Senior Water​/Wastewater Project Manager

Senior Water / Wastewater Project Manager

HDR is a leading engineering and consulting firm that values inclusion and empowers employees to bring authentic selves to work. Our Water Business Group helps communities manage water for generations, delivering safe drinking water, treating wastewater, and developing sustainable water supplies. This role supports public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience.

HDR is looking for a Senior Water / Wastewater Project Manager in Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, or Winston‑Salem, NC. The ideal candidate will lead development of contract documents and manage multidisciplinary projects.

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidisciplinary teams throughout the project’s lifecycle
• Be responsible for all aspects of large multidisciplinary projects or medium‑sized projects with high technical complexity, involving a large project staff
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently
• 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
• Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on 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
• Work with Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews
• Implement QA/QC procedures
• Supervise large project staffs and act as mentor for less‑experienced Project Managers
• Perform other duties as needed

• Master’s degree in related field
• PMP certification
• Local candidates are preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 10 years of related experience
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience
• Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position (e.g., Professional Engineer)
• MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be a plus)
• Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
• Active participation in an employee‑owned culture is a must

• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  Charlotte, NC
• Other Locations:
  Winston‑Salem, Raleigh, Wilmington, Asheville, NC
• Industry: Water
• Schedule:
  
  Full‑time
• Employee Status:
  Regular
• Business Class: WW Treatment and Effluent Mgmt
• Job Posting Date:
  Dec 5 2025

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, arrest and conviction records.