Water Resources Market Leader

Overview

Geosyntec Consultants is seeking a Principal level Water Resources Market Leader to join our growing national Water Resources Practice. This role will be based in Salt Lake City, UT;
Phoenix, AZ;
Austin, TX;
Houston, TX;
Dallas, TX or any of our other U.S. based offices, with remote work possible at company discretion. The selected candidate will develop and implement a strategy for achieving significant market share in the Water Resources market area.

As a senior member of our Water Resources practice, you will lead complex water resources projects around water supply management, water rights permitting, and groundwater / surface water management. You will combine technical project execution, client relationship management, subject matter expertise, and team leadership while actively engaging existing and new client opportunities from a business development standpoint. The Group works on projects ranging from water supply development and management, water rights, mining hydrogeology, contaminant hydrogeology, regulatory permitting, and source water protection across the U.S.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well‑being programs to support you and your family.

• Strategic business planning to segment and target specific industrial, commercial and municipal clients for projects such as water supply, groundwater and surface water modeling, water availability, use and re‑use, and regulatory considerations for water rights permitting focused on the West Region Water Resources market.
• Engage with project and operations staff to align Geosyntec's full service delivery capabilities with market demands.
• Serve in the capacity of a Client Account Manager on selected accounts deemed critical to Geosyntec's Water Resources market.
• Actively participate in professional societies, conferences, and meetings that increase the visibility of the firm to potential clients and recruits, contributing to the profession with individual recognition as an industry leader.
• Lead project directorship, ensuring client expectations are understood and met, budgets are adhered to, quality objectives are met, and follow‑on work is attained; including local scale hydrogeologic analyses for water supply management, regulatory compliance and new source development; modeling studies of aquifer systems; installation and testing of groundwater supply wells (and monitoring wells), aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) and surface recharge basin projects, and permitting and regulatory compliance projects including water rights.
• Recruit, manage, and mentor junior staff and mid‑career engineers and scientists.
• Review and lead preparation of major proposals.
• Provide senior leadership subject matter expertise in meetings with clients, regulatory personnel, and other parties.
• Deliver technical project management responsibilities for scoping, performing, managing, and delivering multiple concurrent project assignments.
• Prepare technical reports, letters, memoranda, plans, specifications, and proposals.
• Travel to client or company project or office sites, and other business locations, as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Water Resources, Hydrogeology, Civil, Environmental or related engineering discipline with emphasis on water resources (required).
• Advanced degree in the same or similar field (preferred).
• Professional registration (PE, CHG) (required).

• At least 10 years (15+ preferred) of direct water resources, hydrogeology, or engineering consulting experience working on water resource, contaminated sites, and mining projects; or equivalent combination of education and experience (required).
• Experience with multi-disciplinary project teams (required).
• Demonstrated success in project management, sales, and business development (required).
• Excellent leadership and detail‑orientation skills (required).
• Experience with design and implementation of field hydrogeology programs in glacial, basalt, and clastic aquifer systems (required).
• Experience with numerical modeling of groundwater flow and well test analysis (preferred).
• Ability and willingness to perform fieldwork and travel as needed (required).
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client‑driven drug and background testing may be required.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel (required).