Project Manager – Water/Wastewater

Reference JOB-19033

Location San Jose

Job Type Project Manager

RCS Staffing has an immediate need for a Project Manager in San Jose, CA. This is a full-time, direct-hire, hybrid position with our client.

Overview of YOUR role as a Project Manager:

As a Project Manager you will be tasked with the overall management of a number of water, wastewater, and stormwater projects. We’re looking for people who can function as a role model and ambassador for our client, articulating and representing the brand, vision and value proposition internally and externally.

As a Project Manager YOU will be:

  • Providing administrative and technical management over several water, stormwater and wastewater projects.
  • Establishing and periodically reviewing time-and-hour budgets and meeting those budgets on the projects.
  • Periodically reviewing project schedules and progress on the projects.
  • Defining and summarizing more difficult problems and methods of approach for other engineers.
  • Supervising and coordinating several varied assignments simultaneously.
  • Identifying new business opportunities with existing clients and pursuing and winning opportunities with new clients. In each case, taking a leadership role in the pursuit process.
  • Maintaining continued relationship with clients after each project is finished to increase our opportunities for future work.
  • Performing non-routine and complex assignments in support of corporate commercial and management goals.
  • Applying diversified knowledge of engineering and scientific principles to meet project objectives.
  • Calculating estimated costs to estimate the commercial aspects of a project.

YOU are the ideal Project Manager candidate if you have:

  • B.S. Degree in Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering is required. An M.S. in Engineering Degree is desired.
  • 15-30 years’ experience in water engineering
  • Experience with large public and/or private water and wastewater utilities in the US.
  • They will have experience in planning, design and management of water related projects.
  • They are comfortable mentoring less experienced engineers.
  • They have a Professional Engineering (PE) license in the State of California or can obtain a license within one-year (required).
  • Having and obtaining a Professional Engineering license in other states is desirable.
  • A successful candidate will be an initiative-taker with the ability to lead and manage people and projects
  • They will have an in-depth understanding of public and private utility budgeting and accounting.
  • They understand the commercial approach to delivering projects and can implement it successfully on both large and small projects
  • They are skilled in technical writing

About Our CLIENT:

Our Client is an experts in engineering, management, and development services supporting multisector project work. Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of all of our sectors which, in North America include Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

Who WE Are:

RCS Staffing is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in the recruitment of professionals for best-of-class companies throughout the United States. Since 1994, RCS recruits top talent for direct hire, temp-to-perm and contract staffing positions and provides customized payroll services. Our Recruiting Specialties consist of all Engineering Disciplines, Project Management, Project Controls, Information Technology, Energy Efficiency and Business Professionals.

RCS is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. RCS recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information or age. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.

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