We're looking for an experienced and collaborative Wastewater Lead who will lead and deliver projects with key municipal clients. As Wastewater Lead, you will leverage your project management, technical experience and leadership skills to optimize the delivery team’s performance and consistently deliver high-quality technical solutions for our clients. You'll work on infrastructure projects evaluating and selecting the best treatment approach to solve a client’s challenges along with planning and designing treatment systems and plant improvements. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with a variety of treatment processes and you’ll play an important role in improving the resiliency of our clients’ assets. The Wastewater Lead should have a demonstrated record of successful project delivery, maintaining client relationships and work to ensure that Jacobs is the consultant-of-choice. Bring your ability to multi-task in a fast-paced consulting environment and we’ll provide you with exciting and challenging opportunities to expand your career.
Jacobs’ South Atlantic water practice has more than 400 high-performing individuals delivering innovative solutions to top tier clients. The Wastewater Lead role is based in our Atlanta, GA office and will support projects across Georgia and the Southeast region with opportunities to engage in projects throughout North America and across the globe. You will engage on a variety of project assignments – including many of the largest water infrastructure projects in the Southeast market – and serve our municipal, federal, industrial, and other clients.
Here’s What You’ll Do:
• Lead the project management and technical delivery of projects through all phases of project planning, execution, and closeout consistent with established project delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements stated in the contract.
• Support Jacobs’ One Water initiative, specifically Water Resource Recovery Solutions for the Americas East Region.
• Drive the integration of Digital Water Solutions and Climate Resilience across Jacobs’ Growth & Sales efforts.
• Support the Americas Southeast Geography Water Market growth strategy in the wastewater practice. Contribute to the development of a Water Market strategy that delivers leading-edge technology solutions for our clients while actively diversifying and expanding our client base.
• Identify and participate in business development activities that result in the award of new contracts. This typically includes client relationship development, project-specific positioning activities, proposal preparation, verbal presentations consistent with established business development processes.
• Attract, develop, and retain top talent by actively coaching/mentoring, sponsoring, and training our people. This includes actively participating in global Communities of Practice to share technical knowledge and lessons learned across offices/regions.
• B.S. or M.S. degree in a related engineering, science, or applicable discipline
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• 10+ years of progressive responsibility as an engineer and in engineering consulting leadership roles with Water, Wastewater, and related water market projects
• Strong understanding of technical solutions and project delivery, and a proven history of leading project delivery teams to successfully meet client expectations
• Excellent verbal and written communications, self-motivation, team-oriented work practices, and technical problem-solving
• Proven track record in developing and maintaining strong client relationships that result in the creation and procurement of new and repeat consulting work
