HDR

Senior Project Manager (Civil Engineering)

HDR • $110K — $130K *
Folsom, CA 95630In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • 10 years related experience
  • 5 years of project management experience
  • Professional engineering license (PE or P.Eng)
  • Proficient in MS Office and MS Project
  • Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning skills
  • Commitment to an employee-owned culture

Responsibilities

  • Guide multidisciplinary teams through the lifecycle of major water infrastructure projects
  • Manage large, complex projects while balancing scope, schedule, budget, and quality
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with various client organizations
  • Foster a collaborative culture while mentoring engineers and project managers
  • Track project financials and adjust plans proactively
  • Implement QA/QC best practices for technical excellence
  • Provide strategic guidance on complex design and construction challenges
  • Facilitate collaboration among internal teams and stakeholders to move projects forward
  • Contribute to marketing and business development efforts for expansion in the NorCal water market

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead complex water infrastructure projects that make an impact
  • Emphasis on mentoring and team development
  • Strong company culture focused on collaboration and inclusion
  • Engagement with notable clients such as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Involvement in business development and expansion efforts
Full Job Description
As a Senior Project Manager, you'll play a pivotal role leading complex water projects that matter-from dams and levees to flood control systems and beyond. We're looking for a leader who thrives on collaboration, embraces technical challenges, and is passionate about mentoring teams and delivering impactful solutions.

What You'll Do:

  • Lead with purpose: Guide multidisciplinary teams through the full lifecycle of major water infrastructure projects-from concept to completion-ensuring excellence at every phase.
  • Deliver impactful work: Manage large, complex projects (or multiple concurrent efforts), balancing scope, schedule, budget, and quality. Design, lead, or support production for civil engineering design on a wide variety of projects, including site layouts, horizontal and vertical control, grading and drainage, paving, site utilities, and associated civil engineering activities.
  • Strengthen client partnerships: Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients such as irrigation districts, flood control agencies, the California Department of Water Resources, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • Drive team success: Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture while mentoring and developing engineers and project managers.
  • Own project performance: Track financials, proactively adjust plans, and partner with accounting and leadership teams to keep projects on track.
  • Champion quality: Implement and uphold QA/QC best practices to ensure technical excellence.
  • Provide technical leadership: Offer strategic guidance on design, construction support, and agency coordination-especially for complex challenges requiring innovation beyond standard codes.
  • Facilitate collaboration: Lead work sessions, bringing together internal teams and stakeholders to move projects forward efficiently.
  • Support growth: Contribute to marketing and business development efforts while helping expand HDR's presence in the NorCal water market.


What You Bring:

  • Design lead experience in general civil engineering projects, including site layouts, horizontal and vertical control, grading and drainage, paving, site utilities, and associated civil engineering activities
  • Proven experience design of complex multidisciplinary projects and coordination with internal and external team members
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to build cohesive teams across geographies
  • Excellent communication, organization, and client management abilities
  • Experience providing engineering support during construction or field-based construction work
  • A collaborative mindset and passion for mentoring others


Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Engineering
  • Experience in mentoring and training Civil EITs and civil designers
  • Experience with AutoDesk Civil 3D


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Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • 10 years related experience
  • A minimum 5 years project management experience
  • Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
  • MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
  • Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
  • An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

About HDR

HDR is an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm based in Omaha, Nebraska. The company was founded in 1917 as Henningson Engineering Company and has since grown to become one of the largest engineering firms in the United States. HDR provides a wide range of services, including architecture, engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management. The company has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including the Hoover Dam Bypass and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. HDR is committed to sustainability and has been recognized for its efforts in this area by organizations such as the U.S. Green Building Council.
Learn more about HDR
Size
10,000 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Founded
1917
* Ladders Estimates

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