Texas Water/Wastewater Leader

About the role

The Water/Wastewater Leader position at Olsson is responsible for overseeing all team operations including staff management, financial performance, project quality, and client service. This role involves establishing goals and objectives for the team, focusing on employee development and mentoring, and managing client service.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and communicates team objectives, develops plans and strategies that align with firmwide goals, and sets high performance expectations for the team.
• Oversees and monitors staffing, utilization, and financial performance for the team, ensuring each group is operating successfully and maximizing opportunities.
• Manages staff and team dynamics, fostering a collaborative work environment and a high-performance culture in which individuals and groups are positioned to grow and succeed.
• Works closely with group leaders to set priorities, manage workloads, and resource allocation, and ensure groups are accomplishing goals and contributing to strong team performance.
• Oversees client service management, delivering continuous client satisfaction and implementing high client service standards for the team.
• Holds ultimate responsibility for team’s financial performance, project management activities, and quality of project deliverables.
• Led efforts to expand the team’s capabilities and service offerings, identifying opportunities for growth that align with client needs and firmwide strategic objectives. Also supports the resource needs of large and complex projects outside of the team for the benefit of the firm.
• Drives recruitment efforts to attract top talent, fostering a workplace environment that supports staff retention, professional development, and team success.
• Evaluates team performance, identifies areas of improvement, and makes necessary adjustments to ensure successful outcomes.
• Oversees marketing efforts for repeat clients and coordination with business development on new client pursuits, including client strategy, proposal process, interviewing, and selection efforts within the team.
• Responsible for the performance and development of team members and conducts performance management mentoring.
• Adheres to regulations and enforces safety standards.

Qualifications

• You are passionate about working collaboratively with others, having ownership in the work you do, and using your talents to positively affect communities.
• You bring to the team strong communication skills, ability to contribute and work well on a team, a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related area preferred (or an associate degree with equivalent experience), minimum of ten years of related experience within an applicable field or discipline, minimum of six years of experience supervising technical personnel, must be a registered professional engineer, strong leadership and management skills, proven track record in meeting and exceeding client expectations, successful experience in building and maintaining strong workloads, ability to attract, develop, and retain talented staff who deliver results, a detailed understanding of how the firm operates as a consulting business, and lateral support to achieve firm goals ahead of team goals.