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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
Indexfor 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.
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Position Information
The ideal candidate will tour and evaluate dozens of water systems every
year in multiple states and should have an interest, curiosity, and
passion for water and wastewater concepts such as: treatment,
distribution, collection, chemistry, hydraulics, electricity, etc.
Location is St. Louis but can also sit anywhere within footprint of IA,
IL, MO or IN
Primary Role
The Sr. Due Diligence Project Manager supports the Business Development
team and functional areas by managing due diligence efforts related to
water and wastewater system acquisitions. The ideal candidate should
have an interest, curiosity, and passion for water and wastewater
concepts such as: treatment, distribution, collection, chemistry,
hydraulics, electricity, etc.
Key Accountabilities
- Proactively build and maintain strong customer relationships;
maintain consistent communication, manage customer needs and
expectations by meeting project timelines.
- Prepares correspondence/provides information for distribution and
presentations to department leadership.
- Acts a single point of contact among state and corporate functional
groups and seller to provide information, make decisions, and assist
with acquisition and proposal process.
- Manage relationships with assigned areas of the company for the
purpose of driving continuous improvem nt and delivering projects.
- Support activities at all stages of new acquisitions, including
relationship building, document review, review of proposals, report
creation, site visits, and asset evaluation and risk assessment.
- Work with multiple business areas to identify risks and challenges,
evaluate assets, and recommend solutions with projected costs by
working with multiple project teams [including finance, operations,
engineering, regulatory].
- Use critical thinking methods to demonstrate opportunity and execute
for continuous improvement
- Lead project teams and manage performance in a matrix organization.
- Perform complex data analysis, gather data through SAP/BI/Powerplant
and develop process controls through analytics and statistical
methods.
- Ensure that appropriate Safety Management systems are established
and implemented for all projects.
Knowledge/Skills
Advanced knowledge and use of office productivity tools (MS Office,
Teams, etc.).
Enterprise systems knowledge, SAP preferred.
Diverse knowledge of water and wastewater concepts such as: treatment,
distribution, collection, chemistry, hydraulics, electricity, etc.
Knowledge of applicable state and federal regulations.