Project Manager - Water Infrastructure
Senior Water Infrastructure Leadership Opportunity In North Carolina
Job Title: Senior Project Manager - Water Infrastructure
Location: Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, Ashville, North Carolina
Salary: $140k - $185k base salary
Benefits: above industry standard healthcare coverage,401k and 4 weeks PTO
For almost a century they have worked exclusively in water, delivering technically complex and high impact water, wastewater, reuse, and conveyance programmes for municipalities, utilities, and public sector clients across North America. Their projects are known for setting industry benchmarks combining deep technical expertise with long term thinking around resilience, public health, and sustainability.
This opportunity sits within an environment where senior engineers remain closely involved in decision making, mentor high performing teams, and influence projects from planning through construction. It's well suited to someone who enjoys operating at programme level while remaining technically engaged and trusted by clients.
What you'd be doing
- Leading multidisciplinary teams across planning, design, and construction of complex water and wastewater infrastructure
- Acting as a senior technical and delivery partner to public sector clients
- Supporting capital improvement programme (CIP) planning, prioritisation, and delivery
- Managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality across concurrent projects
- Providing technical leadership in asset management, capital planning, and system optimisation
Why Engineers Often Find This Kind of Platform Compelling
- Water is the sole focus not one of many market sectors
- Opportunities to work alongside recognised industry leaders and subject matter experts
- Exposure to nationally significant, technically challenging projects
- Real influence over project outcomes, not just oversight
- Strong balance between technical depth and leadership responsibility
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering, or related field of study.
- PE License in North Carolina or ability to obtain one within 6 months of employment
- Minimum 8 years of experience in water and wastewater facilities, wastewater collection systems, water transmission/distribution projects/ master planning etc.
- Deliver high quality services within budget and schedule constraints, often for concurrent projects.
- Must have previous experience in the planning, design and construction phase of infrastructure projects.
If you're someone who values credibility, long term impact, and staying close to the engineering itself, this is the kind of platform that tends to resonate.
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