Global Desalination Leader

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We are seeking an accomplished and visionary Global Desalination Practice Leader to drive the growth, technical excellence, and market leadership of our global desalination and water treatment business. This executive-level role will be responsible for setting and executing the strategic direction of the firm’s desalination practice across municipal, industrial, mining, energy, and water security markets. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams across engineering, consulting, program management, and operations while serving as a trusted advisor to clients, regulators, investors, and industry stakeholders worldwide.

The Global Desalination Practice Leader will oversee business development, major project pursuits, technical innovation, strategic partnerships, and practice performance, ensuring delivery excellence and sustainable growth across key regions including North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

Whilst the role will have a specific focus on desalination, it will naturally be responsible for the delivery of sustainable solutions that relate to water security and resilience, requiring strong collaboration across all market sectors including conveyance, water reuse, and water and wastewater treatment.

This role requires a recognised senior leader with a strong technical understanding of the role of desalination from strategy through to delivery.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serve as part of the AECOM global water leadership team, advocating and delivering growth in desalination.
• Develop and coordinate global desalination market strategy based on knowledge of the global desalination market, with an emphasis on seawater desalination, desalination technologies, and emerging market trends.
• Collaboration and coordination with the Regional Water Business Line Leadership, Global Water Market Sector Lead, and sub-region Region Business Line Leaders and area market sector leads.
• Work with regional business development and project delivery teams to develop regional desalination market sub-strategies and drive growth.
• Serve as project director/design manager/technical lead, directing and executing work related to seawater desalination and/or similar treatment processes.
• Assist in development and implementation of major pursuit capture strategy and provide oversight of capture plans as they relate to major desalination opportunities.
• Coordinate with regional and market sector leadership and Technical Practice Network to align skills with market trends and to drive strategic technical leadership hires.
• Reinforce collaboration and team building, ensure client focus, demonstrate commitment to excellence and innovation, and motivate others to ensure positive morale and engagement.
• Leverage technical expertise from across the organization to support pursuits and delivery.
• Continuously interact with clients, assuring satisfaction with AECOM services and with project delivery personnel to identify and address any service issues proactively.
• Build a strong capability to deliver desalination solutions, including internal and external recruitment.
• Build strong relationships and interact regularly with clients, teaming partners, industry groups, and stakeholders linked to the market sector.
• Continuously build a strong…