Design Partner Project Manager (Water/Wastewater)

Brown and Caldwell (BC) is seeking a Director to manage a portfolio of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Design Partner Projects in our Municipal Markets in the water treatment, wastewater treatment, water reuse treatment, linear infrastructure, and heavy civil areas. The Design Partner's goal is to ensure that all projects within their portfolio meet established key performance indicators and metrics. Design Partner Projects are projects where BC is in the design engineer of record role or design consultant role on collaborative delivery projects.

Characteristics of the successful candidate include the proven ability to manage a portfolio of projects in multiple Municipal Markets, maintain, leverage and expand BC's exceptional client relationships, align with local and national resources, and collaborate with both contractor partner and BC teams. The candidate shall have extensive project collaborative delivery experience to be able to assist in developing and implementing a successful collaborative delivery design project management plan, assess design project health, and assist in the development of a recovery plan.

Detailed Description:

The key objectives of the Design Partner include:

• Provide Project Pursuit Teams support in contract/commercial assessment and negotiation, risk analysis, scope of work development, level of effort development, pricing, and design schedule development and integration into the contractor project schedule.
• Partner with IPD Project Development Leads during project pursuit phases.
• Provide Project Delivery Teams guidance to support change management, risk management, and design quality driving successful project outcomes in alignment with BC Project Delivery fundamentals.
• Partner with Business Unit (BU) Leadership, Market Area Directors and Market Sector Leaders to ensure the IPD Enterprise and BU Delivery Teams meet our Contractor Partner (or BCC if Prime) and Client commitments.
• Supporting BU Project Pursuit and Delivery Teams and reinforcing adherence to the Chief Engineer's application of BC quality policy and use of design standards and best practices uniformly across the company.
• Partner with BU Area Leaders and Local Leaders to determine needs for resource capabilities, specialty delivery resources as needed, and delivery capacity for upcoming IPD projects.
• Assist BU Area Leaders and Local Leaders to achieve anticipated performance metrics on Design Partner Portfolio Projects, directly aligned with P&L and operational goals (ex-sales, net revenue (NR) burn, and margin) of the respective Areas.

IPD Design Partner Responsibilities:

• Coordinate directly with Leaders (BU, IPD Enterprise, Design Services Enterprise, and Project Services) associated with the Design Partner Portfolio.
• Coordinate with BU Area Leaders and Local Leaders to understand the upcoming staffing and skill set needs.
• Support delivery of Design Partner Projects communicating project talent demands across the company to form and maintain complete delivery teams.
• Work with IPD and BU Leaders to support pursuits of large, complex and company-priority Design Partner Projects.
• Support Project Managers, Project Developers and operations leadership in identifying and approving appropriate project delivery teams.
• Monitor the overall performance of the Design Partner Portfolio.
• Coordinate with the Chief Engineers and Project Delivery to drive compliance with BC project specific design standards and project delivery fundamentals and best practices.
• Work with BU and IPD Leadership to identify and address personnel, performance, and process issues.
• Work with the BU and IPD Leadership to facilitate improved organizational health and design services team performance.
• Identify and develop the next generation of BU collaborative delivery ready PM, DM, and Discipline Leads.
• Contribute to the use and continuous improvement of IPD pricing and risk management tools.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 15+ years of CMAR/PDB/FPDB project experience as r, Engineer, Design Consultant, Contractor, Specialty Contractor or related experience required.
• 10+ years' experience in project and/or design management required.
• DBIA certification or ability to get it within a year required.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license is preferred.
• Highly skilled in commercial partnering acumen, technical acumen, effort development and pricing, subconsultant selection, and project delivery to realize project objectives.
• Ability to manage a portfolio of projects.
• Ability to provide exemplary customer service to BU and IPD Leadership associated with the portfolio.
• Ability to facilitate delivery team building decisions with all pertinent stakeholders.
• Ability to leverage company-wide technical resources and expertise.
• Ability to mentor the next generation of BU collaborative delivery ready PM, DM, and Discipline Leads.
• Good understanding or ability to adhere to BC's project delivery standards.
• Ability to work well under pressure and competing deadlines.

Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee's primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

$161,000 - $215,000

You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.

Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.

About Brown and Caldwell

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction firm with 50 offices and 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For 77 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice-to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.

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