The posting
Company Description
Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.
Job Description
Position Purpose:
This position will initially be based in Tampa, Florida, supporting several local design and construction initiatives. The role will typically oversee projects from design through final completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with design, regulatory, and contract requirements, while achieving a high level of client satisfaction. Future assignments may vary.
The CPM Construction Project Manager is responsible for oversight of Veolia construction projects, engineering subcontractors, construction subcontractors and subordinate personnel assigned to those projects. Primary objectives of the role include:
- Lead project team with respect to field engineering support for construction activities.
- Manage and coordinate the efforts of subcontractors.
- Lead coordination of both design and construction activities at the site.
- Work with existing operation teams and on site contractors to ensure that work is properly coordinated and done safely.
- Ensure financial commitments and obligations of assigned projects are being met and create/execute mitigation efforts when they are not.
- Works to create a collaborative work environment.
- Ensure designated project tools (e.g. Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud and Masterworks) are being used in accordance with company protocols and contract/project requirements.
- Direct and lead subordinates in efforts to properly execute design and construction projects in accordance with company policies, project contracts and appropriate industry practice.
- Interact with client to ensure that the client agency maintains a high level of confidence and satisfaction with Veolia and projects managed by Veolia.
- Be knowledgeable of project contracts.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Project Planning and Execution:Develop and maintain the overall project management plan. Establish project objectives and delivery strategies. Coordinate construction activities. Plan site logistics, temporary facilities, access and laydown areas. Ensure constructability is considered during design development and construction planning.
- Schedule Management:Monitor project progressive in accordance with the master construction schedule. Track progress against milestones and production targets. Analyze delays, disruptions, and schedule risks. Lead or participate in recovery efforts. Coordinate shutdowns, tie-ins, testing, startup, and commissioning activities.
- Cost and Financial Control:Monitor the construction budget and cost forecasts. Review commitments, expenditures, invoices, change orders, and payment applications. Evaluate the cost and schedule impacts of proposed changes. Implement cost-control measures and report variances to project leadership.
- Contract and Commercial Management:Administer prime contracts, construction management agreements, and subcontractor contracts. Ensure contractors comply with contract terms, specifications, drawings, and approved schedules. Manage requests for information, submittals, notices, claims, disputes, and changes. Review and negotiate change orders, extensions of time, and additional-cost requests. Maintain complete project records in accordance with company requirements.
- Safety and Health Management:Promote a strong site safety culture and enforce the project safety plan. Ensure compliance with applicable occupational safety regulations and owner requirements. Review contractor safety plans, permits, job hazard analyses, and emergency response procedures. Investigate incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions and ensure corrective actions are completed.
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control:Implement and enforce the project quality management plan. Verify that construction complies with approved drawings, specifications, codes, standards, and manufacturer requirements. Ensure deficiencies are documented, corrected, and closed before acceptance.
- Design and Technical Coordination:Coordinate design teams, engineers, contractors, vendors, client/owner and field personnel. Review drawings, specifications, technical submittals, shop drawings, and equipment data. Resolve design conflicts, field conditions, constructability issues, and interface problems. Manage the request-for-information process and ensure timely technical decisions.
- Procurement and Materials Management:Coordinate procurement of long-lead equipment and critical materials. Monitor vendor engineering, fabrication, inspections, shipping, and delivery. Track material status and ensure materials are available when required by the schedule. Verify receiving inspections, storage conditions, preservation, and inventory control.
- Regulatory and Environmental Compliance:Ensure compliance with permits, environmental requirements, water-quality regulations, building codes, and utility standards. Maintain required records, reports, and compliance documentation. Support permit modifications and regulatory reviews when project conditions change.
- Stakeholder and Communication Management:Serve as a primary point of contact among the owner, designer, contractors, operators, regulators, utilities, and community representatives. Lead progress meetings, coordination meetings, design reviews, and risk workshops. Prepare regular reports covering schedule, cost, safety, quality, risks, changes, and key decisions. Communicate impacts of construction activities to plant operations and surrounding stakeholders. Escalate critical issues promptly and provide recommendations for resolution.
- Interface and Operations Coordination:Coordinate construction with existing plant operations and ongoing treatment activities. Lead or participate in Maintenance of Plant Operations efforts. Ensure operator training, operating procedures, maintenance requirements, and asset handover are performed in accordance with contract requirements.
- Risk and Issue Management:Maintain the project risk register and mitigation plans. Identify risks related to geotechnical conditions, buried utilities, permitting, procurement, constructability, startup, and operations. Lead or participate in the dispute resolution process as defined by the contract. Monitor emerging risks and assess their cost, schedule, safety, quality, and operational impacts. Ensure lessons learned are captured and applied.
- Testing, Commissioning, and Startup:Review and coordinate the commissioning and startup plans with the owner, design team, contractors, and operators. Ensure activities are performed in accordance with the contract and applicable plans, including systems are mechanically complete before testing and commissioning, and the following are performed appropriately: prefunctional checks, pressure testing, flushing, cleaning, electrical testing, controls verification, and performance testing, process validation and demonstration of treatment performance. Track commissioning deficiencies and ensure they are resolved. Ensure regulatory acceptance, operational readiness, and proper transition to operations.
- Closeout and Handover:Confirm completion of punch-list work and contractual obligations. Collect as-built drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, warranties, spare parts, test records, certificates, and training documentation. Verify final inspections, approvals, permits, and acceptance documentation. Support final account settlement and contract closeout. Complete lessons learned and ensure a smooth transition to plant operations and maintenance.
- Ultimately, the construction project manager is accountable for integrating all project functions and ensuring that the project is:Safely constructed. Compliant with permits, codes, and specifications. Delivered within the approved budget and schedule. Properly tested and commissioned. Capable of meeting its required treatment performance. Fully documented and ready for reliable operation.
Work Environment:
- This job operates in an office, water treatment plant process settings, and both indoor and outdoor construction settings.
- This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers.
Qualifications
Education/Experience/Background:
- Four year college degree.
- Experience in a project management role.
- Experience with managing direct reports.
- Experience with direct client communications.
- Experience with working on Maintenance of Plant Operations efforts.
- Master’s Degree is preferred.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Strong analytical skills and process focus.
- Tenacity and energy in leading change toward a high performing work environment.
- Analytical skills as normally attained through education and field experience.
- Ability to influence and coach others for results.
- Problem-solving skills and follow-up ability.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated effective communication, presentation and interpersonal skills in order to interface with and motivate all levels of personnel.
- Ability to understand and use reference materials (manuals, schematics, etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to prepare accurate, effective, complete and easily understood written communications and reports.
- Demonstrated commitment to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and other Company policies and procedures.
- Understanding of construction site safety practices, design drawings, cost estimating, construction schedules and cost and quality management.
- Understanding of water and wastewater plant environments and processes.
- Ability to travel throughout the United States.
- Strong problem solving and project management skills.
- Strong PC skills with proficiency in word processing, project scheduling, spreadsheet and database software and the ability to optimize the use of technology and systems to communicate, manage budget and to streamline processes and increase efficiency.
- Proficiency in the care and use of all site specific, facility required PPE (Personal Protection Equipment).
Required Certification/Licenses/Training:
- Valid Driver’s license and safe driving record.
- Desirable professional licenses/certifications include Professional Engineer License, Contractor’s License and Water/Wastewater Operations Certification(s).
Physical Requirements:
- This role also routinely utilizes personal protective equipment.
Additional Information
Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
