Project Manager - Hydropower Generation

Why Black and Veatch

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The Opportunity

This Project Manager – Hydropower Generation Services role will support Hydropower Projects. We are seeking candidates with minimum 8 years' experience in Hydropower Generation and at least three years as a Project Manager. Candidate must be located in the Sacramento, CA region.

The Project Manager – Hydropower Generation Services role will function in a mid-level project manager capacity. You will own multiple services projects encompassing hydropower plant capital improvements, equipment refurbishment, plant life extension programs, hydraulic structure projects including spillway refurbishment, spillway gates, cranes, hoists, and other civil, mechanical, and electrical scopes for balance of plant systems for existing facilities. Other scopes could consist of feasibility studies, pumped storage, and synchronous condenser technology.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Provide technical support for client projects with design review services, design engineering services, and development engineering support.
• Support client projects with feasibility studies, energy production estimates, and cost estimates, construction support and testing & commissioning.
• Provide proposal support for client projects with technical specification preparation, RFP support, and bid evaluation support.
• Oversee EPC contractors for client projects.
• In this role, you will also support the client interface with assigned clients to assist in developing client relationships and identification of new project opportunities including pre-positioning for favorable consideration by the client.
• Be part of the Hydro North West Hydro Leadership team who is responsible to define client and project implementation strategies as well as make project and team staff decisions.

Please note: This role has 20% travel to project and client sites. When not travelling, this role will be based out of our Rancho Cordova, CA office.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively promote Black and Veatch's operational and safety culture.
• Responsibility for achieving project goals for safety, compliance, schedule, quality, financials, reputation, and client expectations.
• Actively nurture and cast positive culture shadow.
• Respond to RFPs and prepare proposals for services work.
• Lead project teams in engineering services projects for hydropower projects.
• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members
• Interface between the client, external stakeholders, and internal stakeholders to ensure project success.
• Work in both a corporate and field environment.
• Assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers
• Typically provides support to business development for pursuit activities
  

Management Responsibilities

Acts as a project manager. Among responsibilities is management of a project team. The individual comprising this team may vary by project.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in hydropower or hydraulic structures
• 5+ years of experience in Project Management with full responsibility for the outcome of the project
• Previous experience with engineering projects in a utility power plant setting
• Experience in design and operation support of conventional and pumped storage hydroelectric generation stations
• Previous experience in a client facing role
• Typically 7 years experience.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.
• Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmospheric conditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation). Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.