Group Lead - Water & Environment Engineering

Indovance; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Indovance seeks a senior leader to own the Water & Environmental Engineering business unit, driving operational performance, profitability, and strategic growth on international projects from Pune. You will oversee offshore teams, ensure design quality, and act as the primary interface with global engineering consultancies for scope management and client communication.

You will guide end-to-end delivery of municipal water distribution, wastewater systems, stormwater projects, and BIM-enabled

Qualifications

• M.E./M Tech in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, Water Resources, or related engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in water, wastewater, stormwater, wet utilities, hydraulic modeling, or environmental infrastructure engineering.
• Minimum 10+ years in a senior delivery or technical leadership role managing international projects for clients in North America markets.
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling offshore engineering teams, preferably within an engineering consultancy, GCC, or specialist design delivery organization.
• Strong technical breadth across water distribution networks, gravity and pressurized sewer systems, stormwater detention/retention, pump stations, treatment plants, pipe profiles, and multidisciplinary BIM coordination.
• Proficiency or strong working knowledge of Civil 3D, Bentley WaterCAD/SewerGEMS/OpenFlows, EPA SWMM, InfoWater/InfoSewer, HEC-RAS, Revit MEP, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Navisworks, and related design/digital delivery platforms.
• Proven ability to interpret and apply international standards, municipal specifications, design manuals, and client-specific engineering requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational performance, delivery maturity, profitability, and growth roadmap for the Water & Environmental Engineering BU.
• Manage gross margins, capacity planning, billable utilization, project loading, and productivity across multidisciplinary offshore engineering teams.
• Lead end-to-end delivery for municipal water distribution, wastewater collection, sewer systems, stormwater, and related BIM/design support projects.
• Establish and enforce design review protocols for hydraulic calculations, pipe networks, layouts, and reports.
• Serve as senior technical and delivery interface for global engineering consultancies, managing scope, SLAs, RFIs, and client communication.
• Ensure deliverables comply with international and local requirements including US EPA, AWWA, WEF, Ten States Standards, UK Sewers for Adoption, Eurocodes, ISO 9001, ISO 19650.
• Standardize workflows across Civil 3D, Bentley tools, EPA SWMM, OpenFlows, Revit MEP, AutoCAD Plant 3D, and QA/QC processes.
• Recruit, mentor, upskill, and retain hydraulic engineers and BIM modelers to meet international project demand.
• Develop SOPs, templates, QA frameworks, and production standards to improve accuracy and turnaround.
• Coordinate civil, process, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and digital delivery teams to produce integrated outputs.

Skills

Leadership

Global delivery

BIM coordination

Project management

Client communication

Technical breadth

Hydraulic modeling

Education

M.E./M Tech in Civil/Environmental/Water Resources

Tools

Civil 3D

Bentley WaterCAD/SewerGEMS/OpenFlows

EPA SWMM

InfoWater/InfoSewer

HEC-RAS

Revit MEP

AutoCAD Plant 3D

Navisworks

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Business Unit Leadership: Own the operational performance, delivery maturity, profitability, and growth roadmap for the Water & Environmental Engineering BU.
• P&L and Resource Management: Manage gross margins, capacity planning, billable utilization, project loading, and productivity across multidisciplinary offshore engineering teams.
• Global Delivery Ownership: Lead end-to-end delivery for municipal water distribution, wastewater collection, sewer gravity and force main systems, stormwater management, hydraulic modeling, flood studies, pump stations, and W/WWTP BIM/design support projects.
• Technical Quality Gatekeeping: Establish and enforce design review protocols for hydraulic calculations, pipe networks, profiles, treatment plant layouts, clash coordination, model outputs, drawings, and reports.
• Client Partnership: Serve as the senior technical and delivery interface for global engineering consultancies, managing expectations, scope, change orders, SLAs, technical RFIs, and executive-level client communication.
• Standards and Compliance: Ensure deliverables comply with applicable international and local requirements including US EPA, AWWA, WEF, Ten States Standards, UK Sewers for Adoption, Eurocodes, ISO 9001, ISO 19650, and client-specific municipal utility standards.
• Digital Delivery and BIM Transformation: Standardize workflows across Civil 3D, Bentley WaterCAD, SewerGEMS, OpenFlows, EPA SWMM, InfoWater/InfoSewer, HEC-RAS, Revit MEP, AutoCAD Plant 3D, and model-based QA/QC processes.
• Team Building and Capability Development: Recruit, mentor, upskill, and retain hydraulic engineers, civil designers, BIM modelers, draftspersons, and technical leads; create a scalable bench for international project demand.
• Process Excellence: Develop SOPs, automation opportunities, checklists, design templates, QA frameworks, and production standards to improve accuracy, turnaround time, and repeatability.
• Cross-Disciplinary Coordination: Coordinate civil, process, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and digital delivery teams to produce integrated, coordinated, and construction-ready outputs.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• M.E. / M Tech in Civil, Environmental, Chemical, Water Resources, or related engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in water, wastewater, stormwater, wet utilities, hydraulic modeling, or environmental infrastructure engineering.
• Minimum 10+ years in a senior delivery or technical leadership role managing international projects for clients in North America markets.
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling offshore engineering teams, preferably within an engineering consultancy, GCC, or specialist design delivery organization.
• Strong technical breadth across water distribution networks, gravity and pressurized sewer systems, stormwater detention/retention, pump stations, treatment plants, pipe profiles, and multidisciplinary BIM coordination.
• Proficiency or strong working knowledge of Civil 3D, Bentley WaterCAD/SewerGEMS/OpenFlows, EPA SWMM, InfoWater/InfoSewer, HEC-RAS, Revit MEP, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Navisworks, and related design/digital delivery platforms.
• Proven ability to interpret and apply international standards, municipal specifications, design manuals, and client-specific engineering requirements.