Project Manager - Water Business

Date: Apr 27, 2026 Location: Houston, TX, US Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies Opportunity As the Project Manager, you will: Be responsible for business management with a focus on client relationship development in Texas, positioning within target client organizations, leading pursuit teams, and strong financial management to achieve top‑line and bottom‑line growth. Manage water and wastewater engineering capture strategies requiring global resources and/or multiple partners. Be accountable for project performance and specific new‑business objectives. Create opportunities for new and repeat business; support complex contract negotiations with appropriate client management. Manage varied complex risk, including fixed price, new technology, non‑domestic markets, or new clients. The Team Black & Veatch’s Governments & Communities focuses on infrastructure needs of municipalities, state and local governments, and specialized physical and digital infrastructure solutions for government and federal agencies. The team partners with customers to align people, processes, technologies, and data analytics to modernize water infrastructure, optimize assets, reduce costs, and mitigate risk. Key Responsibilities Prepare and implement Client Development Plans for assigned clients. Develop and maintain personal relationships with assigned clients, business partners, and competitors. Deliver expected volume of new business and earned PGM from assigned project portfolio. Promote the full range of service offerings. Assign and lead positioning of client account teams. Update and maintain ECRM to accurately reflect market potential for assigned clients. Develop or review all key pursuit strategy and positioning, and lead or support proposal development. Manage the assigned portion of the business development budget. Make Go / No Go decisions or recommendations and assist with preparation of PRB documents. Oversee execution of professional service projects to meet or exceed expectations for safety, quality, schedule, and budget. Apply market pricing to ensure each pursuit is competitive. Actively manage performance of assigned staff and projects; lead accountability within the region. Management Responsibilities Acts as a project manager, overseeing a project team that may vary by project. Preferred Qualifications 15+ years of engineering experience, prior experience as a project manager; technical experience and background recommended. PE preferred. Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline preferred; Master’s Degree desirable. Strong technical understanding of water markets, including drivers and general trends. Strong sales traits, including tenacity and competitiveness. Excellent people skills, highly task‑oriented, and focused on winning new business and achieving sales targets. Ability to work in a team environment. Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills. Ability to interface with diverse personalities. Strategic thinking and persuasive messaging. Contract negotiation skills covering terms, risks, pricing, and payment terms. Strong negotiating and persuasive skills. Understanding of budgets and financial metrics. Self‑starter, able to make independent decisions. Ability to meet deadlines and remain flexible to shifting priorities. Problem‑solving skills. Leadership skills. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements, which may include background checks, drug screening, and motor vehicle records search in compliance with applicable laws. Work Environment / Physical Demands Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days based on manager discretion, performance, and work assignments. Typical office and construction environments. May involve extreme weather, high noise levels, safety hazards (electric currents, scaffolding, high places, chemical exposure, fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases), and atmospheric conditions. Tasks include sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds. Salary Plan PMT: Project Management Job Grade 018 Equal Employment Opportunity Statement BVH, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated companies comply with all EEO laws and regulations. Black & Veatch does not discriminate based on age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Black & Veatch