Water and Wastewater Project Manager

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

PTO 15 days

Flexible hours

Tuition and professional license/fees

Hybrid flexibility

Job summary

Meritas Advisory Group, LLC seeks a Water Resources Project Manager (Water and Wastewater) in Parsippany, NJ, to lead municipal projects from planning through construction in a hybrid setting.

You will own scope, schedule and budget, manage a design team, coordinate with NJDEP, and maintain client relationships while developing funding strategies with state programs. This role emphasizes ownership, mentorship, and delivering compliant, high-quality solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or closely related field.
• 8+ years of water and wastewater experience in a consulting environment.
• New Jersey PE license or eligible by comity; strong EIT with PE exam scheduled considered.
• Hands-on design authorship: drawings, specs, basis of design reports, permit applications.
• Working knowledge of NJDEP regulations and permitting process.
• Experience managing client relationships and writing fee proposals.

Responsibilities

• Provide full lifecycle project management on water and wastewater projects from planning through construction.
• Manage scope, schedule, and budget; develop proposals and negotiate scope.
• Direct design team producing drawings, specs, and contract documents.
• Coordinate regulatory activities with NJDEP (TWA, NJPDES, WQM Planning).
• Maintain client relationships post-project and coordinate funding with NJ Infrastructure Bank, NJ Water Bank, SRF programs.
• Mentor project engineers and junior staff.

Skills

Project management

Client relationship management

Regulatory coordination

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering

Job description

Water Resources Project Manager (Water and Wastewater)

Location: Parsippany, New Jersey (Morris County). Hybrid, three days on site.

Compensation: $120,000 to $160,000 base, depending on experience, plus a discretionary year end bonus.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Our client is a privately held northern New Jersey consulting engineering firm, in business for over forty years, serving municipalities, utilities, authorities, county and state agencies, and private clients. Many of the municipal and utility clients the firm started with are still clients today. The firm is growing steadily and has been named a Best Place to Work three years running.

The water resources practice is adding a Project Manager to carry its next wave of municipal and authority work. You will take water and wastewater projects from planning and alternatives analysis through design, permitting and construction, and you will own the scope, the schedule and the budget along the way. You will be the firm's front person with NJDEP and the person the client calls.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

• Full lifecycle project management on water and wastewater treatment, pumping station, force main, distribution and collection system projects, from planning through construction
• Scope, schedule, fee and budget on each project, including proposal development and scope negotiation
• Direction of the design team producing drawings, specifications, basis of design reports and contract documents
• Front facing regulatory coordination with NJDEP, including Treatment Works Approvals, NJPDES permits and water quality management planning
• Client relationships with municipal and authority clients that you carry after the project closes
• Funding coordination with the NJ Infrastructure Bank, NJ Water Bank and State Revolving Fund programs
• Mentorship of project engineers and junior staff

The practice spans PFAS treatment (GAC, ion exchange, membranes), BNR, SBR and MBR processes, solids handling, distribution and collection systems, pump stations, force mains, vacuum sewer, lead service line replacement, wastewater management planning and asset management.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or a closely related field
• 8+ years of water and wastewater experience in a consulting environment, with demonstrated ownership of scope, schedule and budget
• New Jersey PE license, or a PE in another state with the ability to obtain NJ licensure by comity. A strong EIT with the PE exam scheduled will be considered
• Hands on design authorship earlier in your career: drawings, specifications, basis of design reports and permit applications you personally prepared
• Working knowledge of NJDEP regulations and the permitting process
• Experience carrying client relationships and writing fee proposals

WHAT IS ON OFFER

• Base salary of $120,000 to $160,000 depending on experience, plus a discretionary year end bonus based on individual, team and company performance
• Your own client relationships, in a firm small enough that the client knows your name and large enough to staff the work behind you
• 401(k) match of 4% from the company when you contribute 5%
• Medical, dental and vision coverage, 15 days of paid time off, and flexible hours
• Reimbursement for tuition, professional license and association fees
• Hybrid flexibility

Candidates must be based in the United States and must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future sponsorship. Candidates should be within commuting distance of Morris County, New Jersey, or prepared to fully relocate.