Project Manager - Water​/Wastewater Engineering

Overview

Ardurra is looking to hire an experienced Water/Wastewater Project Manager to join our team in Houston, TX
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Due to a significant expansion of work across Texas, our Houston office is actively scaling to support a large and diverse portfolio of complex water and wastewater projects, creating exceptional opportunities for senior-level professionals who want to make an immediate impact.

Our water and wastewater teams deliver high-profile, technically challenging infrastructure projects for municipal and regional water authorities. Our work focuses on water and wastewater treatment facilities, advanced treatment technologies, and specialty process-driven projects, supported by planning, design, permitting, and construction-phase services.

As a recognized leader in the Texas water industry, Ardurra offers the chance to step into a high-visibility leadership role within a fast-growing, well-resourced organization committed to long-term investment in people, clients, and innovation.

The Project Manager (PM) manages the full life cycle (proposal-initiation-execution/control-closeout) of projects and assumes full responsibility for achieving the project goals. This includes managing activities related to project planning, scope, schedule, cost, cash flow, quality, communications, resources, procurement, profit/loss, corrective actions, and risk elements required to optimize client service, quality, and fiscal responsibility. The PM’s overall objective is to deliver value to our clients and to Ardurra, build and maintain a positive client relationship, and achieve or exceed the estimated profit margin for the project.

The PM’s objective is to deliver outstanding client outcomes, maintain trusted client relationships, and consistently achieve strong financial performance while helping to scale Ardurra’s Texas water practice.

• Project Planning and Execution
  • Identifying project goals and developing scopes, budgets and schedules
  • Use Earned Value Management (EVM) to execute, manage, monitor, and control project financials
  • Manage change & take corrective actions to achieve project success
  • Ensuring Quality Control reviews are completed at proper milestones
  • Manage & minimize project risks for the interest of Ardurra
  • Knowing and understanding contract requirements
  • Tracking Accounts Receivable and ensuring that invoices are paid in a timely manner
• Team Leadership
  • Forms a highly effective work team and sees that responsibilities are assigned, and execution of tasks are begun and completed according to schedule
  • Keeps team informed of project progress and roadblocks
  • On-site supervision maintains staff morale and interacts appropriately with client counterparts
• Communication
  • Establishes contractor-client liaison network to keep all interested parties informed of project planning, start date, and work progress
  • Participates in regularly scheduled project status review (PSR) meetings to ensure that:
    • A project contract’s terms, conditions, and specifications are being met
    • Project personnel adhere to federal and state regulatory requirements and company policies
    • Delays and cost overruns, at best, are entirely avoided, or, at worst, kept to a minimum
    • Manpower, equipment, materials, and quality problems are recognized for timely intervention and resolution
    • Information for progress billing purposes is submitted correctly and on time
    • Client sales and/or assists the Client Service Manager (CSM)
  • Maintains a continuing business relationship with clients as part of ongoing business development efforts

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
• 5-8+ years of experience in water and wastewater project delivery
• Proven success managing large, complex engineering projects with multidisciplinary teams
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred; state licensing requirements may apply
• Demonstrated ability to manage clients, mentor staff, and deliver strong financial performance
• Experience supporting proposals and growth initiatives is strongly preferred

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart…