Water - Wastewater Engineering Project Lead

About the role

If you are a water/wastewater consulting engineer with 10+ years of experience and want more ownership of your work, stronger visibility with clients, and a clearer path into leadership, this is the kind of opportunity worth exploring. GAI Consultants is growing its Florida Water Division and is looking for a project engineer who can lead meaningful municipal infrastructure work, build trusted client relationships, and help expand a high-potential practice in one of the country’s most active water markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support planning, design, permitting, and construction-phase services for municipal water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including collection and distribution systems, pump stations, storage facilities, treatment plants, and renewal and replacement programs.
• Take ownership of technical delivery across project phases, including concept development, design calculations, plans and specifications, cost estimating, permitting coordination, bid support, and construction documentation.
• Manage projects and client coordination with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, quality, and overall execution.
• Lead technical tasks such as design calculations, plans preparation, hydraulic modeling, master planning, alternative analysis, project prioritization, equipment selection, and capital improvement planning.
• Build strong relationships with municipal clients and support business development through opportunity identification, proposals, interviews, and presentations.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

Qualifications

• Approximately 10+ years of water/wastewater engineering experience, ideally in a consulting environment serving municipal clients.
• Strong background in planning, design, permitting, and construction support for water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Experience managing projects and coordinating directly with clients, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to combine technical strength, sound judgment, and client awareness to solve complex engineering challenges.
• A proactive, self-directed style with interest in mentoring others and contributing to practice growth.

Requirements

• B.S. in Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering; master’s degree preferred.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in Florida.
• Working knowledge of tools such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, and hydraulic/design modeling software.