Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

Alexander Associates Technical Recruitment; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 145,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander Associates Technical Recruitment is representing a leading infrastructure engineering consultancy seeking a Water/Wastewater Project Manager for its North Texas operation. The role leads multimillion-dollar municipal projects, with client development and regional growth responsibilities.

Salary ranges from $145,000 to $200,000, depending on experience, with a strong emphasis on delivering scope, budget, schedule and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental or related engineering.
• Texas Professional Engineer license strongly preferred.
• Approximately 10+ years of relevant engineering and project-management experience.
• Experience with municipal water or wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Background delivering treatment facilities, pipelines or other linear infrastructure.
• Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and multimillion-dollar projects.
• Previous business-development and client-management experience.
• Strong understanding of project financial and commercial performance.
• Excellent leadership, presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the successful delivery of major water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Take responsibility for project scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk and client satisfaction.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering, procurement and construction teams.
• Coordinate engineering, construction, commissioning and third-party project activities.
• Establish project performance objectives and monitor delivery against targets.
• Manage project budgets, invoicing, commercial performance and contract compliance.
• Develop client-engagement strategies and identify new project opportunities.
• Lead proposals, presentations, fee development and contract negotiations.
• Build relationships with municipal and utility clients throughout North Texas.
• Mentor project managers and technical professionals.
• Support regional market planning and business-development initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Client development

Leadership

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Budgeting and invoicing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental engineering

Job description

I am representing a leading infrastructure engineering consultancy that is seeking an experienced Water/Wastewater Project Manager to join its North Texas operation.

This is a senior project leadership opportunity involving the delivery of multimillion-dollar municipal water and wastewater programmes, alongside client development and regional growth responsibilities.

Salary: $145,000–$200,000, depending on experience

Job Specifications:

• Manage the successful delivery of major water and wastewater infrastructure projects
• Take responsibility for project scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk and client satisfaction
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering, procurement and construction teams
• Coordinate engineering, construction, commissioning and third-party project activities
• Establish project performance objectives and monitor delivery against agreed targets
• Manage project budgets, invoicing, commercial performance and contract compliance
• Develop client-engagement strategies and identify new project opportunities
• Lead proposals, presentations, fee development and contract negotiations
• Build relationships with municipal and utility clients throughout North Texas
• Mentor project managers and technical professionals
• Support regional market planning and business-development initiatives

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental or a related engineering discipline
• Texas Professional Engineer licence strongly preferred
• Approximately 10 or more years of relevant engineering and project-management experience
• Background delivering municipal water or wastewater infrastructure projects
• Experience with treatment facilities, pipelines or other linear infrastructure
• Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and multimillion-dollar projects
• Previous business-development and client-management experience
• Strong understanding of project financial and commercial performance
• Excellent leadership, presentation and communication skills
• Existing relationships within the Dallas-Fort Worth water market would be advantageous