support client goals
• Participates in professional societies, creating connections for GFT and technical professionals in support of client goals
• Participating in and leading project teams in the planning, design and construction administration of water resources infrastructure facilities
• Client interaction, presentations and project coordination
• Coordinating work activities by various technical staff and consultants including developing and implementing study and design standards for consultants to follow, leading progress meetings, preparing meeting agendas and minutes, tracking project schedules, and budgets
• Coordinating work activities and communicating with various governmental regulating agencies
• Oversee construction contract management and observation services
• Preparation of reports and permit applications
• Supervise and mentor junior-level engineers
• Demonstrate professional technical writing and verbal skills

Requirements:

• BS in Civil, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering or related field
• 15+ years of experience required in water resources infrastructure
• Demonstrated project management experience including budget and schedule monitoring and control responsibilities
• Experienced in client relations and business development
• Leader and team player possessing strong planning and organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to conduct effective client presentations and written report preparation
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in consulting and engineering services with progressive responsibilities including business development and project delivery, especially for water resources infrastructure projects
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, lead strong project teams meeting project requirements, and provide strong business growth results in management roles
• Proven track record of successfully managing projects and delivering on time and on budget while meeting or exceeding client expectations
• Proven understanding of environmental and regulatory drivers for clients and projects
• Proven technical skills with the ability to articulate ideas and concepts both visually and contextually are required
• Professional Engineer License is strongly preferred