Texas Water & Wastewater Design Practice Lead

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN); Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) seeks a Water & Wastewater Process Design Practice Leader to serve as the firm’s principal technical resource for process design across Texas.

You will work with project managers, discipline leads, and client-service teams to solve complex treatment challenges from planning through startup and operational support. You will drive the technical direction of LAN’s water and wastewater practice, help develop standards, train staff, pursue specialized work, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or related engineering field.
• Professional Engineer license, with ability to obtain Texas licensure.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in water and wastewater treatment design, planning, or operations support.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for complex water and wastewater treatment projects, including process planning, alternatives evaluation, treatment selection, design criteria, and process modeling.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to municipal clients and project teams on treatment-process decisions, regulatory considerations, resiliency, operational performance, and lifecycle value.
• Lead conceptual and technical reviews for significant or challenging projects and help teams make sound decisions early, when they matter most.
• Stay actively engaged with new and proven treatment technologies, regulatory developments, and industry practices, then help LAN and its clients adopt innovation thoughtfully.
• Set a high bar for process-design quality, consistency, constructability, and practical operability across the firm.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers who want to build expertise in water and wastewater process design.
• Partner with LAN leaders to identify strategic pursuits, support proposals and interviews, and grow the firm’s process-design capability.
• Share expertise outside the firm through technical papers, conference presentations, client workshops, and professional committees.

Skills

Project leadership

Client communication

Mentoring engineers

Technical depth in water/wastewater

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil/environmental/chemical engineering

Professional Engineer license (Texas)

Job description

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) seeks a Water & Wastewater Process Design Practice Leader to serve as the firm’s principal technical resource for process design across Texas.

You will work with project managers, discipline leads, and client-service teams to solve complex treatment challenges from planning through startup and operational support. You will drive the technical direction of LAN’s water and wastewater practice, help develop standards, train staff, pursue specialized work, and