Project Manager - Stormwater
HNTB
- Location
- Bellevue WA Seattle
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- Sep 3, 2026
About this role
What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This position is responsible for managing assigned projects through their full lifecycle—from developing scopes, fee estimates, and technical proposal components through project delivery and closeout. The Project Manager I proactively manages scope, schedule, budget, technical requirements, contractual obligations, risk, and client communications to achieve HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance: quality work, on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction. The successful candidate will combine strong project management and team leadership skills with hands-on technical expertise in stormwater and drainage engineering. The position may manage one or more strategic projects or serve as a project or discipline lead on larger, multidisciplinary or mini-mega projects. The Project Manager I – Engineering typically manages project team(s) for one or more strategic (<$1M) projects or may lead and/or work as a discipline lead on a mini-mega ($1M to <$5M) project management team.
What You'll Do
Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA). Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Assists with client project scoping and contract negotiations. Performs technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects. Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives. Performs coordination with managers on project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, development, retention, and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews. Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for strategic and mini-mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community. May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession. Performs other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience 2 years task management or Deputy PM experience What You'll Bring: Professional Credentials: Washington State PE license, or ability to obtain within one year; WSDOT Hydraulic Report Manual (HRM) certification, or ability to obtain within six months. Hands-On Stormwater Expertise: Demonstrated experience in stormwater and drainage engineering, including hydrologic/hydraulic analysis, design, hydraulic reports, plans, specifications, estimates, and water quality design for transportation and infrastructure projects. Project Delivery Experience: Proven experience delivering multidisciplinary and Design-Build projects while meeting scope, schedule, budget, quality, regulatory, environmental, and constructability