Engineering Manager - Water/Wastewater

Barge Design Solutions; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-owned

Great Place To Work

Job summary

Barge Design Solutions is seeking a Water/Wastewater Engineering Manager for our Nashville or Chattanooga office. This role blends technical project delivery with engineering team leadership, acting as a technical design lead on water and wastewater projects to deliver high-quality work.

The manager will lead a local team of Engineering Associates and Professional Engineers, coordinate with Project Managers, plan resources, mentor staff, and contribute to proposals and project plans to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from accredited program.
• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience.
• Registered Professional Engineer.
• Solid knowledge in Water/Wastewater concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to manage and motivate employees.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Technical Design Lead on water and wastewater projects, directing design and QA.
• Oversees planning, analysis, and design for water/wastewater infrastructure.
• Supervises and develops Engineering Associates and Professional Engineers.
• Coordinates with Project Managers to align resources with project needs.
• Attends internal and client meetings to present on work assignments.
• Supports strategic and business planning activities.

Skills

Team leadership

Project coordination

Mentoring

Technical design

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Registered Professional Engineer

Job description

What We're Looking For

Barge Design Solutions is seeking a Water/Wastewater Engineering Manager for our Nashville or Chattanooga office. This role combines technical project delivery with engineering team leadership. Engineering Managers serve as technical design leaders on water and wastewater projects, applying their professional engineering expertise to deliver high-quality technical work, guide design teams, and provide discipline leadership on complex assignments.

In addition to project responsibilities, Engineering Managers lead and develop a local team of Engineering Associates and early-career Professional Engineers. Working closely with Project Managers and other Engineering Managers, they coordinate the assignment of technical resources to projects, balance workload demands, support employee development, and help ensure effective utilization across the team.

Successful candidates are skilled technical professionals who can balance project execution, technical leadership, team development, and resource management to deliver strong outcomes for clients, employees, and the business.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a Technical Design Lead on water and wastewater projects, providing technical direction, design oversight, and quality assurance.
• Performs and oversees engineering planning, analysis, and design for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Reviews and provides technical oversight of engineering calculations, specifications, reports, drawings, and contract documents.
• Supervises and develops a team of Engineering Associates and Professional Engineers through coaching, mentoring, and workload planning.
• Coordinates with Project Managers and other Engineering Managers to align technical resources with project needs and employee development goals.
• As needed, provides technical input with proposals and Project Management Plans to provide accurate estimates for projects or programs.
• Reviews operational procedures to ensure compliance with applicable policies and performance measures.
• Reviews and provides feedback to specifications, documents, drawings, plans, and reports. May complete these items if needed.
• Designs a component, or process on a complex projects or is in responsible charge of single discipline projects.
• Attends internal and client meetings to present on work assignments.
• Works to reduce department projects costs to drive competitive status.
• Develops and builds positive relationships with clients, direct reports, officials, contractors, and others.
• Supports and implements strategic and business planning activities.
• This role will have talent management responsibilities for a group of individuals including, but not limited to selection, development, and coaching for improvement. May be the hiring manager for certain positions.
• May recommend separations.
• This role mentors other professionals.

Education & Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from accredited program.
• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience.
• Registered Professional Engineer
• Solid technical knowledge in Water/Wastewater concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Keeps informed of new methods and developments affecting the organization.
• Effectively collaborate with business and teams to meet defined objectives.
• Ability to effectively manage and motivate employees.
• Sets priorities and reconciles information from competing interests.

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions, Inc., is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinary practice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 650+ people strong and serves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)'s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record's Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified Great Place To Work.

Our Primary Purpose For Being In Business Is Ultimately To Create a Better Life By Unleashing The Potential Of Our People, Clients And Communities. This Purpose Is Supported By Our Company's Core Values Because At The End Of The Day, Barge CARES

• Collaborate – Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
• Authentic – Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
• Responsible – We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
• Excellence – We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
• Service – We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Agency Submissions

No unsolicited agency submissions. Barge Design Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or staffing agencies. Any unsolicited resume becomes the property of Barge Design Solutions, and no fee will be paid for resulting hires. Only agencies with a signed agreement are authorized to submit candidates.