Engineering Project Manager (Water Treatment/Wastewater Treatment)

About the role

In the role of Project Manager, we'll count on you to:

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project’s lifecycle, while under supervision of a Program Manager
• Responsible for all aspects of complex small to medium projects
• Responsible for many aspects of large projects
• Produce and coordinate several small to medium projects concurrently
• Conduct schematic, design development and contract document work sessions of project site in conjunction with all disciplines
• Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders
• Cookstaffing and workload through entire project development and complete deliverables on budget and schedule
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule
• Provide direction to Discipline Leads, PEs, EITs getting started on project tasks
• Participate in reviews with various governing agencies for code compliance
• Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews
• Implement QA/QC procedures
• Perform other duties as needed

Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Engineering
• Experience working in Program Management and/or Owners Advisory services
• PMP certification
• The ability to interact with multi-discipline teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• Hands-on CAD experience

Required Qualifications:

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

Qualifications

Master's degree in Engineering preferred, Bachelor's degree in Engineering required. A minimum of 7 years related experience and 2 years project management experience required. Professional Engineer (PE) license required. Hands-on CAD experience preferred.

Skills

Hands-on CAD experience preferred.

Benefits

Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. The expected compensation range for this position is $126,511 - $205,375 annually depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Primary Location: United States-California-Sacramento
Other Locations: United States-California-Walnut Creek, United States-California-Folsom, United States-California-Santa Clara, United States-California-Santa Cruz

Industry

Water

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

WW Treatment and Effluent Mgmt

Job Posting

Aug 25, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.