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Job Summary:

• The Manager oversees and implements all aspects of environmental contracts related to water supply, water quality, and other assigned environmental programs. Monitors contract deliverables, maintain budget projections and communicates with clients, management, and team members on status and issues affecting performance.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Manages office and field activities of environmental, technical, and administrative staff and contractors; sets performance expectations, standards, and work schedules to meet completion dates.
• Participates in meetings with key partners; maintains business relationships with interdisciplinary environmental professional organizations; identifies and develops proposals for future funding opportunities; writes contract proposals and drafts; establishes and executes related work plans.
• Manages operations of Austin office; works with vendors to resolve maintenance and telecommunications matters, and works with the management team on sufficient staffing schedules.
• Reviews contracts and identifies programmatic requirements; develops and maintains budget forecasts and updates for multiple contracts; oversees the preparation of routine status reports and quarterly/annual activity summaries; reviews and approves monthly invoices.

Minimum Qualifications:

·A Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, business, or relevant discipline from an accredited college or university or equivalent with four years of related work experience; and two years of management experience; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in environmental science. Experience with writing grant or contract proposals, negotiating contracts, and managing programmatic and budgetary aspects of grants or contracts.

• Knowledge, skills, and abilities: knowledge of budget, project, and personnel management principles; Microsoft office software; database interfaces; customer service principles; spelling; and grammar.

• Skill in communicating effectively; managing budgets; maintaining records by institutional paper and electronic file management requirements; leading multiple teams in a results-driven environment; coordinating or assigning work or others; complex problem solving, decision making, and planning; prioritizing workloads; interacting tactfully and professionally with clients, co-workers, and university staff.

Warm Regards,