Market Lead - Professional Engineer | Water Systems

American Society of Civil Engineers; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TREKK in Kansas City seeks a Water Systems Market Lead to grow the Water Systems practice, mentor staff, and manage project delivery for municipal and utility clients. You will oversee client relationships, marketing, and project execution across a diverse portfolio including SSES, master planning, and asset management.

The role requires a PE license, engineering degree, and 10+ years of relevant experience, with strong leadership and organizational skills to drive KPI achievement and staff

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and PE certification required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in water systems, asset management, or program management.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain client relationships with new and existing clients.
• Develop and meet organizational goals while guiding projects and programs.
• Identify, win, and deliver meaningful work for the team.
• Oversee projects improving communities and assist clients in funding opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership for water and wastewater projects and planning.
• Develop annual plan to meet KPI goals.
• Draft proposals and scopes of work aligned with client budgets.
• Manage team workload to deliver on time and budget.

Skills

10+ years experience

leadership

communication

analytical skills

Microsoft Office

AI interfaces

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer certification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

AI Interfaces

Job description

Water Systems Market Lead | Additional Roles: Project Manager and Supervisor

Full-time, salary and exempt position

Lead the future of water infrastructure with TREKK as our Water Systems Market Lead in Kansas City. In this role, you’ll cultivate meaningful client relationships, expand our Water Systems practice, and guide a talented team in delivering innovative solutions for municipal and utility clients. We believe great leaders build trust, inspire collaboration, and create opportunities for others to succeed. If you’re energized by growing business, mentoring people, and delivering projects that strengthen communities, this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

As TREKK’s Water Systems Market Lead, you will oversee the growth, direction and overall success of our Kansas City Water Systems team by marketing services, deepening client relations, mentoring staff and ensuring overall work product quality. Specific tasks will include:

Water Systems Market Lead Responsibilities

• Establishing and maintaining client relationships with new and existing clients
• Collaborating with TREKK leadership to develop and meet organizational goals while supplying expertise and guidance on projects, operations, systems and programs that support TREKK’s purpose and vision
• Conducting business development tasks, including identifying, winning, and delivering meaningful work for your team
• Overseeing and managing projects that improve communities and helping clients identify and procure funding opportunities
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for a diverse portfolio of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including field investigations, sanitary sewer evaluation studies (SSES), condition assessments, rehabilitation planning, master planning, capital improvement planning, and asset and utility management services.
• Establishing and implementing an annual plan that helps your market meet or exceed annual KPI goals
• Developing and reviewing project proposals and scopes of work to meet clients’ schedule and budget
• Managing your team’s utilization and weekly workflow by prioritizing workloads to ensure projects are delivered on time, budget and meet client needs
• Growing and developing staff through training and mentorship
• Coordinating labor and equipment resources and hiring needs as workloads require
• Collaborating with TREKK leadership to develop and meet organizational goals while supplying expertise and guidance on projects, operations, systems and programs that support TREKK’s purpose and vision

Education, Licensing, Certification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Professional Engineer certification required
• At least 10 years of experience in water systems, asset management, or program management

Required Skills/Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of engineering principles and procedures
• Proven leadership skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent time management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with all levels within the organization
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of AI Interfaces