Senior Project Manager - Water/Wastewater Services

CDM Smith
Latham, NY
Why CDM Smith?:

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Job Description:

CDM Smith currently has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager with previous experience managing municipal water services projects to join our greater NY capital region. In this position, your primary role will be to lead the successful delivery of engineering projects for our clients in the following areas of practice: planning and design of drinking water, wastewater treatment, biosolids, pump station, conveyance, general municipal engineering, and stormwater. Secondarily, you will support Client Service Leaders in business development activities for projects you are identified to manage or play a key technical role in delivering.

 

**We are open to this position working hybrid out of the following offices: Syracuse, Latham, Massena NY.**

 

CDM Smith’s Global Delivery Excellence Framework provides project managers with a comprehensive set of standardized tools and policies that streamline scope, schedule, and financial management. Project managers are also provided with project control specialist, contract administrator, and quality management support throughout the project planning, delivery, and closeout lifecycle. Senior Project Manager key performance indicators include revenue managed, profit delivered, cash flow, sales contributions, on-time delivery, quality management system compliance, and individual utilization.

 

As a member of this team, you would contribute to CDM Smith's mission by:

• Managing and serving as the lead Project Manager for wastewater, water, stormwater, conveyance, and general municipal engineering projects.

• Providing technical guidance, senior leadership, and mentoring engineering staff to enhance our water services design capabilities.

• Being responsible for planning and execution of scope, schedule and budget for projects managed.

• Completing Quality Assurance/Quality Control reviews of key deliverables.

• Assisting Client Service Leaders with technical marketing by meeting with clients in the region.

• Participation in professional societies relevant to the industry.

• Building and maintaining positive working relationships with key decision makers in our clients’ organizations.

• Perform technical engineering project work.

• Providing excellent client service that generates repeat business. 

• Supporting proposal development and participating in interviews for new projects you will help deliver.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree.

• 7 years of related experience.

• PMP (PMI), CCM or DBIA certification is required (within 12 months of hire or promotion onto the Approved Project Manager list).

• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands. • Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental or chemical engineering or related discipline.

• Professional engineering (PE) license.

• Previous experience working on and managing projects for municipal water resources, wastewater, drinking water, conveyance clients.

• Previous experience managing multi-discipline project teams.

• Excellent communication, networking and team building skills.

• Previous experience working directly with clients.

• Master’s degree.

• Previous experience working and managing projects for municipal clients.

• Previous business development experience including preparation of proposals and scopes of work and cost estimates for municipal clients.

Amount of Travel Required: 10% or less EEO Statement: We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, pregnancy related conditions, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression), national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Additional Compensation : All bonuses at CDM Smith are discretionary and may or may not apply to this position. Pay Range Min: USD $115,253.00 Pay Range Max: USD $201,677.00 Visa Sponsorship Available : No-We will not support sponsorship in the United States, i.e. H-1B or TN Visas for this position
Posted 2026-06-23

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