Program Manager - Lead

Pay Rate: $120,000 to $130,000 per year.BENEFITS Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. 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.Position Purpose: Under the direction of the Director of Engineering, and in close coordination with Directors of several other departments, this position will be responsible for overall program management, regulatory compliance, and successful delivery for the Veolia Lead Program for the NY Regulated Utility Division, which includes water systems in Rockland, Westchester, Putnam, Orange, and Tioga Counties, New York, and Rhode Island. The Lead Program Manager will be responsible for the creation, planning, and delivery of the Lead Service Line Replacement Program (LSLRP) across all NY Division business units, including water quality monitoring, compliance, filings, and communication requirements, as set forth in Federal, State, and Local Lead and Copper Rules, namely upcoming LCRR and LCRI requirements.Primary Duties/Responsibilities: This role has primary responsibilities to oversee and manage the Veolia LSLRP which includes but is not limited to the management and coordination of the Operations Workstream, which will result in the annual replacement of approximately 750 utility-side lead service lines and 750 customer-side lead service lines.This role will manage and oversee generation and revision of customer lead notifications, internal/external trainings, filter pitcher tracking and procurement, and lead & copper sampling plans.Responsible for the annual lead inventory, progress report, preparation of necessary information and compliance with any and all pertinent Federal, New York, Rhode Island, or local regulations for annual replacementsWork with internal stakeholders, contractors, property owners, municipal officials, engineers, administrators, etc to plan and deliver the LSLRP.Lead effort with work order log and work order management, data compilation, analyzing data to generate metrics on a weekly basis, and will assist in response to field-related matters including materials releases, acquisition of information from GIS, and payment application review to ensure appropriate billing.Present progress of the lead program monthly and quarterly to NY Division leadership.Works closely with Capital Planning, Procurement, and Operations to develop and sustain cost and schedule efficiency initiatives.  These may include cost unitization, reinforcement of value engineering, delivery of procurement strategies, RFP’s, and project lessons learned.  Candidate will also work closely with Customer Service, Water Quality and Emergency Operations personnel to address customer-related complaints.  Candidate will also work closely with External Affairs and Communications to address town related matters.Manage the development of technical, bidding and contractual documents in accordance with Company requirements including negotiations of agreements as needed in coordination with ProcurementEnsure Company Technical and Environmental Health and Safety/Security Standards are incorporated into the design specificationsEnsure compliance of Customer-side lead service replacements are in accordance with current State regulator requirements.Manage environmental and governmental permitting in accordance with town and county permit requirementsSupport the oversight of construction management personal to ensure timely completion of assignments, budget compliance, and adherence to applicable standardsDrive efficiency into project delivery through the monitoring of delivery metrics and utilization of alternate procurement and delivery methods.Drive cost efficiencies in the assignment of work to contractors to reduce the overall average unit cost replacement for lead service replacements (both company and customer-side).Drive cost efficiencies by diligently seeking municipal, county and state paving and streetscape programs to proactively replace lead services and avoid restoration costs along with conflicts with future moratoriums.  Also, seek out large scale private utility infrastructure replacement work for the same reasons.