CDM Smith has an exciting, immediate opening for an experienced and driven client-focused Design Build Discipline Leader to support our South Region Water Team in growing our Collaborative Project Delivery business. In this position, you will manage and lead multi-discipline planning, design, and construction teams for large water and wastewater treatment facilities, collection and distribution systems, and environmental and stormwater facilities. As a strategic member of this team, you will have direct access to engineering and construction leaders across the organization and will be empowered to deliver innovative solutions while interacting effectively with clients, company management, administrators, project engineers, and vendors, and the industry’s best Design-Builders. This strategic position reports directly to the South Region Sales Leader and offers the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Assignments range from client relationship building, to support of proposals and estimates, to execution of projects where you will:

- Facilitate effective communication between design and construction project leadership

-Manage multi-discipline water/wastewater/conveyance and environmental projects up to the $500M + range within the engineering and construction sector from early concept development through detailed design and construction

-Build and manage relationships with major municipal clients in the South Region

-Serve as a leader of pursuit and project delivery teams

-Work effectively with key technical specialists, project team members, delivery managers, and vendors

-Assist with the coordination and development of GMP Guaranteed Maximum Price) documents

-Prepare, monitor and manage project budgets and schedules while managing the firm's risk

-Provide high level planning and programming analysis work including preparation of technical documents/reports

-Promote design build best practices, including constructability reviews, schedule compliance, and quantity management

-Be active in professional societies in which clients or potential clients are members, including DBIA