[Remote] Design Task Leader / Senior Project Manager - Desalination

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ardurra is hiring a Design Task Leader / Senior Project Manager to lead the full lifecycle delivery of complex desalination and advanced water treatment projects. The role oversees project execution, technical teams, client relationships, and growth of the desalination practice in Texas and nationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, and execution of large desalination and advanced treatment projects, including seawater and brackish reverse osmosis facilities
• Direct multidisciplinary teams through all project phases, from conceptual development and basis-of-design through detailed design, procurement support, construction-phase services, startup, and commissioning
• Define project scope, work plans, staffing plans, schedules, budgets, deliverable milestones, and quality review checkpoints
• Manage project financial performance, including forecasting, change management, invoicing, accounts receivable follow-up, and overall project profitability
• Apply strong project controls and risk-management practices to maintain performance against scope, schedule, and budget objectives
• Serve as a senior technical leader for desalination systems and advanced treatment processes, including pretreatment, membrane systems, reverse osmosis, energy recovery, chemical systems, post-treatment, and concentrate/brine management
• Oversee development and review of key technical deliverables such as basis-of-design memoranda, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, technical specifications, design criteria, equipment selection documentation, and lifecycle or alternative analyses
• Guide pilot testing, process evaluations, and technology selection efforts where required
• Ensure designs are practical, constructible, code-compliant, and aligned with client, regulatory, operational, and maintainability requirements
• Coordinate with internal and external subject matter experts across civil, mechanical, structural, electrical, instrumentation and controls, coastal/marine, geotechnical, and permitting disciplines
• Build, lead, and mentor high-performing project teams
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and quality oversight to project managers, discipline leads, and design staff
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, quality, and client service excellence

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, Mechanical, or related Engineering field
• 15–30+ years of experience in water infrastructure project delivery, with significant experience in desalination and/or advanced treatment
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required or ability to obtain reciprocity as needed
• Demonstrated success leading large, complex, multidisciplinary design projects for municipal, utility, or industrial clients
• Strong experience with one or more of the following: seawater reverse osmosis, brackish reverse osmosis, pretreatment systems, post-treatment/stabilization, concentrate/brine management, intake/outfall systems, pilot testing, and startup/commissioning
• Experience with alternative delivery, design-build, progressive design-build, or EPC-adjacent coordination is strongly preferred

Benefits

• Internal Ardurra Academy
• Industry-leading Leadership program
• Support for professional and career development, with multiple, varied career paths
• Tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work
• Positive benefits
• Time-off programs
• Flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home
• A family-like culture and an enjoyable, challenging, rewarding, and fun work environment

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