Water Infrastructure Team Lead

Garver Engineering; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid professional memberships

Continuing education opportunities

Competitive salary packages

Comprehensive wellness program

Job summary

A regional engineering firm is seeking a Water Infrastructure Team Leader in Huntsville, Alabama. The role involves managing water and wastewater projects, building and mentoring a team, and developing client relationships. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management and design, proven leadership skills, and a Bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering. This position offers significant career growth and a chance to make a direct impact in Alabama's water services sector.

Qualifications

• 8 or more years of experience in the water/wastewater utilities market focused on linear assets.
• 5 or more years of project management experience.
• Strong communication skills and public speaking ability.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a portfolio of profitable water/wastewater projects.
• Manage planning, design, and execution of infrastructure projects.
• Develop and maintain a healthy network of clients in Alabama.

Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Senior Water / Wastewater Infrastructure Design

Business Development

Client Service Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering

Licensed Professional Engineer in Alabama

Tools

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Water Infrastructure Team Lead (Huntsville, Alabama)

Garver is seeking a Water Infrastructure Team Leader in Huntsville, AL to build and maintain a portfolio of profitable water / wastewater projects in support of Garver's Alabama Water Services Team. The projects consist of the study, planning, design, and implementation of linear assets for Water and Wastewater including distribution, collection, storage, and pumping. This senior leadership position provides the opportunity for someone to grow their own team and business portfolio, with autonomy to focus on the growth of revenues and production for a set of clients of their choosing.

Project responsibilities may include planning, design, and managing a variety of projects related to water distribution and wastewater collection system infrastructure. The Water Infrastructure Team Leader will work closely with Garver's Alabama Water Business Team Leader to grow our practice. This position presents an opportunity for significant career advancement and industry-wide recognition through an entrepreneurial approach to creating what we believe Alabama clients will soon view as the best firm to work with.

The successful Water Infrastructure Team Leader must be proficient in the following skills:

• Team Leadership: must assemble, develop, mentor, and oversee a highly motivated team.
• Project Management: must prepare scope-of-services and level-of-effort estimates for contract proposals; must lead and manage team for successful execution of contracted scope, budget, and schedule
• Senior Water / Wastewater Infrastructure Design Engineer: must be proficient at the execution of planning, design, bidding, and construction administration phases of water and wastewater infrastructure projects
• Business Development: must develop, capture, and maintain workload for the team throughout Alabama, by establishing and maintaining positive relationships with clients.
• Client Service Management: must develop and maintain a healthy network of clients throughout Alabama.

This role will offer the opportunity to leverage Garver's established, nationally respected Water Services Team and concentrated, industry experts to support business development initiatives. Mentorship and development from seasoned leadership and peers will allow this Infrastructure Team Leader to have a direct impact on building Garver's legacy of providing outstanding engineering services to water and wastewater clients in Alabama.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Alabama
• 8 or more years of similar experience in the water/wastewater utilities market with a focus on linear assets, storage, and pumping for water distribution and wastewater collection systems
• 5 or more years of project management experience
• Working knowledge of presentation software such as MS PowerPoint or Keynote
• Strong communication skills and public speaking ability

Preferred Skills

• Master's degree in civil or environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program
• 5 or more years of similar experience in supporting municipalities in Alabama
• Experience with state and or national conference technical presentations on water distribution and wastewater collection topics
• Strong existing client relationships with multiple Alabama municipal water and wastewater utilities

Grow With Us

Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.

Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm focused on aviation, transportation, buildings, federal, water and wastewater services; surveying; advisory services; and construction engineering and inspection. In the top 100 of Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms list, with more than 1,400 employees, Garver provides an exceptional level of client service that reflects our people-first culture, which has achieved Zweig Group Best Firm to Work For Legacy Status. Learn how Garver invests in people and places they call home at GarverUSA.com.

Garver is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Our employment practices are based upon an individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.