Civil Engineering Project Manager – Water Resources Lead

Pape-Dawson; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. in Fort Worth seeks a Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, and successful delivery of civil engineering projects, balancing technical quality with leadership of project teams.

This role manages scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations while fostering client relationships and contributing to business development. You will mentor engineers and designers, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and oversee technical documentation, reports, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field from an ABET-accredited program.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state(s) required to support project work.
• Minimum of 5 years (6 preferred) managing projects from conception through completion.
• Strong leadership, mentorship, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project teams to deliver high-quality work within scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Manage project execution including scopes, budgets, schedules, risks, deliverables, and resource coordination across concurrent assignments.
• Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for project deliverables, including plans, reports, calculations, specifications, estimates, and other technical documentation as applicable.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary team members, subconsultants, clients, agencies, and other stakeholders to resolve issues, maintain alignment, and support timely project delivery.
• Build and maintain trusted client and stakeholder relationships through responsive communication, sound judgment, and solution-oriented problem solving.
• Support business development and pursuit activities, including scope development, proposals, qualifications, interviews, teaming, and other client development efforts as applicable.
• Mentor and develop engineers, designers, analysts, and other technical staff through day-to-day direction, feedback, and professional development support.
• Demonstrate accountability for recurring responsibilities, deadlines, team productivity, responsiveness, quality, and financial stewardship while fostering strong working relationships.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned; job duties may change based on business needs.
• Lead watershed planning, flood mitigation, stormwater, drainage, and FEMA mapping or mitigation projects.
• Guide hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, stormwater design, resilience and mitigation, environmental coordination, and related civil design integration.
• Lead constructability reviews, value engineering, risk evaluation, and resolution of complex water-resources technical issues.
• Coordinate with clients, agencies, and communities on floodplain, drainage, and water-resources project needs, reviews, hearings, and outreach.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Client relations

Team mentorship

Budget management

Education

ABET-accredited Civil Engineering degree

Job description

Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. in Fort Worth seeks a Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, and successful delivery of civil engineering projects, balancing technical quality with leadership of project teams.

This role manages scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations while fostering client relationships and contributing to business development. You will mentor engineers and designers, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and oversee technical documentation, reports, and