Sr. Project Manager - Water/Wastewater

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We're improving the environment & creating a sustainable future. What will be your legacy?

Whether you are looking to launch your green-collar career or accelerate it, NORESCO can offer you the challenge you are looking for. Part of Carrier Global Corporation, we’re one of the largest energy services companies in the U.S supporting the creation of energy- and water-efficient, sustainable, and high-performance environments for our customers.

From school districts to historic national landmarks, every day, NORESCO employees are improving the environment and helping to create a sustainable future. As the demand for modern energy infrastructure increases, the need for NORESCO’s services grows too. That’s where you come in. Join us to play an integral part in solving energy problems and make your future-self proud.

About the Water/Wastewater Engineering Group

NORESCO develops and delivers upgrades to utility client facilities that are intended to save operating costs or increase operating revenue. We deliver these upgrades, that can take many forms, in a Progressive Design Build environment, with long-term operating performance guarantees. We can also provide long-term operations and maintenance for our clients.

Our water/wastewater engineers provide the specialized skills and experience associated with water and wastewater treatment plants and distribution and collection systems. NORESCO is product and technology agnostic. We are able and willing to make upgrades in any area of the water or wastewater realm. We have considered or delivered upgrades including pumping, aeration, controls, digestion, biosolids drying, renewable natural gas, and cogeneration.

This individual will be responsible for conceptual development and design of these upgrades. Specifically, the engineer will lead and manage teams consisting of both in-house staff and consulting engineers, managing the design schedule and budget, overseeing customer engineering deliverables, providing QA/QC of documents, running technical customer meetings, and being the primary technical customer interface on large water/wastewater upgrades projects.    

About the role

The position is a senior level position reporting to the Senior Manager, Water/Wastewater Engineering.  Project Managers are engaged with multiple projects from opportunity identification, sales support, initial concept, project development, construction, commissioning, performance testing, and into operations and monitoring of long-term key performance indicators. They also have a key role in helping to support NORESCO’s business development and implementation strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for planning, directing, and monitoring all engineering aspects of water/wastewater projects from the concept stage through detailed design, construction, and commissioning in a collaborative Design/Build process which leverages NORESCO technical expertise with external engineering, vendor, and subcontractor partners and consultants.
• Responsible for managing and maintaining the design schedule, design budget, project scope of work, and the engineering deliverables.
• Track design deliverables/submissions, customer comments and approvals, ensure all elements of the project scope are accurately designed, documented, reviewed, and distributed to the project team for use during construction. 
• Lead design review meetings and charrettes both internal and with the customer and their advisors.
• Lead engineering activities during project development including:  site investigations, data collection, preparation of conceptual design documents, preparation for pricing-level design documents, and final design and permitting.
• Support project pricing effort in partnership with the NORESCO construction department; Bid packages, subcontractor qualification, subcontractor bid-walks, use of third-party consultants, bid reviews, value engineering, evaluation of life cycle and long-term service agreements, etc.
• Support project team during construction, commissioning, and performance phases to resolve design issues, document as-built conditions, and ensure performance objectives are met.
• Identify key customer interests, needs, and drivers. Review these with project team members to refine strategies and develop scopes that address these concerns in the proposed project.
• Mentor water/wastewater engineers that are earlier in their career development.
• Support sales and development groups to prospect clients, audit customer facilities, participate in sales presentations, and develop technical write-ups for competitive proposal responses.
• Evaluate facility upgrades through equipment or system modeling and analysis
• NORESCO has a need for both subject matter experts in water/wastewater engineering and engineers that are interested in direct management of an engineering team.

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Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10+ years engineering and/or engineering management experience
• 3+ years of experience with Municipal Water/Wastewater facility engineering projects
• Professional Engineer’s registration (or on a path to obtain one)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Facilities Management, Construction or Chemical Engineering
• High level communication, leadership, engineering, and project management skills.
• Strong sense of ownership, understands the importance of maintaining project schedules, resolving issues in a timely manner, and in consistently meeting deadlines and commitments.
• Graduate degree in engineering or business administration
• Strong interest in engaging clients, customers, and partners to grow relationships.
• Advanced knowledge of one or more facets of engineering; design principles, technologies, unit processes, markets, design guides, and standards.
• Desire to build and maintain respectful and inclusive working relationships with individual project team members to foster an environment of cooperation and productivity.
• Robust combination of business acumen, risk management, and strategic thinking skills.
• Keen attention to detail and ability to identify errors, concerns, or ambiguities in documents.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $117,500.00 - $234,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

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Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3  days from Job Posting Date: 7 April 2026

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