Sr. Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

Black & Veatch; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Black & Veatch is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the Texas water solutions business, maintaining client relationships with municipalities and delivering projects on time and within budget. The role focuses on strategic development, market expansion, and financial success across the Texas offices.

The position offers relocation for the right candidate and a hybrid work arrangement after the initial onboarding period, with a strong emphasis on leadership, engineering excellence, and

Qualifications

• 20+ years of water and wastewater engineering experience.
• Strong business development and project management skills.
• Ability to lead client relationships and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead marketing efforts and strategy development for the water solutions practice.
• Interact with clients to understand needs and translate them into project plans.
• Oversee budgeting, invoicing and payments; conduct project performance reviews.
• Mentor and develop team members to expand the Black & Veatch team.

Skills

20+ years water engineering experience

Project management

Business development

Client relationship management

Education

Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Date: Oct 8, 2026

Location

Austin, TX, US Dallas, TX, US Fort Worth, TX, US

Company

Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

Company: Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 108222

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : Yes

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

The Opportunity

Black & Veatch is a leading employee-owned global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company. Consistently recognized as "Best Companies to Work For" and "Best Employers for Diversity." One of the biggest Water & Wastewater Civil Design Firms with 8,300+ employees. Our revenues exceed $3 billion.

The Sr. Project Manager position will be responsible for leadership in the local Texas office for the Black & Veatch water solutions business. In this capacity, you will have the opportunity to maintain client relationships with local municipalities, execute projects effectively to meet clients objectives and deliver financial success.

Black and Veatch will offer relocation for the right candidate for this role.

Our U.S. Texas and central region water solutions business has seen consistent growth driven by our clients’ needs to address challenges stemming from population growth, aging infrastructure, system reliability and resilience concerns, the need to improve operational efficiency, water quality regulations, circular water/one-water initiatives, and the use of "data" to help guide decision making. This position represents a strategic business opportunity for Black & Veatch to help the company grow its market share by providing world-class water & wastewater infrastructure planning and design services for large projects and programs.

The Team

Black & Veatch's Fuels & Natural Resources

focuses on specific infrastructure needs of municipalities, state and local governments, and specialized physical and digital infrastructure solutions for government and federal agencies. By joining our market sector, you will be able to provide infrastructure for community benefit.

This team partners with our customers such as the City of Savannah to align their people, processes, technologies, and data analytics in the face of industry transformation. We help our customers leverage our industry-leading solutions and expertise to modernize water infrastructure, optimize asset use, meet performance goals, reduce costs, and mitigate risk no matter where the water industry goes next. This team is ranked in the top 10 by ENR for Water Design Firms in Water Supply and Sewer Waste and other water-related rankings.

Key Responsibilities

Business development

• Leading team efforts for marketing


• Strategy development


• Prospect identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting and contracting for successful opportunities


• Accountable for new business objectives and for overall project performance

Project management

• External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities


• Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch’s market footprint

Project execution

• Oversight of engineering manager(s)


• Development of project performance goals


• Accountability for implementation


• Active involvement with internal project team and owner project representatives on project activities


• Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s)

Staff management

• Team development, mentoring and coaching on performance improvement


• Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas


• 20+ years of relevant water engineering experience including but not limited to water and wastewater infrastructure planning, asset management, CIP optimization, detailed design, and construction


• Technical experience in water and wastewater treatment as well as linear infrastructure planning and design: planning & asset management; and other key elements of our client's diverse water needs.


• Business development and program/project management experience


• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Minimum Qualifications

• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.


• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments


• Sitting/standing/computer usage for extended periods of time


• Ability to utilize video/audio conferencing software tools for internal/external communication


• Travel to client sites

Salary Plan

PMT: Project Management

Job Grade

019

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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy.

Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.

To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company-matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOP-owned company. As employee-owners, our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth, but the company's long-term achievements - and they share in the financial rewards of the success through stock ownership.

By valuing diverse voices and perspectives, we cultivate an authentically inclusive environment for professionals and are able to provide innovative and effective solutions for clients.

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Nearest Major Market

Austin

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Wastewater, Water Treatment, Architecture, Engineer, Engineering