Water Lead Designer - Project Manager

This role is aligned with either our Stormwater Design Team or our Water / Wastewater Design Team, depending on your technical background and experience.

About the role

As a Water Design Lead – Project Manager, you will lead the planning, design, and delivery of municipal infrastructure projects from concept through construction. You’ll serve as a technical and project delivery leader within your specialty, collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team that supports roadway, structural, geotechnical, and utility components. At Consor, you’ll work in a collaborative, flexible environment that values leadership, initiative, and professional growth. This role provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, mentor emerging engineers, and contribute to the continued growth of our water-focused practices.

Responsibilities

• Project Management & Client Leadership
  • Serve as Project Manager for municipal infrastructure projects within stormwater and drainage, or water and wastewater conveyance and treatment systems
  • Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, and staffing to meet contractual and client expectations
  • Act as the primary point of contact for clients, agencies, and stakeholders
  • Support business development efforts, including proposals, interviews, and ongoing client engagement
  • Identify project risks early and proactively develop mitigation strategies
• Technical Oversight & Engineering Excellence
  • Provide senior-level technical oversight within your assigned design team
  • Stormwater Design Team Focus
    • Hydraulic and hydrologic (H&H) modeling and drainage studies
    • Stormwater management systems and municipal drainage infrastructure
    • Floodplain analysis and FEMA coordination
  • Water / Wastewater Design Team Focus
    • Water and wastewater conveyance systems, including pipelines, pump stations, and lift stations
    • System planning, condition assessments, and capacity evaluations
  • Across Both Practice Areas
    • Review and approve plans, specifications, engineering reports, and technical memoranda
    • Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations
    • Prepare and review probable construction cost estimates
  • This role emphasizes technical leadership, quality control, and coordination, rather than performing detailed design across every discipline
• Coordination & Construction Support
  • Coordinate closely with roadway, structural, geotechnical, and utility disciplines
  • Support construction administration activities, including RFIs, submittals, and field coordination
  • Assist with resolving construction-related issues as needed
• Mentorship & Team Development
  • Mentor and supervise engineers and designers within your project teams
  • Perform technical reviews and uphold quality control standards
  • Foster professional development and knowledge sharing within your design team

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in stormwater, water & wastewater, or water resources engineering
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, Construction Management, or a related engineering discipline
• Professional Engineer (PE) license (required)
• Strong technical foundation aligned with your design team focus:
  • Hydrology, hydraulics, and drainage, or
  • Municipal water and wastewater infrastructure
• Proficiency in OpenRoads, Civil 3D, and/or AutoCAD (OpenRoads preferred; training available)
• Experience with HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, SWMM, StormCAD, or similar tools (preferred, not required)
• FEMA floodplain mapping and agency coordination experience (preferred)
• UDOT or Mountain West municipal project experience (a plus)
• Proven ability to lead teams, communicate with clients, and manage projects effectively

Work Environment

This job operates between an office environment and some project site visits. Routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and copy machines. May require occasional exposure to work environments that may include inclement weather, heat, humidity, noise, hazard, atmospheric conditions, and bodies of water, depending on project requirements.

Physical demands of the employee include frequent sitting, moving, standing, talking, hearing, and occasional balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling. This job may occasionally require operating a company vehicle, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 35 lbs.

Pay

Salary Range: $120,000 – $160,000, dependent on experience. Compensation for candidates with significant experience beyond the minimum requirements may be considered above this range.

Benefits

• Career Growth & Development
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid professional training
  • Major license achievement bonus
  • Extensive on-demand learning center
  • Paid professional memberships
• Work-Life Alignment
  • Industry-competitive PTO
  • Seven paid holidays and two floating holidays
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Paid parental leave
  • Eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities
• Wellness
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Fitness and wellness reimbursement
  • HSA and FSA options
• Life
  • Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability
  • Employer-paid term life insurance
  • Retirement 401(k) with company match
• Community
  • Quarterly social events
  • Paid group volunteering events
  • Employee networks and groups