Wastewater Project Manager

About the Role

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle. • Take responsibility for all aspects of complex small to medium projects or routine large projects. • Produce and manage several small to medium projects concurrently. • Participate in contractual, design, and production meetings. • Establish and maintain client relationships; engage in marketing and business development, including opportunity identification, strategy development, and technical proposal preparation. • Conduct work sessions for deliverable development with staff and stakeholders. • Coordinate staffing and workload through the entire project life cycle to ensure timely completion of deliverables. • Track financial aspects of projects and adjust work effort to stay within budget and schedule. • Collaborate with Accounting, Operational, and Business leadership for periodic project reviews. • Implement QA/QC procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸team coordination
• ▸project management
• ▸client relations
• ▸financial tracking
• ▸qa/qc
• ▸deliverable development

What You Bring

HDR is looking for an experienced Wastewater Engineer/Project Manager to join the Minnesota/Wisconsin Water Business Group, focusing on the Wisconsin wastewater utility market. The role will be part of a multidisciplinary 30‑plus member water team based in Minneapolis, with office space in Madison or the future Milwaukee office, and will support the growth and delivery of HDR’s wastewater market sector and broader regional and national programs. Candidates are expected to demonstrate leadership, a commitment to the employee‑owned ethos, and proficiency with MS Office and MS Project, while holding the appropriate professional engineering license for the job location. • Master’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Environmental Engineering. • 10+ years of related experience. • 5+ years of project management experience. • Professional Engineer (PE) license in Wisconsin. • Demonstrated business development and client management experience. • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. • Minimum 7 years of related experience. • At least 2 years of project management experience. • Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the position’s location. • Proficiency with MS Office and MS Project (Access experience a plus). • Demonstrated leadership skills.

Requirements

• ▸pe license
• ▸ms project
• ▸project management
• ▸leadership
• ▸10+ years
• ▸civil eng

Work Environment

Hybrid