Hydraulic Modeling and Water​/Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Lead

Freese and Nichols is seeking a Hydraulic Modeling and Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Lead to join our team in Houston or Pearland, Texas
. As W/WW Modeling and Planning Lead, you will serve as a senior technical leader and trusted advisor, guiding complex planning and modeling efforts while helping shape the long‑term technical direction of the team. You will play a critical role in delivering high‑quality infrastructure solutions while building a lasting technical legacy within a stable, growth‑oriented environment.

• Lead technical delivery for water and wastewater master planning and hydraulic modelingprojects, serving as a senior advisorto project teams
• Provide hydraulic modelingexpertise, technical judgment, and QA/QC to ensure high-quality,defensible deliverables
• Partner with project managers to align technical execution with scope, schedule,client expectations, and overall project strategy
• Serve as a technicalpoint of contact for clients,helpingidentifypracticalsolutions and communicate complex analyses, assumptions, and recommendations
• Mentor EITs and junior engineers,elevatingtechnical capabilities and supportingprofessional development across the team
• Reviewand guideplanninglevelanalyses,models, and reports to ensure accuracy, clarity, and quality;lead modelingsupportfor design projects
• Performina Senior Project Manager roleonselectplanning efforts, providing overall technical and project leadership
• Contribute to proposals, pursuits, technical scopes, and interviews
• Support internal R&D, innovation, and best‑practice efforts related to planning, modeling tools, and methodologies
• Collaborate with internal national technical professionals to implement and outline best practices, advance modeling and planning methodologies, and drive consistency across projects

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, or related engineering field
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• 6+ years of engineering experience in water, wastewater, or related infrastructure projects
• Strong experience with water and/or wastewaterhydraulic modeling and planning
• Demonstrated experience in QA/QC and technical review of engineering work

• Experience leading technical components of water and wastewater master planning projects, sanitary sewer evaluation studies, asset management projects,andimpact fee studies
• Experience mentoring or developing junior engineering staff
• Experience supporting multiple projects or serving as a technical advisor across teams
• Familiarity with modeling tools and planning methodologies for municipal infrastructure
• Interest in serving as a long‑term technical leader within the Houston‑area team
• Participation in professional and technical organizations

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at ), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.