Senior Water​/Wastewater Project Manager

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work each day. Our Water Business Group works to deliver safe drinking water, treat wastewater responsibly, and develop sustainable water supplies that protect public health, the environment, and infrastructure resilience.

This role gives you the opportunity to shape how communities manage water for generations to come and to lead change in a meaningful way.

• Plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of multidisciplinary Water/Wastewater/Water Resources or other water‑related projects.
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently.
• Establish client relations and be involved with marketing, contractual, design, and production meetings.
• Conduct schematic, design development, and contract document work sessions at project sites in conjunction with project managers, technical professionals, and other disciplines.
• Coordinate staffing and workload throughout project development to complete documents on schedule.
• Work with the business/accounting manager, project controller or company controller, and department manager or managing principal for project reviews.
• Implement QA/QC procedures.
• Execute training for personnel as established by strategic plans.
• Supervise project staff and act as mentor for less‑experienced project managers.

• Minimum 15 years of water/wastewater project engineering, including a minimum of 5 years of project management experience on complex projects such as condition assessments, planning, and design of collection, distribution, and treatment systems.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in New York or New Jersey.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant in our employee‑owned culture.
• Local residency in the NY/NJ area is preferred.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of related experience.
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Proficiency with MS Office and MS Project (Access experience is a plus).
• Demonstrated leadership, business development, and strategic planning skills.
• Active participation in an employee‑owned culture.

Compensation ranges vary by location: {Albany, NY}: $129,780–$185,400; {Newark, NJ}: $155,736–$222,480; {New York, NY}: $162,225–$231,750; {White Plains, NY}: $162,225–$231,750; {Woodcliff Lake, NJ}: $162,225–$231,750.

United States – New York, New York

Full‑time

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrests, and conviction records.