Account Leader; Water​/Wastewater

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. With the power of many curious minds, we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis seeks an Account Leader to support the growth of water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste opportunities in West Florida. This role is based in the Tampa, Florida office and focuses on maintaining and developing business in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sarasota Counties. You will collaborate with Area Leaders, Area Managers, Project Managers and Technical Experts to win projects and execute them to achieve clients’ objectives while delivering excellent client service.

You will contribute to strategic growth, planning and support of key market initiatives in the market area.

The Account Leader will implement strategies to expand services to current clients and to add new clients.

Responsibilities include:

• Build and strengthen client relationships with decision makers at multiple levels to become a trusted advisor.
• Develop a deep understanding of local utility and solid waste issues, identify client needs, future project planning, local market conditions, and other information to improve positioning for future pursuits.
• Understand client organizations’ processes and culture to create value-added solutions.
• Lead pursuit plans and develop client engagement strategies; participate in task order development and interviews to win new projects.
• Coordinate with project managers to monitor planning, design, and construction administration to deliver quality services within project schedules.
• Serve as project manager to monitor planning, design, and construction administration; lead or assist in scope and cost proposals for task orders and projects.
• Serve as a senior technical resource on municipal water, wastewater, stormwater, resilience, and/or solid waste planning, design, construction, and program management projects.
• Support development of junior and mid-level staff.
• Ability to deliver key financial performance including growth.

Travel up to 30% for client meetings and related activities.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in business development and/or project management in the water, wastewater, stormwater, resilience and solid waste sectors.
• Bachelor of Science in Civil, Environmental, Water Resources, or related field.
• Florida P.E. License or ability to obtain within 6 months.

Key Skills/Attributes

The ideal candidate will have experience in client and project management with municipal water, wastewater, stormwater, resilience, and/or solid waste projects of various sizes. They should demonstrate strong technical engineering and management skills, with experience in planning and design for municipal water, wastewater, stormwater, resilience, and/or solid waste projects, along with strong business acumen. The candidate must possess strong written and oral communication skills, the ability to lead teams and collaborate effectively with clients, and strong client presentation and relationship-building abilities, especially with local municipalities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Civil, Environmental, Water Resources, or related field.
• Project Management Professional or Environmental Sustainability Professional certification is desirable.
• 5+ years of relevant sales and account management experience.

We empower everyone to be their best and believe every contribution matters. We are adopting a skills-based approach to help you carve your career path and maximize impact.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We do not discriminate on any basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full-time and part-time positions, including medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, and other benefits. The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $160,000/year. Actual salaries vary based on experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.

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