Engineering Manager

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Position Purpose: 

The purpose of this position is to provide functional guidance to project engineers who directly manage capital project activity. That person will also have responsibility for holding the engineer accountable for spending on the project, as well as meeting the business objectives of their projects. In addition, the manager will provide oversight for and coordination of the capital budget.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Provides direction and work assignments to project engineers, project or construction consultants, and similar technical resources.
• Coordinates activities of direct reports to support projects, business development, turnarounds, or general maintenance/plant troubleshooting.
• Supervisors and develops personnel through the use of managing processes.
• Provides maintenance excellence support through the development of maintenance best practices and coaching/training in the use of SAP PM.
• Directly supports high profile programs with their direct reports where their involvement.

Education/Experience/Background: 

• Possesses a 4-year engineering degree or greater from an accredited university, typically ChE, ME, or EE.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

• Understanding of complex technical problems and solutions.
• Assessment skills involving capital management and construction support.
• Use of spreadsheets, SAP, and other tools to evaluate spend vs. budget or outlook, scheduling, and related metrics.
• Judgement with regard to the efficient use of functional (project) personnel.
• Engineering background sufficient to understand sound engineering practices and concepts, even if not in their area of concentration (say, electrical, chemical, mechanical, etc.)
• Communication skills at both detailed and summary level, as needed/required for the audience.
• Organizational skills, managing a multiple people who are managing multiple projects as well.
• Coordination skills, handling multiple activities (by priority) at the same time.

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.