Freese and Nichols is seeking Water/Wastewater Transmission and Utilities Project Manager in our Frisco or Dallas, Texas office. As Project Manager, you will manage projects through study, design, and construction phases for water pump stations, wastewater lift stations, stormwater pump stations, pipelines, and utility infrastructure.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the primary client contact and keep clients informed on project status, schedule, and key decisions
• Manage projects through study, design, and construction phases for pump stations, lift stations, pipelines, and utility work
• Perform and direct complex studies and investigations and prepare reports of findings
• Manage and support direct reports in technical engineering and contribute to growth of team members
• Coordinate project phases to keep work aligned with scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations
• Select equipment and materials and review manufacturer shop drawings for project use
• Review calculations, seal drawings and reports, and maintain continuity, conformity, and quality across project deliverables
• Direct assignments, schedule work, and provide technical oversight to engineers, technicians, designers, drafters, and field representatives
• Advise construction teams on questions and issues that arise during construction and communicate with agencies, vendors, contractors, and partner firms

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or mechanical engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas
• 6+ years of experience designing water pump stations, wastewater lift stations, and large and small diameter pipelines
• Experience managing projects through study, design, and construction phases
• Experience leading technical staff and reviewing engineering work for quality and consistency

Preferred

• 8+ years of engineering experience
• Experience serving as the primary client contact for municipal infrastructure projects
• Experience coordinating with regulatory agencies, vendors, contractors, and partner firms
• Experience reviewing shop drawings and selecting equipment and materials for conveyance projects
• Experience managing and supervising staff

About Freese and Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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