Senior Project Manager Water Resources

Company Description

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.

At AECOM, our work in providing access to clean water enables communities to thrive and ecosystems to flourish, contributing to a resilient future. As a global leader in infrastructure consulting, we are at the forefront of significant water projects, with over 6,000 of the industry?s best minds driving innovation and technical excellence. Together, we develop solutions that are not only best in the world, but best for the world.

With an acceleration in infrastructure investment, your bold ideas and global expertise have never been more crucial. Join our dynamic team, where innovation, career growth, and collaboration are celebrated. Enjoy the freedom to grow with customizable career paths, water-specific technical and professional development and the potential to contribute to transformational projects worldwide.

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Water Resources Project Manager located in Portland or Seattle for high quality project delivery, with a focus on business development and project management for stream/river restoration, fish passage design, floodplain management, and stormwater management. As a Senior Water Resources Project Manager they should bring unique expertise on specific technologies or processes, will be able to apply acquired expertise and knowledge to solve business challenges, provide coaching to peers and team members, and will be sought for technical experience and able to influence suppliers. The job involves:

Proven experience in water resources engineering (e,g, restoration, hydrology/hydraulics, dams, levees, stormwater, flood control, drainage, culverts, bridges, bank stabilization) from planning to modeling to detailed design and construction supervision.

Identifies new business opportunities for AECOM, coordinates and participates in project presentations to clients and other external groups, and promotes AECOM?s capabilities, marketing its services among existing and prospective clients.

Participates in project opportunity evaluation, consultant selection, and the preparation of AECOM's qualification/experience statements.

Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors and drafts complex professional service agreements and addenda for review by senior management.

Directs project team and client compliance with contract terms and monitors subcontractors' compliance with contractual commitments.

Prepares project work plan, scope, schedule, and budget, and communicates these to project team members; monitors/manages project production for compliance with schedule, budget, and quality objectives.

May supervise technical professionals, associate project managers, and design staff including workload and staffing management.

Monitors and reports financial status of projects to technical managers.

Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and 8+ years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Professional Engineer in Oregon and/or Washington (or ability to obtain PE license within 6 months of hire)

Preferred Qualifications

20+ years of relevant Water Resources experience

5+ years of Project Management experience

Strong relations and work history with clients in the Pacific Northwest and ability to leverage existing relationships to grow the business.

Experience in preparing site civil design plans and grading. Experience in construction management or engineering support during construction.

Demonstrated proficiency in AutoCAD/Civil 3D, Microstation, ArcGIS.

Experience with hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphic concepts, principles, and models (e.g., SRH-2D/SMS, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, HydroCAD, SWMM).

Experience and familiarity with geomorphic field data collection techniques including pebble counts, channel and floodplain morphology measurements, and stream stability assessments.

Understanding of federal, state and local regulatory and permitting processes for water resources engineering projects.

Demonstrated experience in floodplain modeling/mapping and knowledge of FEMA requirements.

Experience with hydrology and hydraulics associated with dams, reservoirs, levees (e.g., precipitation frequency analysis, dam breach inundation analysis, spillway capacity analysis/design).

An MS or PhD in a relevant subject.

Membership in an appropriate professional organization (River Restoration Northwest, Northwest Regional Floodplain Management Association (NORFMA), etc).

Certified in WSDOT Fish Passage and Stream Restoration Training.

Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)

Coding experience (e.g. Python) and experience in using/developing digital tools for hydrology and hydraulics.

Additional Information

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $140,000.00 - $185,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle ? from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together ? your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm ? access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person?s potential, and we?ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10124270

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: West

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc