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Water and Wastewater Team Leader

The Woodlands, TX · On-site

$20 - $27.50/hr

The successful candidate should have experience in designing and managing Water/Wastewater Utility ... Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Houston, Lubbock, McAllen ...

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Water and Wastewater Team Leader

Halff

The Woodlands, TX • On-site

$20 - $27.50/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 10 days ago

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Company rating: 9.3 out of 10

Based on 6 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

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Job description

Team Leader, Water and Wastewater
Halff has an immediate opening for a Team Leader to office in either our Woodlands TX or Houston TX location. The ideal candidate will bring civil engineering experience with a focus on Water/Wastewater in the consulting industry and working with, or for, public sector and private sector clients. This position offers an excellent career development opportunity for someone looking to grow with Halff, with potential for not only business and personal growth, but ownership in the firm.
The successful candidate should have experience in designing and managing Water/Wastewater Utility and/or Facility projects, with a capacity to make decisions independently and resolve complex problems. Additional experience with treatment processes and/or modeling is desired, but not required. In addition to project delivery responsibilities, candidates must be able to perform business development, manage budgets, personnel, schedules, sub consultants, and client interaction. The candidate must also have the ability to support operations managers and practice leaders in business development and pursuit of Water/Wastewater opportunities.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor or Masters degree in Engineering
  • 12-15 years plus of experience with Water/Wastewater projects, involving treatment processes, water pipeline, sanitary sewer, and/or pump facility design, modeling and planning
  • Licensed PE, preferably in Texas or can obtain immediately
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Must be self-directed, yet a team player comfortable with leading and directing others, with a focus and drive for quality, integrity and success
  • Experience leading a project team
  • Experience with marketing and business development
  • Experience with interacting with clients and leading projects
  • Experience managing budgets, schedules, and sub-consultants
Company Overview:
Halff is a mid-sized, employee-owned, diverse and full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.
Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. Our services include: broadband, construction services, energy, environmental, geographic information systems, grant funding resources, intelligent infrastructure, intelligent transportation systems, land development, planning and landscape architecture, MEP engineering, public works, resilience, right of way, structural engineering, subsurface utility engineering/utility coordination, surveying, transportation, water resources and water/wastewater.
Halff has offices in the following locations:
  • Arkansas: Bentonville, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, North Little Rock and Little Rock
  • Florida: Chipley, Crestview, Jacksonville, Orlando, Panama City Beach, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tavares, Temple Terrace and Windermere
  • Louisiana: Baton Rouge and Shreveport
  • Oklahoma: Norman and Oklahoma City
  • Texas: Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Flower Mound, Fort Worth, Frisco, Houston, Lubbock, McAllen, Midland, Richardson, San Antonio, The Woodlands and Tyler
We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, prescription and life insurance; long-term and short-term disability insurance; paid time off; holiday pay; traditional and Roth 401(k) plans; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Health Savings Account; 529 College Savings Plan; flexible spending accounts; an Employee Assistance Plan; and more.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.
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