Engineering Manager (Water Resources)

Why You’ll Love This Job

Your designs will turn into real restoration in the field—streams reconnected, wetlands rebuilt, water quality improved.

You’ll shape plan quality, modeling approaches, and QA/QC processes across multiple projects.

You’ll build and grow a team. Mentor engineers, delegate effectively, and strengthen technical depth across the department.

You’ll partner externally. Work directly with clients, agencies, and stakeholders to advance permits and move projects forward.

A Day in the Life

• Oversee development of stream, wetland, and stormwater design plans, ensuring they are permittable, constructible, and aligned with field conditions.
• Lead or implement QA/QC processes, including plan reviews, design standards, and continuous improvement across the team.
• Provide technical guidance during early-stage feasibility, concept development, and construction planning—helping teams identify constraints and solutions early.
• Support teams navigating Section 401/404 (Clean Water Act) and applicable state/local regulations, coordinating with internal permitting and compliance partners.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects—balancing priorities, staffing needs, schedules, and technical risk.
• Participate in agency and stakeholder engagement, including meetings, submittal support, and responses to comments.
• Offer construction oversight support (hands-on experience preferred), helping resolve field challenges and verifying design intent during implementation.
• Coach engineers through technical challenges while strengthening skills in communication, documentation, and client-facing collaboration.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Proven experience managing stream, wetland, and stormwater design plans
• Deep knowledge of QA/QC processes (led and/or implemented)
• Strong understanding of Clean Water Act Section 401/404 and relevant state/local regulations
• Construction oversight understanding; hands-on experience preferred
• Ability to guide technical decisions in feasibility and early construction planning
• Strong client management experience and ability to support business outcomes through excellent delivery
• Experience overseeing multiple projects simultaneously with competing priorities
• PM experience including long-term planning, department budgeting, and resource scaling
• Experience engaging agencies and stakeholders to support approvals and successful delivery

Soft Skills (how you lead)

• Team leadership with a steady, practical approach
• Strong task delegation and prioritization across multiple workstreams
• Mentorship and training mindset—developing others while keeping quality high
• Clear writing and communication, especially for client- and agency-facing work