Water/Wastewater Project Manager

HDR; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Water/Wastewater Project Manager to lead complex projects in Florida. This role involves scoping, planning, and managing drinking water and wastewater projects while ensuring client satisfaction and technical excellence. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering, proven leadership skills, and a commitment to fostering an inclusive environment. Join a collaborative team where your contributions will make a significant impact on communities and the environment. If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years in water/wastewater industry with project management experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage medium to large drinking water and wastewater projects with high technical complexity.
• Interface with clients and lead teams to develop planning documents and designs.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Communication Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Access

Job description

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

HDR has an exciting opportunity for a proven leader and technically exceptional individual in the field of water and wastewater to join our Florida Water Business Group as a Water/Wastewater Project Manager. These positions can be based out of our Tampa, Miami, or Orlando office.

Primary Responsibilities

As a Water/Wastewater Project Manager, you’ll be responsible for scoping, planning, managing, directing, and monitoring all aspects of medium to large drinking water and wastewater projects and contracts with high degrees of technical complexity. More specifically, the Project Manager will be expected to effectively interface with clients while independently leading and supervising teams of engineers and CAD professionals to develop planning documents (e.g., master plans), preliminary engineering reports, detailed designs including plans and specifications, and cost estimates. These responsibilities will include:

• Serving as the trust client-facing project manager for a variety of technical delivery projects
• Developing project design criteria, schematics, and methods
• Preparing preliminary design, basis of design reports, routing and alignment studies, and other engineering reports
• Developing and writing engineering specifications and front-end documents
• Overseeing the production of design drawings
• Developing and executing QA/QC and risk management plans for each project
• Working directly with the owner to ensure that the project exceeds the owner’s expectations
• Lead and/or support client management and business development activities including pursuit planning, proposals, interviews, and client strategy

If needed, the Project Manager may be required to perform process-related or detailed design work themselves to support the project, and as such, the candidate should have an exceptional demonstrated technical background.

Beyond technical delivery, the Project Manager will be expected to collaborate with leadership, other project managers, and technical staff across Florida to maintain HDR’s commitment to excellent technical delivery for our clients. Specific activities related to the overall technical delivery program could include development of a technical mentorship and development program, reviewing existing detailed design standards, direct mentoring and/or supervision of staff, engagement in the group’s quality control and compliance program, lead abstract development and review activities for local conferences, and involvement in the review of scopes of work and associated fees.

Lastly, the Project Manager is expected to support and potentially lead client management activities (e.g., internal client management calls, client meetings) and participate in the overall strategy discussions for successfully marketing with our clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering
• Master's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience in the water/wastewater industry
• Minimum of 3 years project management related experience
• Existing and established relationships with clients in the water/wastewater marketplace
• Proven and significant process design and detailed design experience including with technologies and equipment selection and to lead efforts associated with the group’s technical delivery program
• Proven leadership and commitment to the technical development and mentorship of staff
• Experience developing detailed scopes and fees for a wide variety of planning and design projects
• Excellent communication, time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Preference given to local candidates

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 7 years related experience
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• MS Office and MS Project experience is required (Access experience would be a plus)
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust, and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.