Design Partner Project Manager; Water​/Wastewater

Job Category
:
Project Management

Requisition Number
: DESIG
006619

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• Posted :
  February 25, 2026
• Full-Time
• Remote

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10777 Westheimer Rd
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Brown and Caldwell (BC) is seeking a Director to manage a portfolio of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Design Partner Projects in our Municipal Markets in the water treatment, wastewater treatment, water reuse treatment, linear infrastructure, and heavy civil areas. The Design Partner’s goal is to ensure that all projects within their portfolio meet established key performance indicators and metrics. Design Partner Projects are projects where BC is in the design engineer of record role or design consultant role on collaborative delivery projects.

Characteristics of the successful candidate include the proven ability to manage a portfolio of projects in multiple Municipal Markets, maintain, leverage and expand BC’s exceptional client relationships, align with local and national resources, and collaborate with both contractor partner and BC teams. The candidate shall have extensive project collaborative delivery experience to be able to assist in developing and implementing a successful collaborative delivery design project management plan, assess design project health, and assist in the development of a recovery plan.

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The key objectives of the Design Partner include:

• Provide Project Pursuit Teams support in contract/commercial assessment and negotiation, risk analysis, scope of work development, level of effort development, pricing, and design schedule development and integration into the contractor project schedule.
• Partner with IPD Project Development Leads during project pursuit phases.
• Provide Project Delivery Teams guidance to support change management, risk management, and design quality driving successful project outcomes in alignment with BC Project Delivery fundamentals.
• Partner with Business Unit (BU) Leadership, Market Area Directors and Market Sector Leaders to ensure the IPD Enterprise and BU Delivery Teams meet our Contractor Partner (or BCC if Prime) and Client commitments.
• Supporting BU Project Pursuit and Delivery Teams and reinforcing adherence to the Chief Engineer’s application of BC quality policy and use of design standards and best practices uniformly across the company.
• Partner with BU Area Leaders and Local Leaders to determine needs for resource capabilities, specialty delivery resources as needed, and delivery capacity for upcoming IPD projects.
• Assist BU Area Leaders and Local Leaders to achieve anticipated performance metrics on Design Partner Portfolio Projects, directly aligned with P&L and operational goals (ex-sales, net revenue () burn, and margin) of the respective Areas.

IPD Design Partner Responsibilities:

• Coordinate directly with Leaders (BU, IPD Enterprise, Design Services Enterprise, and Project Services) associated with the Design Partner Portfolio.
• Coordinate with BU Area Leaders and Local Leaders to understand the upcoming staffing and skill set needs.
• Support delivery of Design Partner Projects communicating project talent demands across the company to form and maintain complete delivery teams.
• Work with IPD and BU Leaders to support pursuits of large, complex and company-priority Design Partner Projects.
• Support Project Managers, Project Developers and operations leadership in identifying and approving appropriate project delivery teams.
• Monitor the overall performance of the Design Partner Portfolio.
• Coordinate with the Chief Engineers and Project Delivery to drive compliance with BC project specific design standards and project delivery fundamentals and best practices.
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