Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

Dewberry; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dewberry’s Mid-Atlantic Water Group is seeking a Water/Wastewater Project Manager in Fairfax, VA to lead water/wastewater projects for public utility clients. The role demands 8+ years of industry experience and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering. Professionals will work on innovative projects, manage client relationships, and mentor junior staff.

Responsibilities include planning, design, and contributing to business growth through client management activities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in the water/wastewater field.
• P.E. in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, or Washington DC, or ability to obtain within one year.
• Experience preparing reports and design plans for municipal water and wastewater projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage a variety of water/wastewater projects.
• Coordinate with other engineering disciplines.
• Contribute to business development and client management.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Business development

Technical assistance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Job Description

Dewberry’s Mid-Atlantic Water Group is seeking a Water/Wastewater Project Manager in our Fairfax, VA office to manage small and medium water/wastewater projects for public utility clients. This is an opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join a team of energetic, highly engaged professionals in Dewberry’s growing Water Market Segment.

Our water practice delivers high-quality, complex projects for top-tier water clients across the country. By combining strong local relationships with national expertise, strategic market focus, and innovative delivery approaches, our people perform meaningful work while shaping the future of water infrastructure. We’re looking for professionals who want to grow with us and help improve the water infrastructure for their communities.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Manage a variety of water/wastewater projects for public utility clients.
• Manage planning, design, and construction phase projects while interfacing and coordinating with other engineering disciplines, technicians, inspectors, and permitting specialists.
• Contribute to the continued growth of our Water Market Segment through performing business development and client management activities, including proposal preparation and client interaction through active participation in professional associations.
• Effectively understand and communicate project expectations to project team and client.
• Provide technical assistance and mentoring of junior staff.
• Employ earned value management principles to prepare and monitor project work plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Expand technical knowledge and professional network by attending seminars, workshops, and conferences, reviewing professional publications, and actively participating in State and/or National professional associations through committee involvement and technical presentations.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering. Master’s degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in the water/wastewater field.
• P.E. in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, or Washington DC, or the ability to obtain them through reciprocity within one year of start date.
• Specific experience preparing reports and design plans and specifications for municipal water and wastewater system projects in Virginia, including pump stations, tanks, and pipelines.
• Experience coordinating engineering work and interfacing with other disciplines as needed.
• Experience interfacing with clients.
• Must have proven and strong verbal and written communication skills.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
• Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

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