
Water / Wastewater Project Manager
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Burgess & Niple seeks a Water/Wastewater Project Manager to lead water and wastewater infrastructure projects across their full lifecycle. The role covers project planning and design, budgets, schedules, risk, client relationships, and business development. The manager will also collaborate on project delivery methods and mentor junior engineering staff. A civil engineering degree and 8+ years of relevant experience are required; PE registration is required or obtainable through reciprocity.
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Join our nationally recognized team of civil engineering professionals as a Water/Wastewater Project Manager and take ownership of meaningful infrastructure projects that impact the communities we serve. You'll manage the full project lifecycle across water and wastewater collection, distribution pumping, storage and treatment while balancing budgets, schedules, and risk and building lasting client relationships. Beyond project delivery, you'll contribute to business development pursuits and mentor junior staff, growing your leadership skills and positioning yourself for continued advancement within the firm. What You'll Do - Serve as project manager and technical resource for water and wastewater projects, managing budgets, schedules, and risk on assigned projects - Lead the planning and design of water/wastewater projects that could include designs of wastewater collection system sewers, lift stations, force mains, treatment facilities, booster stations and/or studies of wastewater and water systems - Support project delivery from kickoff through closeout, maintaining quality and contributing to strong client experiences through clear communication and on-time, on-budget execution - Build and maintain relationships with existing clients while supporting pursuit of new opportunities - Support development of statements of qualifications, proposals, and presentations for business development efforts - Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and execute work using traditional and alternative project delivery methods - Mentor and develop junior engineering staff in design and project delivery Skills & Qualifications - Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering or related field from an ABET-accredited program required - Professional Engineer (PE) registration in the state of employment, or ability to be registered with reciprocity - 8+ years of experience in water/wastewater collection, distribution, pumping systems, storage, treatment, and utility infrastructure design - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD Civil 3D, REVIT; hydraulic modeling software is a plus - Hydraulic modeling of collection systems and/or distribution systems is a plus - Adaptable and self-motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset as well as a proactive approach to problem solving - Servant leader committed to fostering collaboration, innovation, and excellence while developing others
How this job compares
Set against the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$110–180K/yr435 salary ranges
- Ohio median$53–64/hr28 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 975 open Project Manager jobs in Ohio and 22,993 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (19,950 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,857 of the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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