Wastewater Area Practice Leader (APL)

Miningamigos; Texas; Remote; USD 144,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Brown and Caldwell is seeking a Wastewater Area Practice Leader for the Central Area (Colorado, Utah, Texas). This role shapes the wastewater practice strategy, leads business development, and drives client success across the region.

Responsibilities include setting priorities, building high-performing teams, and aligning practice goals with national priorities. A remote setup is allowed if located in CO, UT, or TX.

Qualifications

• Typically, 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in environmental consulting, engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in annual business planning, strategy development, workforce planning, staffing, revenue forecasting, and implementation.
• Experience developing and executing practice, market, or technical growth strategies with measurable outcomes.
• Experience building and leading high-performing teams with coaching and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Align practice outcomes with Area Leaders and Market Sector Directors, quarterly.
• Lead development and execution of strategic growth plans with measurable outcomes.
• Communicate practice strategy to Client Service Teams and stakeholders.
• Win new work as Sales Leader or Technical Seller.
• Provide technical leadership across the practice portfolio and client engagements.
• Build and lead a high-performing team with clear expectations and resource planning.
• Oversee staffing, revenue expectations, and utilization across the portfolio.
• Engage leadership to align market trends, R&D, and client needs.
• Collaborate with SMEs and delivery leaders to integrate capabilities.
• Support workload planning and compliance with policies and regulations.
• Adapt to evolving needs with additional assignments.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Sales leadership

Team leadership

Communication skills

Financial acumen

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

PE license (Colorado/Utah/Texas)

Tools

PTW process

Job description

Brown and Caldwell (BC) has an exciting opportunity to join our team as the Wastewater Area Practice Leader (APL) for the Central Area (Colorado, Utah and Texas). BC is a pioneer and recognized industry leader in wastewater treatment. We lead cutting edge research and deliver innovative solutions for our clients on the most challenging wastewater issues throughout the United States including the Central region of the country. This pivotal position will have the opportunity to build on this legacy and shape the strategy of the wastewater practice for Colorado, Utah and Texas. Specifically, you will help set priorities for business development, hiring and recruitment, and innovation/research and the utilization rate has been designed to allow you to engage in those activities in a thoughtful and meaningful way.

This APL role provides strategic leadership for the growth, performance, and advancement of the wastewater practice within our Central Area. This position is responsible for driving business growth, technical excellence, client success, and operational performance by aligning our Central Area and National Practice priorities with organizational objectives. This role will be responsible for understanding the unique trends in our Central Area and using that knowledge to create differentiation from that of our competitors while serving as an important conduit between the wastewater practice and business operations.

This role leads the application of practice strategy, supports business development and project delivery, develops high-performing teams, and fosters collaboration across the business unit with the Technical Delivery Enterprise to deliver quality solutions and achieve sustainable business results. This role utilizes strong collaboration skills, strategic decision-making, and cross-functional leadership to ensure long-term practice success and client satisfaction. This role may lead technical efforts across wastewater treatment and conveyance, solids and energy management, and related practice areas. This role is responsible for delivering high quality engineering analyses, designs, and recommendations with significant project impact.

A remote work-from-home arrangement is allowed but the candidate must be located in Colorado, Utah or Texas; relocation assistance is available.

Responsibilities

• Align practice performance outcomes with Area Leaders/Market Sector Directors, at least quarterly.
• Lead development and execution of the strategic growth plan for the Practice within the Area, including 1-, 3-, and 5-year milestones, that defines strategy and tactics with measurable outcomes for winning and delivering profitable work with quality.
• Lead development and communication of the practice strategy and priorities to the Client Service Teams (CST), supported by Regional and National Practice, research and market intelligence.
• Win new work as Sales Leader and/or Technical Seller that supports practice and Business Unit growth.
• Provide technical leadership of the practice portfolio of projects and pursuits to achieve BC business performance goals and client outcomes; serve on CST for clients.
• Build and lead a high-performing team through clear expectations, coaching, and accountability including sales, project portfolio profitability, and utilization targets.
• Lead practice planning within the Area for staffing, revenue expectations, and resource allocation across the portfolio, seeking input and support from the Regional and National Practice Leaders.
• Engage practice leadership for alignment of market trends, research and innovation with client needs.
• Engage Area, Regional or Enterprise technical SMEs and delivery leaders to integrate BC capabilities across the client organizations.
• Support workload planning, performance management, and team operations to align resources with business objectives while ensuring compliance with company policies and regulations.
• Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.

Skills and Competencies

• Proven ability to identify, cultivate, and advance sales opportunities using BC’s Plan to Win (PTW) process.
• Advanced knowledge of practice leadership, business operations, and financial principles.
• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to guide complex projects and pursuits.
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, resource planning, utilization management, and profitability oversight.
• Strong strategic planning skills with the ability to drive practice growth and business objectives.
• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, accountability, and team development.
• Strong collaboration and influence skills across business, technical, and delivery functions.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, decision-making, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Advanced presentation, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences.

Experience

• Typically, a minimum of 15 years’ experience in increasing responsibility roles including technical, operational, practice, or business leadership experience.
• Experience in environmental consulting, engineering, construction and operations industry.
• Experience in annual business planning, strategy development, workforce planning, staffing, revenue forecasting, and implementation.
• Experience developing and executing practice, market, or technical growth strategies with measurable outcomes.
• Experience building and leading high-performing teams, including coaching, performance management, utilization planning, and resource allocation.

Preferred Experience

• 15+ years of work experience in wastewater engineering with at least 8 years of project leadership experience.
• Demonstrated sales leadership (approximately $500k - $1M per year) for wastewater projects.
• Demonstrated strategy leadership for sales and/or operations to support business growth and focus.
• Ability to motivate others and lead teams to implement plans for projects and client pursuits.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, construction management, science, or equivalent experience required.
• Typically will become certified in BC's Subject Matter Specialist (SMS) Framework and progress through the SMS competencies.

Preferred Education

• A master's degree in related engineering field with a focus on wastewater.

Preferred Registrations and Memberships

• PE (Professional Engineer) license in Colorado, Utah and/or Texas.

Salary Range:

Theanticipatedstarting payrange for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and maybemore or lessdependingupon skills, experience,and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Location A: $144,000 - $196,000
Location B: $158,000 - $216,000
Location C: $172,000 - $236,000

You can view which BC location applies to you here.

Benefits and Other Compensation

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance.

About Brown and Caldwell

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions formunicipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.

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