Project Manager

Synagro is North America’s premier, award-winning, biosolids management firm offering a competitive salary for highly motivated, self-starter with strong work ethic, in a supportive work environment. Synagro partners with stakeholders to clean our water, protect our environment and serve our communities by generating worth from what others call waste. We work to protect the health of our water, our Earth, and those who depend on them now and in the future. What good is a job without great benefits to reward your hard work? Here are some highlights of what Synagro has to offer: 15 days paid time off 10 holidays Medical/Dental/Vision (within 30 days of hire) Health Savings Account (HSA) with company match Flexible Spending Account (FSA) 401(k) with company match, (fully vested upon hire) Career growth and promotional opportunities Tuition Reimbursement Bonus Incentive Program JOB SUMMARY The Project Manager leads operational improvement, capital, maintenance, transition, and compliance-related projects across wastewater and biosolids facilities. This position coordinates facility operations, engineering, maintenance, contractors, vendors, compliance, procurement, and customer representatives to deliver projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and with minimal disruption to ongoing operations. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES Develop project charters defining scope, objectives, responsibilities, budget, schedule, assumptions, risks, and measures of success. Create and maintain project work plans, milestone schedules, action logs, risk registers, decision logs, cost forecasts, and status reports. Lead project kickoff, design review, construction readiness, progress, commissioning, handover, and closeout activities. Coordinate engineering, procurement, contractors, vendors, operations, maintenance, environmental, health and safety, and customer activities. Integrate project execution with continuous wastewater and biosolids operations, including equipment outages, shutdowns, temporary systems, tie-ins, bypass conditions, startup, and commissioning. Evaluate project impacts on process capacity, dewatering, sludge handling, drying and pelletizing, centrate or filtrate return, odor control, chemical systems, utilities, material handling, and facility reliability. Ensure operators and maintenance personnel participate in planning, design reviews, constructability reviews, and operational-readiness assessments. Establish and administer project budgets; track commitments, purchase orders, invoices, accruals, change orders, actual costs, and forecast at completion. Develop clear scopes of work; support competitive bidding, contractor selection, mobilization, scheduling, field execution, and performance management. Review proposed scope and cost changes, document the business and operational basis, and maintain disciplined change control. Identify and escalate safety, compliance, operational, commercial, schedule, and critical-path risks; implement mitigation and recovery plans. Develop startup and commissioning plans and verify completion of testing, training, spare parts, operating procedures, drawings, manuals, punch-list items, and required documentation before handover. Build collaborative relationships with facility teams, customers, contractors, and internal stakeholders and provide concise leadership-level updates. Conduct project closeout and lessons-learned reviews and incorporate improvements into future project planning and execution. Perform other duties as assigned. KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES Strong knowledge of project management principles, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, procurement, change control, commissioning, and closeout. Working understanding of wastewater treatment, biosolids processing, industrial utilities, and operating plant constraints. Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in dispersed, fast-paced operating environments. Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skil…

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