Water​/Wastewater Treatment Project Manager

Job Description

Take Your Design Career to the Next Level

Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Design team is looking for you! From bridge and structural engineering to civil, electrical, mechanical, and process engineering, Kleinfelder's collaborative Design Services create synergy across multiple disciplines.

Kleinfelder has a great opportunity for a Water / Wastewater Treatment Project Manager or Senior Process Engineer for our Kleinfelder Water Technologies Area. Although the candidate will be close to our Ohio Offices (Toledo, McClure, Hilliard and Defiance) is preferred, we are very flexible with remote work arrangements. Flexibility is required for heavy travel to the office or client sites, as needed.

The ideal candidate will thrive as a vital part of a resourceful and collaborative water practice team, working across projects, markets, and offices. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to grow into a technical leadership or senior project manager role.

This position will mainly serve as project manager, design / treatment consultant, and client contact for projects in our Industrial and Commercial Water and Wastewater Division. You will lead and manage a multi-discipline team for projects that include industrial water and drinking water treatment systems, wastewater treatment, water reuse, system integration, permitting, and client specific projects. In addition, you will expand your professional network via collaboration with peers in water practices and further develop your career on both technical and business development fronts by leveraging our diverse portfolio of public/private water/wastewater work and clients across multiple geographies.

The role will include working in our team-oriented environment, primarily providing public and private sector clients with professional engineering services for water/wastewater infrastructure projects, including studies, design, and construction administration.

• Strong experience with the design and construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities.
• Leading technical efforts for planning, studies, budgeting, technical management, coordination of multi-discipline engineering efforts, quality assurance, subcontract management and contract administration.
• Supervising staff, and subcontractors to successfully deliver technical projects and build/mentor staff in the group.
• Ability to effectively communicate water and wastewater design concepts to clients, participating in project scoping activities and proposal presentations, and coordinating with clients to ensure an ongoing positive relationship; and
• Establishing strong, productive internal collaborative relationships with senior management.

• A minimum of ten (10) years of design and construction experience of water/wastewater treatment projects.
• B.S. in Civil, Mechanical, Environmental, or Chemical Engineering.
• Professional Engineering license with ability to obtain Ohio license within 6 months of start date.
• In-depth knowledge of water/wastewater treatment processes and experience coordinating the various engineering disciplines involved in the design of new or upgrade treatment facilities.
• A strong work ethic with excellent organizational, communication, computer and technical writing skills.
• Strong team building and communications skills.
• Solid written and verbal fluency in English.

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.

Anticipated salary range is $103,006 per year to $187,959 per year.

Kleinfelder, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)