Water Engineering Senior Lead

Job Description

We invite you to bring your experience and leadership qualities into play as you contribute to developing Ramboll’s innovative, high-quality, and sustainable water practice in our NYC office.   You will as our Water Practice Leader in NYC be responsible for a strong and rapidly growing team within the Water and Climate Resilience sector. You will be responsible for operational and strategic leadership in addition to the general management of the team and employees in close collaboration with colleagues in the US and internationally.

To succeed in this role, you must have the operational, strategic, and general management experience to drive growth, perform operationally to meet or exceed P&L goals, create followership, and develop a strong culture in the office in line with Ramboll’s values of trust, collaboration, respect, and teamwork.  Are you our new NYC Water Team Leader? Click the apply-button to send your application.

Inviting bright minds
Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative, and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions strive to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies, and people around the world.

You will join our Water team
As our new NYC Team Leader, you will be part of an internationally leading company within the area of water resource management, climate resilience and integrated water infrastructure.  You will work collaboratively with Water colleagues across the Americas, as well as with our US and International Water teams, your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Talent management and mentoring of people in project management, planning, engineering, and design positions.
• To identify and attract talents and senior experts to grow the Water team in the NYC area by +5-10 employees in 2025
• Assuming a primary role in divisional P&L, operational and growth KPI’s
• To manage larger projects and programs, with overall responsibility for quality, budget & schedule
• Leading and mentoring technical design teams to prepare planning studies, engineering estimates, design and construction documents, and quality reviews for municipal water and wastewater integrated infrastructure and resiliency programs
• To bring thought leadership for integrated water infrastructure, resiliency and sustainability into proposal creation, execution, and quality reviews of proposals
• Participating actively in professional societies with the goal of strengthening technical skills, leading branding activities such as presenting technical papers / publications, and attracting talent

Your starting point for constant growth
From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering (M.S. preferred) or related Engineering field, with emphasis preferred in water infrastructure, climate resilience and/or water resources engineering
• 15+ years overall in water engineering field with minimum:
• 5+ years group management of operations and growth
• 5+ years project management experience
• P.E. certification in New York State with ability to achieve licensure in other states, such as NJ, PA, MD, DE through reciprocity

Preferred Skills/Certifications
Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include strong written and verbal communication skills, strong business acumen, and leadership skills with ability to motivate multidisciplinary teams across geographical borders.  Ability to effectively manage large water infrastructure and resiliency programs with demonstrated experience in change management and delivering projects on time and on budget. Ability and drive to cultivate and contribute to business growth in the water market. 

Welcome to our Water division
At Ramboll, a global team of bright water consultants support the development of sustainable societies, working with water projects on a global scale. We assist our clients on their most challenging water management issues, delivering solutions that enable people and nature to flourish. Our main service areas cover Water Infrastructure & Climate Adaptation, Water & Wastewater Treatment, Water Resource Management.

Ramboll in Americas
Ramboll has nearly 2,000 experts working across 50 offices in the Americas applying their passion to deliver innovative solutions within Environment & Health, Water, E