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Job Type
Full-time
Description
Job Summary
The Project Manager is responsible for leading the planning, design, and delivery of municipal water and wastewater facility projects, including treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, storage facilities, and related infrastructure. This role manages multidisciplinary engineering teams, coordinates directly with clients and regulatory agencies, and oversees projects from preliminary engineering through design, bidding, construction, and startup. The Project Manager is accountable for technical quality, scope, schedule, budget, client satisfaction, and successful delivery while supporting business development and long-term client relationships.
Job Responsibilities
- Manage water and wastewater facility projects from initial planning and preliminary engineering through final design, permitting, bidding, construction, and startup.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for municipal and utility clients, maintaining effective communication and managing expectations throughout project delivery.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams involving process, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, architectural, and other specialty disciplines.
- Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, work plans, and consultant or subconsultant assignments.
- Provide technical leadership for treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, storage facilities, rehabilitation projects, expansions, and other water/wastewater infrastructure.
- Coordinate permitting and regulatory requirements with agencies such as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and other applicable federal, state, and local authorities.
- Direct project QA/QC activities, including interdisciplinary reviews, constructability evaluations, design coordination, and resolution of technical issues.
- Monitor project financial performance, including labor expenditures, budgets, invoicing, scope changes, and project forecasts, and take corrective action when necessary.
- Support bidding and construction-phase services, including contractor coordination, RFIs, submittal reviews, change management, site observations, startup, and project closeout.
- Support business development by identifying client needs, developing scopes and fee estimates, preparing SOQs and proposals, participating in interviews, and strengthening long-term client relationships.
Requirements
Required Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering, or related field.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license in the state of Texas or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire.
- 8+ years of experience.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
Preferred Education & Experience
- Project management professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience with water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, storage facilities, and facility rehabilitation or expansion projects.
- Demonstrated experience developing engineering fees, project scopes, schedules, staffing plans, cost estimates, and project budgets, including monitoring project financial performance.
- Demonstrated experience with construction-phase services, including RFIs, submittals, change orders, contractor coordination, field observations, and startup/commissioning.
- A strong background in mentoring younger engineers or coordinating across disciplines.
What can LAN offer?
- Your Life, Your Time! LAN supports our teams with competitive Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays, Civic Duty Leave, Military Leave, Paid Parental (maternal and paternal) Leave, and Flexible Schedules to accommodate life!
- Rewarding What You Bring! Our firm offers an Annual Incentive Program tied to firm performance, team results, and individual contributions. We also offer additional gratitude with Straight Time Pay, Service Awards, and Employee Referrals!
- Coverage That Cares: Competitive Health Insurance, HSA/FSA, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), and other supportive insurance coverage.
- Planning For the Future: 401(k) Plan with Company Match, Immediate Vesting (100% and company match from Day One), and Retirement Planning tools.
You can read more about LAN and our Benefits here: https://lan-inc.com/
Come Join Us!
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, status, or local laws and to prohibit discrimination and harassment based on any of these factors. Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc., is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the Human Resources Department at 713-266-6900 or by email using peopleoperations@leoadaly.com . For more information about your rights under the law, see: Know Your Rights