Civil Engineer / Project Manager – Water and Wastewater

Civil Engineer / Project Manager – Water and Wastewater

Location: Jacksonville, Texas, United States
Job ID: CLI-45760-1
Employment type: Direct hire

Summary

A growing Texas civil engineering firm is seeking a licensed Civil Engineer / Project Manager to lead water and wastewater infrastructure projects from design through permitting, bidding, construction support, and closeout. This direct-hire opportunity is intended for an active Texas Professional Engineer seeking technical ownership, client visibility, strong earnings potential, and a long-term path toward leadership, ownership, or partnership.

The firm serves rural water supply corporations, municipalities, and public-sector utility clients throughout Texas. Current work primarily involves water distribution systems, wells, elevated storage tanks, treatment plants, and related utility infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Review, design, and sign or seal civil engineering plans for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Lead design work involving water distribution lines, wells, storage tanks and towers, treatment plants, and municipal utility systems.
• Prepare, review, and manage TCEQ submittals, permitting documentation, plan-review responses, and regulatory compliance activities.
• Manage projects from planning and design through bidding, construction support, and closeout.
• Develop bid packages, support public bidding processes, review contractor submissions, and assist clients during project execution.
• Serve as an engineering point of contact for municipalities, rural water supply corporations, utility clients, boards, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate with in-house drafting resources and provide technical direction for project production.
• Participate in client meetings, board meetings, field visits, site inspections, and travel throughout Texas.
• Help build scalable engineering processes and potentially mentor EITs, junior engineers, technicians, or design staff as the firm grows.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Current, active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas, with the ability to review and seal plans.
• Approximately 6–8+ years of progressive civil engineering experience.
• Experience with water and wastewater, municipal infrastructure, utility, or public-works projects.
• Demonstrated experience with TCEQ submittals, permitting, regulatory requirements, and approval workflows.
• Experience with water distribution systems, wells, storage facilities, treatment plants, or related infrastructure.
• Proven project-management experience covering engineering design, bidding, client coordination, construction support, and project delivery.
• Working proficiency with AutoCAD or comparable civil design and drafting software.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel throughout Texas.
• Strong written communication, client-facing, organizational, and project-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting rural water supply corporations, municipalities, public works departments, or utility clients.
• Background as a Municipal Engineer, Water/Wastewater Project Engineer, Civil Project Manager, Consulting Civil PE, or Public Works Engineer.
• Familiarity with public-sector bidding, infrastructure funding, and board-level client interaction.
• Interest or experience in business development and client relationship development.
• Established Central Texas network, particularly around Austin, Taylor, Pflugerville, or surrounding communities.
• Experience mentoring, leading, or supervising EITs, junior engineers, technicians, or drafting staff.

Benefits and Opportunities

• Base salary commensurate with experience.
• Performance-based bonus opportunity of approximately 50%–100% of base salary; recent annual bonus performance has reached 100%.
• Potential total annual compensation of approximately twice the base salary.
• Hybrid flexibility, typically up to three work-from-home days weekly based on workload and project needs.
• Health-insurance reimbursement model.
• Company vehicle within approximately the first six months, including fuel and authorized personal use.
• Laid-back, collaborative small-firm culture with direct access to leadership and meaningful autonomy.
• Long-term opportunity to help lead and expand the engineering function, develop clients, and pursue future ownership or partnership.