Water Resources​/Modeling​/Planning Group Leader - OH​/MI​/IN

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The Water Resources, Planning & Modeling Group Leader is responsible for the leadership, growth, performance, and strategic direction of the group's practice across Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. This role combines people leadership, technical excellence, project delivery oversight, and business management to advance the firm's water resources, planning, and modeling capabilities. The Group Leader is accountable for developing staff, ensuring successful project delivery, growing client relationships, and achieving business objectives while fostering a culture of collaboration, quality, safety, and inclusion.

• Lead and grow water resources, planning, and modeling services, including utility master planning, watershed studies, stormwater management, flood resilience, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, and water/wastewater system planning.
• Support project managers and other technical leaders in managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and contractual requirements.
• Advance the group's reputation for technical excellence and innovative, data-driven solutions.
• Strong technical knowledge of water resources engineering, including hydrology, hydraulics, stormwater management, and watershed planning.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing utility master plans, infrastructure strategies, and capital improvement programs.
• Advanced understanding of water, wastewater, and stormwater modeling tools and their application to planning, design, and operational decision-making.
• Promote a culture of caring, quality, safety, inclusion, and accountability.
• Lead workforce planning, resource management, and staff utilization efforts.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and retain top talent while supporting company diversity and workforce development goals.
• Coach, mentor, and develop staff while building future leaders through succession planning.
• Foster team engagement through regular communication, one-on-one meetings, and team-building activities.

• Assist the Department leader in developing and executing growth strategies, business plans, and performance goals for the group.
• Partner with Operations, Market Solutions, Department Leaders, and Sales teams to grow and maintain sustainable work pipelines.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and support business development, proposals, and strategic pursuits.
• Promote innovation, digital solutions, and emerging technologies within the practice.

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Water Resources Engineering, or related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Experience in water resources, utility planning, and hydraulic/hydrologic modeling.
• Expertise in applying wastewater collection system and stormwater modeling platforms, including EPA SWMM, PCSWMM, Info Works ICM, MIKE+, SewerGEMS, Aqua Twin Sewer and/or water distribution system modeling platforms such as WaterGEMS, Info Water Pro, Info Works WS Pro, and Aqua Twin Water, to successfully deliver client projects.
• Working knowledge of advanced modeling and analytics applications, including Python scripting, machine learning, optimization, smart sewer technologies, digital twins, and AI-enabled solutions, to enhance model development, calibration, system analysis, and decision-making.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams and developing staff.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, with experience in client management and business development.
• Proven ability to balance people leadership, project delivery, and business growth objectives.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan.

Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And…