CDM Smith

Client Service Leader - Water Services

Posted on: 8 Sep 2025

Dallas, TX

Job Description

CDM Smith currently has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager with previous experience managing water and wastewater projects to join our West Central group. In this position, you will be the main point of contact for planning and design of municipal drinking water, wastewater treatment, and pump station projects in the greater Austin (central Texas) & Fort Worth/Dallas (north Texas) areas and assist with business development activities. CDM Smith has been providing services to the Austin & Fort Worth/Dallas markets for over 30 years. Our services have spanned the areas of design and construction administration of drinking water, wastewater, water resources, and storm water facilities. This position will be supporting our municipal water projects in the North (Dallas/Fort Worth) and Central (Austin) TX regions.

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As a member of this team, you would contribute to CDM Smith's mission by:

• Managing and serving as the lead Project Manager on major Austin & Fort Worth/Dallas area municipal Water & Wastewater projects.
• Providing technical guidance, senior leadership, and mentoring engineering staff to enhance our water services design capabilities.
• Being responsible for scope, schedule, budget development, monitoring and for projects managed.
• Completing Quality Assurance/Quality Control of key deliverables.
• Assisting Client Service Leaders with technical marketing including proposals and meeting clients in the north Texas region.
• Participation in professional societies relevant to the industry.
• Building and maintaining positive working relationships with key decision makers in our clients’ organizations.

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Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 10 years of related experience.
• PMP (PMI), CCM or DBIA certification is required (within 12 months of hire or promotion onto the Approved Project Manager list).
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, or chemical engineering or related discipline.
• Professional engineering (PE) license.
• Previous experience working on and managing design projects for municipal drinking water, wastewater, and/or pump stations in TX.
• Excellent communication, networking and team building skills.
• Previous business development experience including preparation of proposals and scopes of work and cost estimates for municipal clients.

Amount of Travel Required

10%

CDM Smith

Boston, MA

CDM Smith is an engineering and construction company that provides consulting, design, and program and construction management solutions in water, energy, transportation, energy and facilities projects for government and private clients. The employee-owned company is currently ranked 22nd on Engineering News-Record's 2015 Top 500 Design Firms list and 13th on their 2015 Top 200 Environmental Firms list.

 

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