Water Regional Manager

Tetra Tech is seeking an experienced Water Regional Manager / Senior Civil or Environmental Engineer to lead and grow our North Texas water practice. This senior leadership role is ideal for a technical professional who can combine deep expertise in municipal water and wastewater infrastructure with business development, client engagement, and team leadership.

You will lead complex water infrastructure projects while remaining closely involved in technical delivery. Your work may include pipelines, pump stations, water and wastewater treatment, drainage systems, advanced water treatment, and other critical municipal infrastructures.

As the regional leader, you will help shape the growth and strategic direction of our Water team, strengthen relationships with municipalities and utilities, mentor technical professionals, and position Tetra Tech for continued success across Texas and beyond.

• Lead Tetra Tech’s North Texas Water practice and help establish regional growth strategies, priorities, and performance objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and primary client liaison for strategic municipal clients.
• Identify and pursue opportunities well in advance of public advertisement by building relationships, understanding client needs, and developing thoughtful pursuit strategies.
• Lead major pursuits from early client positioning through proposal development, interviews, negotiations, project execution, and closeout. Contribute technical and strategic insight to proposals, presentations, interviews, and marketing initiatives.
• Represent Tetra Tech at industry conferences, client meetings, technical forums, and professional organizations.
• Partner with operations leadership on business planning, contract negotiations, staffing, financial performance, and risk management.

• Serve as a technical subject matter expert in municipal water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Lead the delivery of strategic and technically challenging projects, ensuring quality, compliance, schedule adherence, and client satisfaction.
• Provide technical oversight for projects involving pipelines, pump stations, drainage systems, water and wastewater treatment, advanced treatment, membranes, PFAS, desalination, and related infrastructure knowledge helpful.
• Support project managers and technical teams in resolving complex design, construction, regulatory, and client issues.
• Oversee project performance across the regional portfolio, balancing technical excellence, client service, risk, and profitability.
• Promote consistent quality-management practices and support continuous improvement across project delivery.

• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain project managers, engineers, and technical staff, building a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
• Identify staffing needs and work with company leadership to support sustainable regional growth.
• Encourage knowledge sharing, innovation, professional development, and cross-office collaboration.

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or a related engineering discipline.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas and a minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in water and wastewater engineering, municipal infrastructure, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success leading large, complex projects as both a technical leader and project manager.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and mentoring project managers and technical professionals.
• Proven success in client development, pursuit strategy, proposal leadership, and securing profitable work. Strong understanding of project financial performance, contracts, risk…