Manages the overall delivery of heavy civil water and wastewater construction projects, including safety, quality, schedule, contracts, budgets, financial forecasting, change orders, procurement, permits, inspections, stakeholder communication, and team leadership. The role requires extensive experience managing wastewater treatment plant projects valued at $50 million or more, public works contracts, project P&L, and collaborative delivery across Southern California.
Stacy Witbeck is seeking an experienced Water & Wastewater Project Manager with 10+ years of experience. Our award-winning construction company is expanding our Southern California-based water division. This water group offers significant growth opportunities in a collaborative, high-performing environment grounded in trust, integrity, and a commitment to excellence. This is a ground-level opportunity to help build vital water infrastructure. This role is ideal for individuals seeking significant growth opportunities with an employee-owned company that focuses on its clients and employees and rewards innovation. Those with low-bid and collaborative delivery experience who enjoy the challenge of pursuing and managing the work they take on will be motivated by this job. We have an excellent reputation and a history of taking on challenging, technical work and exceeding expectations. If you’re ready to take on rewarding projects, “Build Cool Things,” and advance your career in the water industry, Stacy Witbeck is the place for you.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Responsible for the overall direction of a project; safety, quality, schedule, and financial results
- Manages and directs activities related to contract administration, including RFI’s, submittals, schedule, change management, etc.
- Management of project budget, cost, and revenue
- Generates monthly project financial projections.
- Client and project stakeholder management and interface
- Resource Planning and management, project labor, equipment, and material needs; ensure timely procurement based on production and installation lead times.
- Oversee and direct the team to complete all required permits, approvals, and inspections as scheduled.
- Participate in design coordination that may include scheduling and prioritization, constructability reviews, and value engineering as needed.
- Maintain regular communication with field coordinators/construction managers to ensure quality control and adherence to project schedules.
- Maintains thorough knowledge of safety requirements; Ensures guidelines and programs are enforced to maintain a safe and healthy work environment and comply with Company policies.
- Reports on project status regularly through meetings or written correspondence.
- Superior ability to supervise and motivate subordinates within a collaborative, employee-owned business model.
- Commitment to excellence and high standards.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
- Ability to manage priorities and workflow.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and organize projects.
- Proven leadership and business acumen.
- Ability to effectively communicate with people at all levels and from various backgrounds.
- Capacity to forecast and manage costs.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
**Please note: requirements are essential, but preferences have flexibility. **
Requirements
Requirements
- 12+ years of related experience, including managing/supervising heavy civil and water/wastewater or similar work.
- 7+ years of project management experience in wastewater treatment plants.
- Experience managing projects at $50 million+ in value.
- Experience managing project P&L, including project budget, cost, and revenue.
- Project financial forecasting and projections.
- Strong understanding of contracts and risk mitigation
- Change Order Management.
- Proficient understanding of contract requirements on public works contracts.
- Ability to work collaboratively with team members, including Clients, subcontractors, and vendors.
- Ability to understand any safety requirements and cautions.
- Proficient in Excel and Office Suite.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Valid Driver’s License required.
- Travel may be required within the Southern California region (Ex., Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and Ventura County)
Preferences:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree.
- Basic competence in subordinates’ duties and tasks.
- We encourage applicants with alternative delivery experience.
- Good judgment with the ability to make timely and sound decisions.
- Preference for those who enjoy a collaborative, team-driven work style.
- Experience with a wide variety of software and platforms is not required. However, experience with cloud-based collaborative software such as Teams, Smartsheet, Heavy Job, Heavy Bid, P6, Primavera Cloud, ProCore, etc., may strengthen your candidacy.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
NOTE:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
**At this time, no candidates presented through external staffing/recruiting agencies will be considered. Any resumes submitted to Stacy and Witbeck Inc. (SWI) will be considered the sole property of Stacy and Witbeck. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, SWI will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, SWI explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Stacy and Witbeck, Inc..
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
NOTE:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
**At this time, no candidates presented through external staffing/recruiting agencies will be considered. Any resumes submitted to Stacy and Witbeck Inc. (SWI) will be considered the sole property of Stacy and Witbeck. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, SWI will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, SWI explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Stacy and Witbeck, Inc..
What we have to offer:
- Award-winning contractor with a dynamic business model and an excellent reputation.
- We are a 100% employee-owned company with a competitive ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
- Company pays 100% of employee premiums for health insurance; employee pays up to $15 per week for family premiums.**Benefits and employee costs are subject to change
- HSA and FSA plans that will allow you to divert pre-tax money.
- Life insurance provided by the company at 2.5 times your yearly salary.
About
We are passionate about public infrastructure, and our track record shows it.We are a full-service contractor that can manage, and self-perform, the entirety of heavy civil infrastructure projects, from start to finish. We have a reputation for being the go-to contractor for complex urban transit projects that require a partner that understands how to make alternative delivery projects successful.From classic streetcars to high-speed rail, we have completed some of the most innovative and iconic transit systems in the United States. We leverage our experience building more than 650 miles of track to support construction of a wide range of infrastructure projects in complex environments and challenging terrain across the country.
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