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Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.

Water Resources Project Manager

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Civil Engineering · 1,001-5,000 employees

Sep 11
project-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The project manager will oversee the design, management, and marketing of water resources engineering projects while ensuring they meet scope, schedule, and budget requirements. They are also responsible for mentoring junior staff, performing quality control reviews, and building strong relationships with clients.

What they look for

Water resources engineering Stormwater management Drainage design Project management Hydraulic modeling Permitting Quality assurance Quality control Mentorship Marketing Proposal development HEC-RAS HY-8 Microstation Bentley Open Roads TDEC Level II EPSC

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related field and possess a Tennessee PE license or the ability to obtain one within six months. At least 8 years of relevant experience in water resources engineering and proficiency in Microsoft Office are required.

Benefits

Employee-owned firm

Full description

Job Description

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #45 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms.

Position summary: The candidate will have increasing responsibilities in designing, managing, and marketing Water Resources Engineering for a variety of clients and project types. The successful candidate will be well-versed across the water resources discipline with demonstrated design and management experience in drainage and stormwater management design, modeling, and permitting with the supporting capabilities to effectively oversee, perform and manage a variety of water resource related engineering projects. 

Responsible for assisting in delivering all project objectives for assigned projects while meeting scope, schedule and budget requirements.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

  • Manages project(s) in accordance with scope, schedule, and budget. 

  • Collaborates with disciplines and subconsultants to develop a risk adverse project scope and fee.   

  • Work closely with junior staff to create stormwater drainage design deliverables for clients.

  • Ability to provide Quality Assurance / Quality Control reviews of deliverables during the design process.

  • Providing coaching and mentorship to the project team through one-on-one check-in meetings and various project debriefs to acknowledge achievements, identify areas for improvement, and share lessons learned.

  • Communicate project status, updates, and issues to internal and external stakeholders. 

  • Build relationships with client(s) to understand preferences and requirements to set-up and execute a quality project. 

  • Monitor and execute project progress, including identifying and mitigate risks, developing extra work order requests and open-end contract task proposals. 

  • Assist Section Heads, Office Leaders, and Practice Leaders with the marketing process including, SMART Go/No Go decisions, proposal development, and interviews. 

Nonessential Functions and Responsibilities

  • Perform other related duties as assigned

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