Water Resources Project Manager

Our client is seeking an experienced Water Resources Project Manager to join a growing Public Works team delivering impactful infrastructure, environmental, and water resources projects across New England and the Northeast. This is a high-priority strategic hire and offers the opportunity to lead complex projects, manage key client relationships, and play an important role in the continued growth of the practice.

This role is ideal for a consulting professional with 8+ years of experience delivering water resources, stormwater, drainage, watershed, municipal infrastructure, environmental, or related public works projects. The successful candidate will oversee projects from pursuit through delivery, manage multidisciplinary teams, support staff development, and contribute to business development and client growth initiatives.

What You'll Be Doing

• Manage and deliver a diverse portfolio of water resources and public infrastructure projects for municipal, state, federal, and private-sector clients.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and to the highest technical standards.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, stakeholders, and regulatory agencies.
• Oversee project planning, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and resource allocation.
• Review and provide quality assurance for technical reports, engineering designs, permit applications, and project deliverables.
• Support proposal preparation, project pursuits, client development, and strategic business development initiatives.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers, project engineers, and technical staff throughout the organisation.
• Collaborate with environmental, transportation, aviation, and municipal infrastructure teams to deliver integrated solutions across a wide range of projects.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of relevant consulting experience in water resources, stormwater, drainage, municipal infrastructure, or environmental engineering.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects, budgets, schedules, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong client-facing skills with experience building and maintaining long-term client relationships.
• Proven ability to lead project delivery while balancing technical, financial, and client objectives.
• Professional Engineer (PE) licence required.
• Experience supporting business development, proposal efforts, and client account management preferred.
• Strong communication, leadership, and team-building skills.

Why Join?

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - Become an employee-owner and directly share in the success of the business, giving you a long-term stake in the growth and performance of the company.
• This organisation continues to invest heavily in its Public Works practice, making this one of the most visible and important growth areas in the business. The Water Resources Project Manager position is among the highest-priority hires across the company, creating significant opportunities for career advancement, leadership, and practice growth.
• Projects include municipal stormwater programmes, watershed management initiatives, environmental restoration efforts, public infrastructure improvements, state agency contracts, and long-term water resource planning and resilience projects.
• Teams are currently supporting major statewide initiatives and multi-year contracts that provide a strong backlog of meaningful work for years to come.
• Employees enjoy a collaborative, people-focused culture where mentorship, professional development, and technical excellence are highly valued. Team members regularly work alongside recognised industry experts and have opportunities to contribute across a wide range of project types and disciplines.
• The Bangor office, in particular, offers a close-knit environment with strong mentorship, community involvement, volunteer initiatives, and exposure to a diverse range of projects spanning water resources, environmental engineering, municipal infrastructure, and public sector work.
• With flexible office location options throughout the Public Works group and a robust project backlog, this is an opportunity to join a growing team where you can make an immediate impact while helping shape the future direction of the practice.