Program Manager - Water/Wastewater

Job Description

Dewberry is currently seeking a Program Manager to expand our Mid-Atlantic Water/Wastewater Services practice. This position will be located in our Richmond, VA office.

The Program Manager will be responsible for fostering existing client relationships, developing new clients, managing production, and managing technical staff in the execution of complex water/wastewater engineering projects and supporting business development, business strategy, and recruiting efforts.

The successful candidate will have a diverse background and extensive experience in winning and delivering complex multidiscipline water and wastewater projects through various stages including planning, analysis, design, construction administration, permitting, and regulatory compliance.

With support from the enterprise, the successful candidate will support business development activities, pursue new clients and potential project leads, support the development of price and technical proposals, and coordinate with other regional and national water/wastewater leaders to jointly pursue and execute water/wastewater projects in the region. Additionally, the candidate will have access to corporate technical expertise as needed to support project pursuits and delivery.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Support client management of key municipal water/wastewater clients.
• Support proposal efforts for municipal water/wastewater contracts and/or projects.
• Support client action and capture plans for specific clients or opportunities.
• Support the delivery of water and wastewater evaluation, design, and projects.
• Support task order proposals for on-call engineering contracts.
• Participate in water/wastewater professional organizations including presenting at conferences to expand Dewberry’s brand in the water market.
  
  

Required Skills & Required Experience

• B.S. degree is preferred.
• 15 years’ experience of increasing levels of project and client responsibilities for public sector water and wastewater projects.
• A minimum of 10 years’ project management and technical staff supervision experience.
• A successful track record of building client relationships in water/wastewater market, particularly high-profile regional clients.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong client retention and new business development skills.
• Strong leadership qualities and ability to coach and mentor junior and mid-level staff.
  
  

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
• Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.
  
  

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