Environmental and Solid Waste Project Manager

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an experienced Environmental and Solid Waste Project Manager to provide project management and program support for the Charles County Department of Public Works on a diverse portfolio of environmental solid waste water resources civil infrastructure and related capital improvement projects.

The Project Manager will support projects throughout the project life cycle from planning and feasibility through design permitting procurement construction commissioning and closeout. The position will work closely with County staff engineering consultants contractors regulatory agencies and other stakeholders to ensure projects are effectively coordinated and delivered in accordance with established scope schedule budget quality safety and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate will have experience managing environmental or solid waste infrastructure projects and be comfortable working in both office and field environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple environmental solid waste civil infrastructure and related capital projects concurrently.
• Provide project management and owners representative services throughout planning design permitting procurement construction and closeout.
• Develop maintain and monitor project schedules budgets scopes action-item logs risk registers and project documentation.
• Coordinate with County departments consulting engineers contractors regulatory agencies utility providers and other stakeholders.
• Review and coordinate engineering designs technical reports specifications cost estimates schedules permitting documents and other project deliverables.
• Monitor project progress and identify potential impacts to scope schedule cost quality and regulatory compliance.
• Identify project risks issues constraints and opportunities and coordinate appropriate mitigation or resolution strategies.
• Support permitting and regulatory compliance activities associated with environmental and infrastructure projects.
• Assist with procurement bidding contract administration and contractor selection activities.
• Monitor consultant and contractor performance and coordinate resolution of project issues.
• Track project expenditures commitments forecasts change orders and overall budget performance.
• Prepare project status reports presentations meeting agendas and minutes correspondence dashboards and other management-level documentation.
• Facilitate project meetings and maintain clear and timely communication among project stakeholders.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple County departments and maintain continuity as projects transition between planning design procurement construction and closeout.
• Assist with project commissioning startup closeout record documentation warranties and lessons learned.
• Provide technical and management support for emerging projects and initiatives as assigned by the County.
• Perform other project management duties as assigned.

Areas of Project Experience

Experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable:

• Solid waste management and infrastructure.
• Landfill development expansion closure and remediation.
• Recycling and materials recovery facilities.
• Citizen disposal facilities.
• Composting and organics management facilities.
• Environmental remediation and restoration.
• Dams flood-control infrastructure and water resources.
• Dredging and sediment management.
• Stormwater and drainage infrastructure.
• Water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Environmental permitting and regulatory compliance.
• Public works and municipal capital improvement programs.
• Other environmental or infrastructure-related capital projects.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Construction Management Environmental Science or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant project management experience preferably involving environmental solid waste civil infrastructure public works or construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects through multiple phases including planning design permitting procurement construction and closeout.
• Experience coordinating engineering consultants contractors government agencies and other project stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project scope schedule budget risk quality and change management.
• Ability to review and interpret engineering drawings specifications technical reports cost estimates schedules and other project documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with Microsoft Project or other project scheduling software is preferred.
• Ability to work independently while also functioning effectively within a multidisciplinary project team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification or license such as PE PMP CCM or similar.
• Experience with municipal County State or other public-sector capital improvement programs.
• Experience with environmental permitting and regulatory agencies particularly in Maryland.
• Experience with landfill solid waste recycling environmental or water resources projects.
• Construction management or owners representative experience.
• Experience managing projects involving multiple consultants and contractors.
• Familiarity with public procurement construction contracts change management and payment processes.
• Experience with project controls cost estimating scheduling and risk management.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a hands-on organized and collaborative project manager who can effectively coordinate technical environmental construction regulatory and administrative requirements.

The successful candidate will be comfortable communicating with engineers environmental professionals contractors regulatory agencies County leadership and field personnel. The individual should be able to identify issues early coordinate solutions maintain project momentum and provide clear and concise information to County stakeholders and senior management.

Candidates with strong project management experience in environmental solid waste landfill water resources civil infrastructure or related public works projects are encouraged to apply. Experience in every listed discipline is not required.

Work Environment

The position will involve a combination of office field construction site landfill and other project locations throughout Charles County. Regular site visits project meetings and coordination with County staff consultants contractors and other stakeholders will be required.

The successful candidate will work as part of the Turner & Townsend Heery team supporting the Charles County Department of Public Works and will be expected to establish effective working relationships with County staff and external project stakeholders.

Additional Information :

*On site requirements might change based on client needs*

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time