Job Overview
Location: Lakewood, CO 80226
Job Type: full_time
Salary: $125,000 – $175,000 / Year
Experience: 10-15 years
Department: Engineering
Posted Date: 12/24/2025
Job Description
About the job
This position is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and highly skilled water and wastewater engineering professional. We are seeking to strengthen its Water/Wastewater Utilities staff at the project manager level with an individual experienced in managing and delivering projects involving water and wastewater master planning studies, capital improvements plans, facilities assessment and rehabilitation, and the design of well supply facilities, pump stations, wastewater lift stations, and other water/wastewater capital projects for various public sector clients in Colorado. We are located in Lakewood, CO, where team members have the opportunity to collaborate in person through a hybrid work schedule. We welcome applicants from across the continental United States who are willing to relocate.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Oversee design and analysis on a wide variety of water and wastewater projects, including providing technical vision, problem-solving expertise, and innovative solutions that meet and exceed client expectations.
- Oversee hydraulic water and wastewater modeling efforts, transient analyses, capital improvements programming and master planning studies.
- Manage the design of water/wastewater improvements such as water transmission and distribution lines, shallow and deep well facilities, meter and valve vaults, pumps and pumping facilities, wastewater collection pipelines, sewage lift stations, and irrigation ditch diversion facilities and measurement structures.
- Manage and oversee the delivery of construction drawings, project specifications, and technical report writing.
- Prepare detailed project work scopes, fee estimates, and schedules.
- Mentor, guide and manage teams of project and design engineers to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget.
- Other project management duties such as workload planning and management, invoicing, project progress reporting, etc.
- Champion business development and marketing efforts, resulting in the acquisition of new projects.
- Nurture long-term client relationships resulting in repeat sole-source work.
Education And/or Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an accredited college or university, masters degree is a plus
- 10+ years of combined planning, design and project management experience on water and wastewater projects
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented professional with strong organizational skills
- A desire to grow personally and professionally with each project while working in a team environment to create deliverables that support our client’s overall project goals
- Knowledge and familiarity with industry related software (Aquanuity, EPANet, WaterCAD, SewerCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D and Microstation) and other applicable software common to the field of water/wastewater engineering
Licenses/Registrations
- Active Colorado Professional Engineer license or ability to transfer a license from another state within 6 months of hire.
Required Skills
Project management
design
planning
waste water
water
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