Job Description
Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.
What’s in it for you: Woodard & Curran is a privately held firm whose values begin with putting Employees first, a Flexible work environment, and competitive benefits. We are currently seeking a dynamic, detail-oriented, and client-focused Professional Engineer to join our Water Team as a Project Manager in our Industrial Water Practice. In this role, you will collaborate with our team to develop, lead, and deliver various industrial water/wastewater projects across the U.S.
Who are we looking for:
In response to our need for growth, Woodard & Curran offers a unique opportunity to support project delivery and leadership in our Industrial Water Practice, which provides high-quality engineering and design services to industrial and commercial clients throughout the U.S. The successful candidate will be a motivated, growth-oriented professional with the ability to manage project teams from the planning, preliminary design, final design, construction, start-up, and operations phases of facilities or infrastructure. You will have staff to mentor and clients to support. Not only will you have engineers to support you, but our integrated electrical, structural, CAD, operations, and SCADA teams will help you deliver an enhanced product. You will be an active participant in our delivery system improvement programs and continuous learning opportunities.
Woodard & Curran is seeking a motivated senior professional with an entrepreneurial spirit, a demonstrated focus on industrial clients and safe practices, and a passion for innovation and technical excellence in the industrial water/wastewater field. The position requires a strong communicator with the demonstrated ability to develop, lead, and mentor project teams.
Location: Chesterbrook, PA - This is a national search
Office Preference: Remote/Virtual
Travel: Up to 25% within the continental US
What You Will Be Doing at Woodard & Curran:
- Managing and executing work on industrial water and wastewater system design, planning, and construction projects by leading and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams within Woodard & Curran and with subconsultants.
- Determining the overall delivery approach for projects. Partner with senior leadership to develop technical approaches to larger projects.
- Scheduling and tracking project budgets, milestones, and deliverables.
- Utilizing Woodard & Curran’s Project Management Framework to execute all projects.
- Demonstrating strong and proactive communication skills to keep the project management and technical team(s) updated as project work progresses.
- Connecting and working with external suppliers and subcontractors support project delivery
- Interacting with clients and representing the firm in a professional manner
- Visiting client sites for meetings, proposal development, and/or to observe the status of construction projects.
- Coordinating with contractors and clients in the field during construction to ensure that projects are executed in compliance with the Contract Documents.
- Conducting and coordinating QA/QC reviews on project deliverables to ensure Woodard & Curran technical excellence standards are met.
- Collaborating with leadership and resource leaders on staffing projects.
- Providing input on the development of Woodard & Curran design guidelines and standards.
- Preparing and delivering presentations and training programs to internal and external clients and professional associations.
- Supporting business development efforts under the direction of a client manager.
- Mentor staff in technical and project management skill areas.
What You Will Need To Succeed:
- M.S. (P.E. or other certification/advanced degree preferred) in Engineering.
- 10+ years of professional experience with an engineering consulting firm.
- Demonstrated experience serving industrial clients.
- Strong appreciation of and commitment to safe work practices is mandatory.
- Industrial client engineering and/or design-build expertise, preferably in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical/chemical, data center, life sciences, and/or consumer products markets.
- Ability to manage multiple projects with demonstrated strong project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to conduct effective presentations to stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal skills and demonstrated track record of delivering quality projects within scope, schedule, and budget.
$115,000 - $175,000 a year
This role has the option for remote work, and the anticipated pay range is flexible, depending on factors such as the employee’s primary work location, skills, experience, and education. The following examples illustrate how the pay range for the same role can vary based on different locations.
Group A (MT, ME, FL): $115,000 - $140,000
Group B (PA, MA, MO, GA, RI): $120,000 - $145,000
Group C (CT, CO, NJ, Andover/Canton MA, CA, NY): $130,000 - $175,000
This position’s anticipated pay range is provided; the final exempt salary or non-exempt hourly pay will depend on experience level and consider a percentage-based geographic differential based on where the final candidate will be working. Geographic differentials recognize and reflect the cost of labor differences between geographic markets.
Employee Support & Benefits
Retirement Savings:
•401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: The company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed
Time away from work:
•Observed holidays: Choose up to 8 holidays to observe annually
•Vacation: Accrued based on years of experience and calculated on hours worked
•Sick time: Paid sick time for non-work-related illness or injury.
•Parental leave: Up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding
Coverage and support for your needs and well-being:
•Disability: Paid short- and long-term disability
•Health: Medical plan options; plus dental and vision plans.
•Life: Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employees and families is available through Sun Life.
•Wellbeing: DarioMind assistance program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing resources.
E-Verify Participation
Woodard & Curran participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. As part of this process, we display the required Notice of E-Verify Participation and Right to Work posters. To view the Right to Work and E-Verify Posters combined posters, click here.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Woodard & Curran is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. We are committed to ensuring our employment practices are non-discriminatory and based solely on job-related factors. To read our entire Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement, click here. To view the EEOC Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster and supplement, click here.
If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to apply, please contact Beth Sweitzer.
Inclusion & Belonging
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to apply, as we believe that different perspectives and experiences enrich our workplace and enhance our ability to serve our clients and communities effectively.
At Woodard & Curran, we are committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive work environment. We understand that the best solutions for our clients and communities come from a culture that nurtures the success and growth of all employees. As an employee-owned organization, our dedication to fostering growth, access and opportunity empowers us to serve our clients effectively and advance our mission of making a positive impact on the world. Our success is rooted in supporting our team members to reach their full potential, enabling us to deliver the most innovative, sound and effective solutions to improve our communities around us.
Non-Solicitation Disclosure:
Please be advised that we do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from recruitment agencies. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted without a signed contract in place will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for any referral fees. Recruitment agencies must have a valid signed agreement with our company prior to following the submission process to consider potential candidates.
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