Stormwater PM - Design Construction Reviews (GEC)

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About Lochner

Founded in 1944, Lochner is a trusted infrastructure services provider for aviation, surface transportation and water clients who need high-quality, forward-looking solutions to complex challenges. Our vision is to become a Top 100 leader in the A/E industry, centered on an agile, engaged, and empowered workforce coming together to embrace the art of the possible and make a lasting difference in our world.

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We are seeking a detail-oriented, experienced Stormwater Project Manager / Task leader to support our General Engineering Consultant (GEC) projects. In this role, you will serve as a client advocate and representative, focusing on reviewing and overseeing hydrologic and hydraulic models, plans, and specifications to ensure compliance with the client’s goals, design standards, and regulatory requirements.

You will lead internal review processes—assigning tasks to internal teams, developing review comments, and verifying that comment responses are addressed before delivering final materials to the client. Collaboration is integral to this position, as you will work closely with multidisciplinary teams—including transportation, utilities, environmental, geotechnical, and structural professionals—to deliver cohesive, constructible, and client-focused solutions.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead Review Processes: Manage the review and quality assurance of H&H models, plans, and specifications, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance with client and regulatory requirements.

• Coordinate and Mentor Teams: Assign review tasks, verify work quality, and mentor staff to support professional growth and deliver consistent results.

• Collaborate Across Disciplines: Coordinate with transportation, structural, geotechnical, utilities, and environmental teams for complex projects.

• Advocate for Clients: Represent public agency clients by ensuring project deliverables meet functionality, budget, and schedule goals, while resolving constructability challenges.

• Ensure Regulatory Compliance: Verify that deliverables align with FEMA, TCEQ, TxDOT, and other local, state, and federal stormwater regulations.

Requirements:

• Texas PE license (or ability to obtain within 6 months) and a bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil or environmental engineering.

• 10 years of experience in stormwater engineering, with a focus on H&H modeling, transportation drainage design, and construction support.

• Proven ability to manage review teams and oversee PS&E deliverables.

• Proficiency in HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS (1D/2D), and familiarity with Civil 3D or MicroStation ORD.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across disciplines, mentor staff, and lead internal review processes.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for engaging with clients, teams, and contractors.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with public agencies such as TxDOT, cities, counties, or RMAs.

• Expertise in FEMA modeling, floodplain management, and TCEQ water quality standards.

• Experience with advanced modeling software such as XPSWMM, InfoWorks ICM, or HEC-RAS 2D.

• Experience with ORD Drainage and Utilities (DU).

• Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) designation is a strong plus.

Commitment

Joining Lochner means gaining access to a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to support your health and financial well-being throughout your career.

Lochner provides an extensive total rewards package that includes:

• Competitive Premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Paid Time Off and Flexible Holiday Program
• Company Paid Disability (includes paid Maternity Leave), and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with Employer Contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical Expenses and/or Dependent Care
• Paid Family Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match 
• Flexible Work Schedules (Hybrid or Remote, when possible)
• Wellness Program for Physical and Mental Health
• Lochner Cares Non-Profit 501c3
• Education and Training Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discounts
• Paid Time Off for Charitable Acts of Service

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Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. 

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Intermittent sitting, walking, standing, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, twisting, stoop, crawl, and lifting. The employee must frequently lift and/or move light equipment up to 20 pounds. Must be alert to equipment in the field, occasional need to work near hazardous equipment and machinery, occasional need to walk on uneven ground, exposure to dust, gas or fumes, exposure to noise, extremes in temperature or humidity, and potential work at heights. 

Equal Employer

Lochner is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce.  Lochner provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

All positions at Lochner require an applicant who has accepted an employment offer to undergo pre-employment screening. Background checks include SSN/SIN validation, motor vehicle verification, education verification, employment verification, a criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, and drug test. All employment offers are contingent upon successful results of the pre-employment screening.

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