Project Manager - Water and Wastewater

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Job Description Advance your career by leading the delivery of critical water and wastewater infrastructure projects that improve communities across Indiana. As a Project Manager at CDM Smith, you will guide multidisciplinary teams through the planning, design, and execution of municipal and industrial projects, serving as a trusted partner to clients from project kickoff through completion. This role blends technical expertise, strategic leadership, and business acumen to deliver high-quality solutions while successfully managing scope, schedule, budget, and client expectations. You’ll have the opportunity to influence project success, strengthen client relationships, and help shape resilient and sustainable infrastructure for the future.

• Lead the successful delivery of municipal and industrial water and wastewater projects from planning and design through execution and closeout.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, building trusted relationships and helping clients solve complex infrastructure challenges.
• Develop project execution strategies, scopes of work, schedules, budgets, and resource plans that drive successful project outcomes.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams in delivering high-quality technical solutions while balancing scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
• Proactively identify project risks and opportunities, implementing strategies that keep projects moving forward and clients informed.
• Drive financial performance through effective project planning, forecasting, change management, and cost control.
• Lead project teams through evolving client needs, technical challenges, and changing project requirements while maintaining alignment with project objectives.
• Champion technical excellence, quality management, safety, and regulatory compliance throughout all phases of project delivery.
• Oversee project staffing and resource allocation, ensuring teams have the support needed to meet commitments and deliver exceptional results.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to engineers and project staff, helping develop future technical and project leaders.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, subcontractors, and vendors to successfully execute project requirements.
• Support business development efforts by partnering with technical and sales teams on client engagement, proposals, and strategic pursuits.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions as needed to ensure successful delivery and long-term client satisfaction.Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across project teams.

Skills & Abilities

• Recognized leader with experience delivering complex municipal and industrial infrastructure projects while balancing technical excellence, client satisfaction, financial performance, and team success.
• Strong business acumen with expertise in project planning, budgeting, forecasting, contract management, risk assessment, and project controls.
• Strategic thinker capable of identifying challenges, evaluating opportunities, and developing practical solutions that support both client and business objectives.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility with clients, project teams, executive leadership, contractors, and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing multidisciplinary teams,…