Senior Water Modeling & Planning Lead

Garver Engineering; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional memberships supported

Licenses and continuing education

Wellness program

Job summary

Garver seeks a Water Infrastructure - Modeling, Analytics and Planning (WI-MAP) Squad Leader for Texas. The role leads a team delivering water, wastewater, stormwater, and reuse modeling and planning across Texas, including project oversight, technical guidance, and staffing coordination.

Based in Fort Worth or other Texas metro areas, the position emphasizes leadership, client-focused delivery, and cross-department collaboration to move planning work toward design and implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, or related field from an ABET-accredited program.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE).
• 8+ years of experience in water/wastewater/stormwater infrastructure planning, including master planning or hydraulic modeling.
• At least 2 years mentoring and/or supervising engineering or technical staff.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support a team of engineers and project managers.
• Provide technical guidance and review for modeling, planning, data analysis and infrastructure evaluation projects.
• Monitor workload and assign project responsibilities to ensure appropriate staff utilization.
• Support the development of scopes, schedules, budgets, and staffing plans for planning-phase projects.
• Ensure high-quality and timely delivery of water, wastewater and stormwater master plans and hydraulic models.
• Coordinate across departments to support seamless transitions from planning to design phases.
• Contribute to the preparation and quality control of proposals and planning deliverables.
• Review project metrics and provide updates to leadership on a routine basis.
• Identify resource needs, support recruitment or onboarding of new team members.

Skills

Water infrastructure modeling

Project leadership

Staff mentoring

Client communication

Multi-project management

Education

ABET-accredited Civil/Environmental degree

PE license

Tools

InfoWater Pro

InfoWorks ICM

WaterGEMS

SewerGEMS

Job description

Garver seeks a Water Infrastructure - Modeling, Analytics and Planning (WI-MAP) Squad Leader for Texas. The role leads a team delivering water, wastewater, stormwater, and reuse modeling and planning across Texas, including project oversight, technical guidance, and staffing coordination.

Based in Fort Worth or other Texas metro areas, the position emphasizes leadership, client-focused delivery, and cross-department collaboration to move planning work toward design and implementation.