Design Manager (Water / Wastewater)

About the role

We're seeking a driven and experienced Water & Wastewater Process Design Manager to join our Engineering Design Organization. This role involves coordinating technical teams across multiple disciplines, ensuring projects meet client needs and comply with regulations. Key responsibilities include executing the technical scope of projects, developing work plans, overseeing QA/QC, and facilitating design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical teams across multiple design disciplines to ensure projects meet client needs and comply with all applicable regulations.
• Execute the technical scope of projects, develop work plans in collaboration with Project Managers and Directors, and verify progress against schedule and budget.
• Empower team leads with the resources they need, facilitate design decisions, and oversee QA/QC and client review processes.
• From finalizing procurement documents to managing change records and participating in site visits and proposal development, this is a hands-on opportunity to shape impactful infrastructure projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s and/or Master's degree in Engineering or other technical discipline.
• Professional Engineering License or ability to obtain.
• At least 7 years of technical, administrative, and project experience, specifically managing the design delivery for larger, multi-discipline projects for municipal/industrial water and wastewater treatment plants, facilities, or buildings.
• Knowledge of scheduling software and engineering and capital cost estimating techniques.
• Experience with process modeling such as bio-win.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of engineering standards specification, including analyzing information, drafting engineering standards and specifications, and evaluating their effectiveness within the engineering discipline.
• Experience in knowledge management, developing policies and processes, creating best practices, setting up case studies, and delivering internal knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Experience in health, safety, and environment (HSE) monitoring and reviewing performance against KPIs and patterns of behavior.
• Experience in discussing and recommending more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure.
• Experience in leading and overseeing professional supervision to support practitioner's professional development and embed reflective practice.
• Experience in conducting complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and documenting findings to complete cost-benefit analyses.
• Experience in managing a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Experience in managing client and customer relationships with guidance from senior colleagues.

Skills

• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in scheduling software and engineering and capital cost estimating techniques.
• Experience with process modeling such as bio-win.

Benefits

• 401(k) - Eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service.
• Paid time off - PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service.
• Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees.
• Wellness Benefit - Full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program.

Pay

$107,000 - $196,000 based on experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.

Contact Information

To apply, please visit our careers page or contact [Contact Information].