Water/Wastewater Project Manager

Water Engineering Project Manager

Carollo Engineers is a leading engineering firm dedicated exclusively to water. For over 90 years, we've specialized in the planning, design, and construction of water, wastewater, stormwater, and reuse facilities, bringing innovative and sustainable solutions to the water sector's most complex challenges.

We work with water agencies, municipalities, utilities, research organizations, and private companies across various industries, including technology, manufacturing, and beyond. These clients choose Carollo because we employ some of the most knowledgeable and experienced professionals in the world. When you join our team, you'll work alongside industry leaders who are advancing the science of water, protecting public health, and building resilient communities.

Carollo's vision is to be the best water consulting firm and the best place for you to build your career. If you're passionate about making a difference in this critical field, we invite you to explore a career with Carollo.

Responsibilities

• Manage medium to large sized water and wastewater projects of moderate to significant complexity.
• Manage project scope, budget, schedule, staffing, contractual obligations, risk, quality, and client expectations.
• Serve as the primary client contact and maintain clear, proactive communication throughout project delivery.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams and coordinate technical staff, subconsultants, contractors, and other project participants.
• Provide technical direction and exercise independent engineering judgment on complex project issues.
• Develop project objectives, scopes, work plans, staffing plans, budgets, and schedules.
• Monitor project financial performance, including labor expenditures, invoicing, budget forecasting, and change management.
• Identify project risks and implement appropriate mitigation measures.
• Implement Carollo's quality-management procedures and coordinate reviews of project deliverables.
• Support projects through planning, design, permitting, bidding, construction, startup, and closeout, as applicable.
• Select, coordinate, and manage subconsultants.
• Train, mentor, and support the development of project staff and emerging project managers.
• Assist with workload planning, staffing, recruitment, and selection of new employees.
• Support the preparation of proposals and interview presentations and participate in scope, fee, and contract negotiations, as appropriate.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with municipal clients and project partners throughout North Carolina through successful project delivery, responsiveness, and effective communication.
• Participate in relevant professional and industry organizations.
• Travel occasionally for client meetings, site visits, conferences, and other project-related activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, or a related engineering discipline.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer, with the ability to obtain registration in North Carolina if not already licensed.
• At least 10 years of relevant professional engineering experience, exclusive of any advanced degree.
• Demonstrated experience managing planning, design, and construction phase services for municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience delivering municipal water and wastewater projects in North Carolina.
• Working knowledge of North Carolina regulatory, permitting, public procurement, funding, and project-delivery requirements.
• Experience managing project scope, budget, schedule, staffing, risk, quality, and contractual obligations.
• Demonstrated technical and project management experience across a range of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure, including treatment facilities, collection and conveyance systems, transmission and distribution systems, and pump stations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and coordinating subconsultants.
• Sound engineering judgment and the ability to resolve complex technical and project-delivery issues.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to deliver high-quality services within established budget and schedule requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience providing engineering services during bidding, construction, startup, and commissioning.
• Experience developing project scopes, fees, schedules, proposals, and interview presentations.
• Established professional relationships within the North Carolina municipal water and wastewater market.
• Experience mentoring engineers and developing emerging project managers.
• Active participation in relevant professional or industry organizations.

Compensation Range

An employee's pay within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Other Compensation and Benefits

Carollo is committed to providing employees with a competitive, comprehensive benefits program that provides the support employees and their families need to lead healthy, productive lives. Carollo's benefits package includes paid time off and holidays, comprehensive health insurance coverage, pre-tax savings account options for healthcare, dependent care and commuter expenses, disability insurance and life insurance options for you and your dependents. We also offer free Caregiver Support, Travel Assistance, counseling services, discount programs, and a Lifestyle Reimbursement Account. Other compensation that may be available includes: 401(k) company contribution matching, tuition reimbursement, discretionary bonuses, career advancement bonuses, professional registration bonuses, employee referral bonuses, and compensatory time for exempt employees. Flexible work arrangements may also be available. Eligibility for benefits varies based on employment status.