Colorado Springs Water Lead

HDR; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 102,060 - 189,540; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Colorado Springs is seeking a Colorado Springs Water Lead to oversee the water, wastewater, and water resources group. This role involves managing teams, developing client relationships, and ensuring project compliance. The ideal candidate will have at least 15 years of relevant experience, including project management and business development skills. This position offers a competitive salary range of $102,060 to $189,540 depending on experience and qualifications. A typical benefit package is available, promoting employee health and success.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in water, wastewater and water resources projects.
• Five years of direct project engineering experience.
• Experience managing municipal projects and engineering budgets.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Grow and manage the water, wastewater and water resources group.
• Develop new potential clients and maintain existing client relationships.
• Collaborate across business groups to enhance project success.
• Supervise project staff and mentor team members.

Skills

Project management

Client relations

Leadership

Effective communication

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

MS Preferred

Professional Engineer registration in Colorado

Job description

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story: https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

We believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you're modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. This isn’t just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.

Colorado Springs Water Lead

The Colorado Springs Water Lead will be responsible for growing and managing the water, wastewater and water resources group in HDR’s Colorado Springs office, in support of the Water Business Group for the broader Colorado Area. In general, the Water Lead function includes developing new potential clients and existing clients, ensuring the group is compliant with QA/QC requirements, and other project management and reporting requirements. The Water Lead will be responsible for identifying, obtaining and assigning appropriate resources to projects to meet budget, schedule and scope requirements. The successful candidate will manage people and projects that involve the planning, engineering, design and construction services for water, wastewater and water resources projects, and will also be responsible for personnel management including performance reviews, salary adjustments, staff development and morale, quality control and marketing support.

On some projects, the Water Lead will be expected to function as the Project Manager. In this role, the Water Lead will be responsible for compliance with all internal and contractual requirements associated with producing the project deliverables, QA/QC program compliance, budget and schedule monitoring and reporting and client service management.

Specific types of projects may include treatment facilities, pumping stations, storage reservoirs, lift stations, a variety of pipeline related projects and master planning. The successful candidate will demonstrate an outgoing personality with strong people skills, with a wide variety of project types and experience with multiple clients.

Duties of the Colorado Springs Water Lead include:

• Establishing and growing client relations, with specific sales/bookings goal identified per year that directly contribute to the team’s overall goals and initiatives.
• Collaborating across all business groups, bringing in the specific subject matter experts and resources needed to increase the hit and capture rate of opportunities.
• Maintaining utilization through active role in projects, including serving as project principal, quality or technical lead, project manager, or other role as appropriate which may include overseeing production and coordination on concurrent projects. This may include planning, directing and monitoring all aspects of large multi-discipline projects or medium sized projects with potentially a high degree of technical complexity.
• Working directly with the Water Business Group Manager, Area Manager, Project Accountant or Company Controller for project reviews.
• Supervising project staff and serving as a mentor for team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS Preferred
• Professional Engineer registration in Colorado
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in water, wastewater and water resources projects that include a minimum of 5 years of direct project engineering experience plus 10 years managing municipal projects, engineering budgets and project teams.
• Experience with staff management and development of multidiscipline teams is a must. Effective communication and listening skills
• Demonstrated business development and strategic planning skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and work experience in, the Colorado Springs/Pueblo market

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 7 years experience
• Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Ability to handle multiple assignments
• Good leadership and organizational skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Benefits

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) Colorado: $102,060.00 - $189,540.00

Primary Location

United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs

Industry

Water

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Water Treatment

Job Posting

Mar 3, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.