Civil Project Manager: Water Resources & Floodplain

Pape-Dawson; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pape-Dawson Engineers seeks a Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, and delivery of civil engineering projects in Dallas. You will balance technical quality with project and people leadership, managing scope, schedule, budget, and client expectations, while guiding multidisciplinary teams and supporting business development.

The role requires a PE license (TX preferred) and 5+ years of project management experience in civil engineering, with strong communication, mentorship, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited program.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state(s) required to support project work.
• Requires a minimum of 5 years managing projects from conception through completion.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, budgets, schedules, teams, deliverables, and client expectations.
• 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 plans, reports, calculations, specifications, estimates, and other technical documents.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary team members, subconsultants, clients, agencies, and stakeholders to resolve issues and maintain alignment.
• Build and maintain trusted client and stakeholder relationships through responsive communication and sound judgment.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relations

Communication

Mentorship

Education

ABET-accredited Civil Engineering program

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

Pape-Dawson Engineers seeks a Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, and delivery of civil engineering projects in Dallas. You will balance technical quality with project and people leadership, managing scope, schedule, budget, and client expectations, while guiding multidisciplinary teams and supporting business development.

The role requires a PE license (TX preferred) and 5+ years of project management experience in civil engineering, with strong communication, mentorship, and