Water Infrastructure Team Lead

Garver is seeking a Water Infrastructure Team Leader in Overland Park, KS to build and maintain a portfolio of profitable water / wastewater projects in support of Garver’s Overland Park 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 Kansas 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 Kansas 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 Kansas, by establishing and maintaining positive relationships with clients.
• Client Service Management : must develop and maintain a healthy network of clients throughout Kansas.

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 Kansas.

Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering from an ABET accredited program
• Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Kansas
• 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 Kansas
• Experience with state and or national conference technical presentations on water distribution and wastewater collection topics
• Strong existing client relationships with multiple Kansas 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 multidisciplined engineering, planning, and environmental services firm with more than 1,000 employees across the United States.

Offering a wide range of services focused on aviation, buildings, construction, enterprise solutions, federal, survey, transportation, water, and wastewater, Garver sits in the top 100 of the Engineering News-Record's prestigious Top 500 Design Firms list and is consistently recognized as a best firm to work for.