The location of this position is flexible and can be based out of several of our West Central group offices: Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, Denver CO, or Kansas City MO.

Our employees are the heart of our company. As an employer of choice, our goal is to provide a challenging, progressive and inclusive work environment which fosters personal leadership, career growth and development for every employee. We value passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world-class solutions and bring diverse perspectives. As part of our growth plans, the West Central Group (WCG) is seeking a strong leader to serve as PMCL for water and environmental projects in WCG.

Job Description:

The PMCL is a key role in delivering projects per our Corporate Quality Standards, providing excellent client service, and maximizing the long-term profitability of the firm. A successful PMCL builds a high-performing project management team through effective leadership and rigorous application of Project Delivery framework.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support the WCG Delivery Leader in the day-to-day operation of the business unit, including project delivery performance, go/no-go decisions, pricing strategies, risk management, forecasting and budgeting, and performance reporting.

• Provide interpretation of monthly performance figures to support overall business unit management and to the project managers to proactively resolve project issues and improve project performance.

• In coordination with the WCG Delivery Leader, assign project management staff to ensure timely, effective, and efficient execution of projects.

• Identify and close capability gaps among project management staff, providing valuable team management and talent development support to foster career growth and required skills of project managers.

• Lead and coordinate with the Technical Services Unit’s Regional Team Leaders efforts to integrate improved resource management (e.g., implementation of resource-loaded scheduling capabilities and practices).

• Actively support CDM Smith’s Project Delivery framework implementation by project managers within the group.

• Conduct regular project review meetings with project managers to monitor project-level performance, budget, schedule, risk, and quality management in support of program/group-level reporting and management.

• Assist in developing and reviewing proposal pricing and scope of work to support Business Unit objectives and individual bid pricing strategies.

• Review and approve proposal and project scopes, schedules, and budgets.

• Review and approve project enrollments to ensure profitability, quality, and other PM best management practices are employed.

• Drive consistent project management practices and procedures in alignment with CDM Smith PM requirements and those of the group.

• Serve as a project manager for a sub-set of projects within WCG, managing scope, schedule, budget, quality and risk in compliance with CDM Smith’s Project Delivery framework and Quality Management requirements.

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