Requisition ID: 107028 Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued. People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey.About American Water American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water's 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company's national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron's 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense® Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions. For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.Primary Role This role has a flexible work location, to be based in any American Water office in NJ or Eastern PA.Please note this is not an IT role; this role is part of our Engineering organization who will partner with the IT teamThe Project Manager will be responsible for working with the IT function to develop engineering technology solutions, and then implement them across the engineering function. This includes, in coordination with IT, the overall project management, coordination, implementation, execution, control and closure of engineering technology implementation initiatives from defining business requirements, program execution and delivery, and confirmation that project goals have been met. Based on the initiative assigned, Project Manager will leverage appropriate delivery framework to provide business value with focus on speed to deliver.#LI-DM1Key Accountabilities * Lead planning and or implementation of assigned implementation projects. * Facilitate the definition of project mission, goals, tasks and resource requirements. * Translate business strategy into proposed implementation options, costs and schedules for final project plan reviews, approvals and execution. * Use disciplined project management methodology to execute projects that adhere to guidelines and deliver within cost and schedule. * Deliver all projects on time, within budget and meeting the desired outcomes and business requirements. * Track project milestones, anticipating risks & issues, proactive risk mitigation and making recommendations to business and IT partners to achieve successful outcomes. * Develop methods to monitor project or area progress and provide corrective supervision if necessary. * Manage project budget and resource allocation. * Strong cross-business unit / functional IT communication, influencing and negotiation to drive project results. * Develop and maintain detailed project plan and charter. * Effectively manage selected vendors, review their billings and ensure integrity of their deliverables. * Work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes. * Follow defined agreed upon project management methodology's and agreed upon PMO processes. * Communicate project progress by producing project reports to provide timelyTo view the full job description, click here