Senior Project Manager

Freese and Nichols is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our El Paso office to support and grow our West Texas practice. This role offers a unique opportunity for a seasoned professional with expertise in either stormwater engineering or water/wastewater transmission and utilities to lead impactful infrastructure projects that improve communities across the region.

Responsibilities

• Leverage your technical prowess to lead the analysis, design, and preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, and reports for our valued clients
• Cultivate strong client relationships and become a trusted advisor and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Manage, lead, and oversee projects through the full project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control, and closeout) for design engineering and engineering/construction projects.
• Manage project performance, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, communications, resources, procurement, and risk management, with accountability for meeting project financial and delivery objectives while optimizing client service and technical quality.
• Share your expertise and passion by guiding, training and mentoring junior engineers.
• Provide independent leadership and oversight for project teams, including engineers, analysts, and technical staff.
• Depending on background and interest, the position may emphasize stormwater planning and design or water/wastewater pipelines, pump stations, and utility infrastructure. Regardless of focus area, this role is integral to delivering innovative, sustainable solutions and advancing Freese and Nichols’ commitment to excellence and community impact.

The successful candidate will play a key leadership role managing complex projects, mentoring staff, and building strong client relationships. Depending on background and interest, the position may emphasize stormwater planning and design or water/wastewater pipelines, pump stations, and utility infrastructure. Regardless of focus area, this role is integral to delivering innovative, sustainable solutions and advancing Freese and Nichols’ commitment to excellence and community impact.

Freese and Nichols supports this position with a strong backlog of work, established client relationships, and access to a multidisciplinary team of industry-leading professionals across the firm.

Stormwater Focus

• Managing and delivering stormwater capital improvement projects (CIPs), FEMA floodplain studies, watershed master plans, and regional flood mitigation projects.
• Overseeing hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) analyses and modeling.
• Experience with software such as HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS (1D/2D/unsteady), ICPR4, StormCAD, ArcGIS, and AutoCAD.
• Overseeing preparation of stormwater design plans, technical specifications, and opinions of probable construction cost.

Transmission & Utilities Focus

• Managing the planning, design, and construction of water pump stations, wastewater lift stations, stormwater pump stations, and large- and small-diameter pipelines.
• Performing or directing complex engineering studies and investigations and preparing technical reports.
• Selecting equipment and materials and reviewing or approving shop drawings.
• Coordinating with construction managers and responding to issues during construction.

• 10+ years of experience of relevant engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (or comparable engineering or applied science degree)
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) (for stormwater-focused candidates).
• Experience working with municipal clients in Texas or the Southwest.

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.