Texas Water Practice Lead

About the role

The US South Water business is rapidly growing and seeks a Practice Leader to support the future growth and development of our Texas Water business. The role focuses on expanding Stantec’s municipal and state water markets across Texas.

Responsibilities

• Pursue a growth agenda
• Identify growth opportunities for the Texas Water business, including acquisition targets and organic growth strategies, in alignment with Stantec’s Strategic Plan.
• Maintain awareness of both the external and internal competitive landscape, opportunities for expansion, customers, markets, and new industry developments, technologies, and standards.
• Collaborate to consistently win new work within the Water business line, including close coordination with federal and industrial Practice Leaders and in concert with Stantec’s other business lines.
• Develop and manage the Texas marketing and business development plan for municipal and state water markets.
• Ensure that the Opportunity Pipeline is accurate, current, and coordinated with related federal and industrial water opportunities.
• Lead and implement business development strategies for key municipal and state water clients and strategic pursuits, including participation in market and business development meetings, client relations, and key account management responsibilities, while coordinating with federal and industrial Practice Leaders on overlapping clients, capabilities, and pursuits.
• Contribute to the development of our regional business strategy with a focus on growing municipal and state water markets in Texas, while supporting alignment across federal, industrial, and other key Water sectors.
• Drive business performance by sustaining and growing revenue within our primary business sectors to achieve top line growth.
• Pursue and lead strategic pursuits in the Texas geography, particularly for municipal and state water clients, in collaboration with federal and industrial Practice Leaders where shared capabilities or client needs create integrated opportunities.
• Provide wider leadership influence through talent recruitment, development, and mentoring.
• Ability to travel as needed to fill role responsibilities.
• Promote a strong culture of health and safety.
• Lead and involve in related industry organizations and professional societies.

Qualifications

• Strong Texas municipal and state water market knowledge and demonstrated account management performance.
• Strong business development skills with an entrepreneurial orientation, including experience developing and maintaining productive relationships with a client base.
• Successful experience in responding to Requests for Qualifications, Requests for Proposals and Statements of Qualifications.
• Strong leadership, team building and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex water projects with an emphasis on technical and project delivery excellence.
• Passion for water related projects.
• United States Citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Prior to employment, this position will require the successful passing of a pre-employment physical and drug screen.

Education and Experience

• BS in a professional discipline with at least 15 years of professional experience in related fields.
• Licensed professional engineer, preferrable.

Additional Information

Your Capabilities and Credentials: Strong Texas municipal and state water market knowledge and demonstrated account management performance. Strong business development skills with an entrepreneurial orientation, including experience developing and maintaining productive relationships with a client base. Successful experience in responding to Requests for Qualifications, Requests for Proposals and Statements of Qualifications. Strong leadership, team building and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to lead complex water projects with an emphasis on technical and project delivery excellence. Passion for water related projects. United States Citizen or Permanent Resident. Prior to employment, this position will require the successful passing of a pre-employment physical and drug screen.

Education and Experience: BS in a professional discipline with at least 15 years of professional experience in related fields. Licensed professional engineer, preferrable.

Position will primarily work in an office setting; may require some field work.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Primary Location: United States | TX | Houston

Other Locations: United States | TX | Plano

Organization: BC-1773 Water-US Gulf

Employee Status: Regular

Business Justification: New Position

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 25/06/2026 05:06:03

Req ID: 1006476

Additional Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.