Join a mission-driven team shaping the future of sustainable infrastructure! Were seeking an experienced Stormwater Project Manager to lead complex capital projects that protect our communities and natural resources. This role combines engineering expertise, project management, construction oversight, and contract administration.
You'll manage end-to-end project deliveryfrom concept and permitting to construction and public engagementensuring compliance with DEQ, PFM, and other regulatory standards. If you're a reliable team player with a strong background in stormwater design, construction, and contract managementand you're ready to make a lasting impactwe want to hear from you!
Were looking for a Stormwater project manager who thrives on teamwork, thinks critically, and wants to build safer, more resilient communities. If you know how to take a project from scoping to ribbon-cuttingand can navigate permits, design reviews, and contracts with easethis is your chance to make an impact!
Bonus points if you're a great communicator, flexible under pressure, and know how to turn challenges into solutions. Youll lead exciting capital projects, collaborate across agencies, and help implement real change in stormwater infrastructure. Sound like your kind of role? Apply today and lets build something that lasts.
Position key responsibilities:
Lead Capital Project Management: Oversee all phases of stormwater-related capital projectsfrom scoping and design review to permitting, budgeting, and construction oversightensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations (PFM, DEQ, VDOT, MS4, CBPO).
Manage Contracts and Consultants: Administer A/E contracts, construction agreements, and task orders; monitor consultant/contractor performance, evaluate deliverables, process invoices, and contribute to consultant selection and performance evaluations.
Oversee Engineering and Design Reviews: Review construction plans, cost estimates, utility relocation proposals, and technical documents for accuracy, completeness, and constructability; provide technical guidance to ensure adherence to design and permitting standards.
Coordinate Permitting and Land Acquisition: Prepare and secure required permits (federal, state, county), easement plats, and land acquisition documents; ensure projects align with all permitting, zoning, and environmental protection requirements.
Support Planning and Scheduling: Assist in developing and adjusting annual work plans and project schedules based on agency priorities and available resources; lead scoping meetings and track progress and expenditures.
Engage with Stakeholders: Communicate effectively with residents, agency staff, district supervisors, and other stakeholders through public meetings, written correspondence, and presentations; gather and incorporate community input into project planning.
Promote Safety and Emergency Readiness: Apply safety policies across work activities, participate in safety training, and respond to emergency situations such as snow events, flooding, or infrastructure failures; assist with training and supporting staff.
Subject to 24-hour call back and must therefore be able to work emergency overtime and regular on call rotation.
The ideal candidate must have the following traits:
Team Player - Contributes to team projects and encourages active participation by all members of the team. Works cooperatively with other individuals, departments, and/or cross-functional teams to produce targeted results
Accountability - Takes responsibility for own decisions, judgments, and actions (and for those of the work unit/team). Takes responsibility for own work from beginning to end. Seeks to continuously improve the quality of services, products, and or processes to increase the Countys overall effectiveness.
Effective Communication - Clear verbal and written communication skills for interacting with team members, supervisors, and the public, as well as completing reports and documentation.
Flexibility and Resilience - Maintains a professional demeanor (e.g., maintains self-control, focus, perspective, optimistic, and persistent) in stressful or difficult situations. Recovers quickly from setbacks. Adapts behavior, work methods, and resources in response to changing work demands, new information, or unexpected obstacles.
Problem Solver - Strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Anticipates potential problems, issues, and opportunities. Considers benefits, risks, costs, and implications of decisions, and evaluates alternatives before making decisions. Uses insight into situations to develop and implement innovative solutions to solve problems. Makes timely decisions.
DPWES is a diverse, nationally accredited and award-winning public works agency with approximately 1,000 employees providing solid waste, capital facility development, wastewater, stormwater, urban forestry, and land acquisition management services for the most populous county in Virginia. Join our team to help us protect the environment and serve the people of Fairfax County by creating and preserving a sustainable community that is an ideal place to live, work, and play for everyone.
Fairfax County Government is committed to our employees, and offers comprehensive benefits, including a defined-benefit retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; paid leave; tuition reimbursement; and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Through our LiveWell Program and the County Benefits Division, we endeavor to cultivate a culture of wellbeing that empowers, educates and engages employees and retirees to make life-long choices that promote a holistic approach to their physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual and financial wellness. Please review our awesome benefits:
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