Municipal Project Manager

What Your Day Will Look Like:

The Municipal Project Manager is responsible for managing engineering projects and client services for Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs), Water Control and Improvement Districts (WCIDs), special districts, and municipal clients throughout Texas. This role serves as a key liaison between clients, developers, utility operators, regulatory agencies, and internal project teams, ensuring the successful delivery of water, wastewater, drainage, and utility infrastructure projects.

Working closely with the Municipal Engineering Manager, the Municipal Project Manager will oversee project execution from planning and design through construction, while helping clients address infrastructure needs, regulatory requirements, and long-term capital improvement objectives. This position offers a blend of technical engineering, project management, client interaction, and team leadership responsibilities within a growing municipal infrastructure practice.

What You'll Do:

• Manage the planning, design, permitting, and construction of municipal infrastructure projects, including water distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, force mains, lift stations, drainage facilities, and utility extensions.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for Municipal Utility Districts, utility operators, developers, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Coordinate and manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• Prepare and review engineering reports, technical memoranda, cost estimates, specifications, and construction documents.
• Assist district clients with capital improvement planning, infrastructure assessments, and long-term utility system planning.
• Support district board meetings by preparing project updates, engineering recommendations, and infrastructure improvement presentations.
• Coordinate permitting activities and agency approvals with TCEQ, local municipalities, counties, and other regulatory entities.
• Review plats, utility plans, development submittals, and construction plans for compliance with district standards and engineering requirements.
• Provide construction phase support, including responding to contractor questions, reviewing submittals, and assisting with project closeout activities.
• Manage project budgets, schedules, staffing plans, and financial performance.
• Lead and mentor engineers, designers, and technical staff assigned to project teams.
• Maintain effective working relationships with district directors, developers, attorneys, financial advisors, utility operators, and regulatory agencies.
• Assist with proposals, client presentations, and business development efforts to support practice growth.
• Promote technical excellence and adherence to company quality management standards.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor of Science in Civil, Environmental, or a related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in municipal utility district, land development, municipal infrastructure, or utility engineering consulting.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Knowledge of Municipal Utility District operations and development processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high-quality client service.Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including budgeting, scheduling, and client communication.
• Experience preparing engineering reports, construction documents, and technical deliverables.
• Familiarity with TCEQ regulations, permitting requirements, and Texas utility infrastructure standards.
• Experience managing water, wastewater, drainage, or utility infrastructure projects through planning, design, and construction.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders.
• This hybrid job operates between an office environment and a field environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones and copy machines. May require occasional exposure to work environments that may include inclement weather, heat, humidity, noise, hazard, atmospheric conditions, and bodies of water, depending on project requirements.
• While performing the duties of this job, physical demands of the employee include frequent sitting, moving, standing, talking, hearing, and occasional balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling. This job may occasionally require operating a company vehicle, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 35 lbs. 

 

What Benefits You’ll Enjoy:  

We invest in us. Because our team members go above, below, and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out), we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package! Eligibility for some of the benefits outlined below is based on full-time work status; part-time and contingent positions are only eligible based on hours worked. If you have questions, contact [email protected]. 

• Career Growth & Development – Tuition reimbursement program, paid professional training, major license achievement bonus, extensive on-demand learning center, and paid professional memberships.  

• Work-Life Alignment – Industry-competitive PTO, seven paid holidays and two floating holidays, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.  

• Wellness – Medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and HSA and FSA options.  

• Life – Employer-paid STD and LTD, employer-paid term life insurance, and retirement 401(k) with company match.  

• Community – Quarterly social events, paid group volunteering events, and employee networks and groups.   

How Your Career Will Grow:  

We know career growth is not always linear or streamlined—it’s often dynamic. You may want to explore a management track, try a new technical track, or move laterally to reposition your skills and talents. No matter what level you join us at or how you want to shape your career, we want Consor to be a place where you can learn and grow.  

Why You’ll Love Consor:   

You’ll experience a culture where we share in our successes and support one another through challenges. Here, there are countless opportunities to explore your career path by working on projects that help you expand your potential and take your career to new heights! Join our diverse team of experts who live and work alongside client partners, providing thoughtful solutions to create inspiring communities together. Click here to learn more about Consor. 

Consor’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity in the Workplace 

Consor welcomes and celebrates equality and diversity in the workplace. We are committed to fostering an environment in which employees and prospective employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where the uniqueness, perspectives, and experiences of individuals are valued. Consor is an equal opportunity employer and maintains employment practices designed to provide equal employment and development opportunities for all employees and applicants, in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Consor also maintains an affirmative action program across its offices and worksites. 

If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency, contact Human Resources at (786) 275-7370. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Consor by using the Virginia Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). Call 711 for TTY/TDD.  

If any applicant believes they have been discriminated against or desires further information or assistance, contact us at (786) 275-7370.  

Notices: The above job description is intended to relay a general sense of the position's responsibilities and expectations. It does not describe all tasks that may be assigned. As business demands change, the essential functions of this position may also change. The position requires the successful completion of applicable pre-employment substance screening and background checks.

At Consor, we're committed to recruiting teammates ready to expand their potential. To safeguard candidates, we use only legitimate recruitment practices. Initial outreach is conducted through official Consor email addresses or LinkedIn messaging; be suspicious of any inconsistencies.  We do not request personal data, sensitive information or banking details during the application process. Interviews are conducted via phone, in person, or through Microsoft Teams—never through messaging apps or other calling services. All job offers are merit-based, delivered verbally, and followed up by written confirmation. If personal information is required to initiate the hiring process, it will be collected through secure, authorized channels. If ever in doubt, contact [email protected]. 

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