Senior Water/Wastewater Project Manager

GARVER LLC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Garver is seeking a Senior Water/Wastewater Project Manager to join our Tampa, Florida team. You will lead multidisciplinary municipal water and wastewater projects, mentor engineers, and collaborate with the Water Business Team Leader to grow Garver’s local practice.

Based in Garver’s Tampa office, this role requires periodic travel throughout Florida and offers flexibility per company policy as you deliver high-quality projects, manage scope and budget, and build strong client relationships

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or related engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• At least 12 years of progressively responsible municipal water and wastewater engineering or consulting experience.
• At least five years of successful project management experience, including responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, quality, financial performance, and client satisfaction.
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Florida, or able to obtain Florida licensure by endorsement within six months of employment.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary water or wastewater infrastructure projects through design and construction.
• Demonstrated ability to develop scopes, fees, schedules, staffing plans, and project delivery strategies.
• Strong written, verbal, client-service, negotiation, and team-leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as project manager and primary client contact for municipal water and wastewater assignments.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, risk, invoicing, forecasting, change management, and overall financial performance.
• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with municipal utility clients throughout Tampa Bay and Florida.
• Identify project opportunities and lead pursuit strategy, proposals, interviews, scope and fee development, and contract negotiations in coordination with Water Business Line leadership.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through planning, design, permitting, bidding, construction, startup, and closeout.
• Coordinate technical specialists, support disciplines, subconsultants, and construction-phase personnel while remaining accountable for overall project quality.
• Facilitate client, stakeholder, and technical workshops and communicate project status, decisions, risks, and required actions clearly.
• Mentor project managers and engineers and assist with recruiting and development of the Tampa Water team.
• Participate in relevant professional and industry organizations and represent Garver in the Florida water market.

Skills

Leadership

Client-service

Negotiation

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

ABET-accredited engineering program

Job description

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Senior Water/Wastewater Project Manager

Tampa, Florida

Garver is seeking a Senior Water/Wastewater Project Manager to join our growing Water team in Tampa, Florida. This position offers an opportunity to play a key role in expanding Garver’s municipal water and wastewater practice throughout Tampa Bay and Florida. Working closely with the Tampa Water Business Team Leader, the successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary infrastructure projects, serve as a trusted advisor to municipal clients, lead and support strategic pursuits, and mentor developing project managers and technical staff. The candidate will be supported by Garver’s national network of water, wastewater, conveyance, treatment, and alternative-delivery professionals while helping build a strong local team. This position is based in Garver’s Tampa office, offers flexibility consistent with Garver policy, and requires periodic travel throughout Florida for client meetings, project needs, and industry events.

Representative Projects

• Wastewater pump stations, lift stations, and force mains
• Water booster and repump stations, transmission mains, and storage facilities
• Wastewater collection and water distribution system rehabilitation
• Water, wastewater, and reclaimed-water treatment improvements
• Utility master planning, condition assessment, and hydraulic modeling
• Equalization, wet-weather, resiliency, and system-consolidation projects

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as project manager and primary client contact for municipal water and wastewater assignments.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, risk, invoicing, forecasting, change management, and overall financial performance.
• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with municipal utility clients throughout Tampa Bay and Florida.
• Identify project opportunities and lead pursuit strategy, proposals, interviews, scope and fee development, and contract negotiations in coordination with Water Business Line leadership.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through planning, design, permitting, bidding, construction, startup, and closeout.
• Coordinate technical specialists, support disciplines, subconsultants, and construction-phase personnel while remaining accountable for overall project quality.
• Facilitate client, stakeholder, and technical workshops and communicate project status, decisions, risks, and required actions clearly.
• Mentor project managers and engineers and assist with recruiting and development of the Tampa Water team.
• Participate in relevant professional and industry organizations and represent Garver in the Florida water market.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or a related engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited program.
• At least 12 years of progressively responsible municipal water and wastewater engineering or consulting experience.
• At least five years of successful project management experience, including responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, quality, financial performance, and client satisfaction.
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Florida, or able to obtain Florida licensure by endorsement within six months of employment.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary water or wastewater infrastructure projects through design and construction.
• Demonstrated ability to develop scopes, fees, schedules, staffing plans, and project delivery strategies.
• Strong written, verbal, client-service, negotiation, and team-leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Established professional relationships within the Tampa Bay or broader Florida municipal utility market.
• Experience leading proposals and interviews for publicly procured professional services.
• Experience managing pump station, pipeline, storage, treatment, rehabilitation, or utility-planning projects.
• Experience with collaborative delivery methods such as CMAR, design-build, or progressive design-build.
• Demonstrated success mentoring staff and developing project management talent.
• Relevant professional credentials, such as DBIA, PMP, or ENV SP, and active participation in organizations such as AWWA or WEF.

Working Conditions

Generally works in an office setting. Occasional travel to offsite locations to perform work and work-related tasks or attend meetings may be required. Physical demands include the ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech in-person and on the phone, and visual acuity to read printed materials and screens. Must be able to operate standard office equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description is intended to be generic in nature and may not include all assigned duties and responsibilities.

Grow With Us

Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.

Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm focused on aviation, transportation, buildings, federal, water and wastewater services; surveying; advisory services; and construction engineering and inspection. In the top 100 of Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms list, with more than 1,400 employees, Garver has a people-first culture that drives innovative, client-first service and is consistently recognized as a best firm to work for by Zweig Group. Learn how Garver invests in people and places they call home at GarverUSA.com.

Garver is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Our employment practices are based upon an individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.