Water Regional Manager in Plano, Texas, United States
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🔍 Plano, Texas, United States
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📁 Engineering 📅 3 hours ago Post Date 📅 20000004333 Requisition #
Tetra Tech is seeking an experienced Water Regional Manager / Senior Civil or Environmental Engineer to lead and grow our North Texas water practice. This senior leadership role is ideal for a technical professional who can combine deep expertise in municipal water and wastewater infrastructure with business development, client engagement, and team leadership.
You will lead complex water infrastructure projects while remaining closely involved in technical delivery. Your work may include pipelines, pump stations, water and wastewater treatment, drainage systems, advanced water treatment, and other critical municipal infrastructures.
As the regional leader, you will help shape the growth and strategic direction of our Water team, strengthen relationships with municipalities and utilities, mentor technical professionals, and position Tetra Tech for continued success across Texas and beyond.
Regional Leadership and Business Development
· Lead Tetra Tech’s North Texas Water practice and help establish regional growth strategies, priorities, and performance objectives.
· Serve as a trusted advisor and primary client liaison for strategic municipal clients.
· Identify and pursue opportunities well in advance of public advertisement by building relationships, understanding client needs, and developing thoughtful pursuit strategies.
· Lead major pursuits from early client positioning through proposal development, interviews, negotiations, project execution, and closeout. Contribute technical and strategic insight to proposals, presentations, interviews, and marketing initiatives.
· Represent Tetra Tech at industry conferences, client meetings, technical forums, and professional organizations.
· Partner with operations leadership on business planning, contract negotiations, staffing, financial performance, and risk management.
Technical Leadership and Project Delivery
· Serve as a technical subject matter expert in municipal water and wastewater infrastructure.
· Lead the delivery of strategic and technically challenging projects, ensuring quality, compliance, schedule adherence, and client satisfaction.
· Provide technical oversight for projects involving pipelines, pump stations, drainage systems, water and wastewater treatment, advanced treatment, membranes, PFAS, desalination, and related infrastructure knowledge helpful.
· Support project managers and technical teams in resolving complex design, construction, regulatory, and client issues.
· Oversee project performance across the regional portfolio, balancing technical excellence, client service, risk, and profitability.
· Promote consistent quality-management practices and support continuous improvement across project delivery.
Team Development and Talent Management
· Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain project managers, engineers, and technical staff, building a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
· Identify staffing needs and work with company leadership to support sustainable regional growth.
· Encourage knowledge sharing, innovation, professional development, and cross-office collaboration.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or a related engineering discipline.
- Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas and a minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in water and wastewater engineering, municipal infrastructure, or a related field.
- Demonstrated success leading large, complex projects as both a technical leader and project manager.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and mentoring project managers and technical professionals.
- Proven success in client development, pursuit strategy, proposal leadership, and securing profitable work. Strong understanding of project financial performance, contracts, risk management, and delivery strategy.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to balance technical involvement with regional leadership, client engagement, staff development, and business development responsibilities.
- Established relationships with Texas municipalities, utilities, regional agencies, or other water-sector stakeholders are highly valued.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to
Lead and grow a high-impact water practice in one of the nation’s most dynamic regions.
Influence the strategic direction of major municipal projects and client programs.
Build and mentor a talented team of professionals and grow as a professional through Tetra Tech’s leadership and professional development programs.
Benefit from flexible work practices that support both professional success and personal well-being.
Access comprehensive benefits designed to support your health, financial security, and long-term goals.
Pursue an entrepreneurial career path within a merit-based organization that encourages ownership and initiative.
About Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is the leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. With 25,000 employees working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex problems by Leading with Science® to address the entire water cycle, protect and restore the environment, design sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and support the clean energy transition.
Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.
We invite applications from all interested parties.
Explore our open positions at https://www.tetratech.com/careers
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