Municipal Water Business Lead, TN, AL

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM’s Water Business Line is seeking a creative, highly talented Area Business Lead- Water/Wastewater for immediate employment at AECOM‘s Franklin, TN Office with flexibility of having a hybrid schedule. The successful candidate will be leading AECOM's mature and growing water / wastewater practice in Tennessee and support starting a Water practice in the state Alabama. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with the region's largest water and wastewater utilities and supports AECOM's Water business to execute transformative projects. AECOM was announced as the Number 1 water firm in the latest ENR rankings.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Develops and executes the business growth strategy for the Tennessee market in alignment with regional and national objectives and initiatives.
• Identifies, manages, and participates in key industry events that align with the growth strategy.
• Creates and maintains a robust pipeline of project opportunities as documented and managed in AECOM’s client relationship management database.
• Leads key pursuits, proposal reviews and interview preparation.
• Collaborates with a strong and diverse team of capture managers, client account managers, project managers and technical practitioners.
• Manages and provides quality control review of water/wastewater projects.
• Develops talent and support their career planning via AECOM’s goal setting and performance management system.
• Serve as Client Account Manager for a few key clients in Tennessee.
• Support operations and project delivery teams in exceeding key project performance goals.
• Apply best practices to project delivery by leveraging technology and standard methodologies of the Technical Practice Network (TPN).

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with 10 years of relevant experience and demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• 10 years of experience in municipal water/wastewater infrastructure design in TN, assessment, and rehabilitation, including treatment, conveyance and pumping systems.
• 5 years of business development experience.
• 7 years of project management experience.
• Professional Engineer in Tennessee or ability to obtain reciprocity within six (6) months.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in civil or environmental engineering.
• 15 years experience in municipal water/wastewater infrastructure. design, assessment, and rehabilitation, including treatment, conveyance and pumping systems.
• Demonstrated experience in leading complex municipal Water / Wastewater projects, preferably in TN.
• Experience managing staff and leading multidiscipline project design teams.
• Experience in coordination with regulatory agencies.
• Experience presenting at professional conferences and leading technical workshops.
• Experience leading and mentoring a team of 5+ professionals.

Additional Information

• Sponsorship is not available for this position 
• Relocation is available for this position

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