Project Manager; Industrial Water​/Wastewater Design

Job Category: Project Services

Requisition Number: PROJE
006970

• Posted :
  August 7, 2026
• Full-Time
• Remote

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Brown and Caldwell is seeking a Project Manager with experience managing and executing industrial water and wastewater design projects in Brown and Caldwell’s Private Sector Business Unit. In this role, the Project Manager will utilize design and project management expertise to deliver high quality design projects within budget and on schedule. Specific work may include managing facility planning, design, construction engineering, and other tasks on current and future projects.

The Project Manager will lead the planning, scheduling, and delivery of complex design projects for industrial water and wastewater systems. The role is responsible for developing and executing detailed project plans that address quality management, schedule and milestones, resource allocation, and budget. The Project Manager will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to lead the projects, monitor progress, identify risks or potential delays, and implement corrective actions to keep projects on track.

Success in this position requires familiarity with design in the industrial water industry.

This role will collaborate with the Private Sector Business Unit Portfolio Design Manager, Portfolio Design Leads, and Chief Engineer to lead the execution of best delivery practices and recommended design delivery approaches for our industrial clients. Client service and support for marketing and proposals will also be included in this role.

The Project Manager role works to plan, execute, and oversee projects to completed on time, within budget, while meeting quality standards and health and safety requirements. The role works closely with cross-functional teams to define project scope, set objectives, allocate resources, and develop detailed project plans. The role monitors progress, manages risks and change, resolves challenges, and communicates with stakeholders to provide regular updates.

The role typically manages mid-sized to large projects and is expected to independently deliver results with minimal supervision, while progressively increasing revenue responsibility.

Responsibilities include the following for delivering day-to-day operations for mid-sized to large-scale projects:

• Project team leadership expectations:
  • Set direction
    :
    Support defining objectives, decision-making processes, schedules, budgets and success factors. Assist team by providing clarity on what the objectives are for an assignment, how decisions will be made, development of schedules and budgets, and what critical success factors the client is trying to achieve.
  • Communicate
    :
    Help establish effective communication methods for team standups, technical/design decisions, and client interactions.
  • Support Team Motivation
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    Assist in empowering team members, resolving conflicts, providing feedback and celebrating success.
  • Establish Trust
    :
    Demonstrate integrity, competence, consistency, loyalty, and transparency
  • Create a safe environment
    :
    Support and assist in providing an atmosphere where ideas and creativity thrive.
  • Embrace thought and experience diversity
    :
    Support an environment where diverse backgrounds, geographies, and different perspectives are all heard, respected and considered.
  • Develop team members
    :
    Support team development by contributing to continuous learning, skills development and mentoring.
• Execution of BC’s project delivery requirements:
  • Scope
    :
    Collaborate and prepare detailed scopes of work to set clear expectations and prevent project overruns. Develop clear assumptions and limitations and set realistic expectations and a solid pathway to delivering quality work…