Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Leader

Date:
Jun 3, 2026

Location:

Walnut Creek, CA;
San Jose, CA;
Rancho Cordova, CA

• Lead business development efforts in our California market area through identification and capture of water distribution and wastewater collection hydraulic modeling and system planning services.
• Work closely with Black & Veatch Client Directors to build client relationships throughout the market area to drive growth of our business.
• Support and lead pursuit, proposal, and project interview activities.
• Lead the execution of water distribution and wastewater collection hydraulic modeling and system planning projects and serve as Black & Veatch’s client‑facing Project Manager.
• Identify new hire candidates and participate in the hiring process to grow our execution teams and business.
• Interface with our other Distribution & Collection System Planning professionals nationally to build project teams and leverage new and innovative approaches to benefit our clients.
• Evaluate water and wastewater system capacity, condition, resilience, operating efficiency, and water quality.
• Perform analysis and projections of water demands and wastewater flows.
• Use risk‑based assessments to develop and prioritize capital improvement programs.
• Integrate condition assessment and asset management data into system master planning to support replacement & renewal planning.
• Use cutting‑edge hydraulic modeling, GIS, asset management, and data visualization software to help solve client issues.
• Support and lead business development efforts and project execution beyond our California market area with our national Distribution & Collection System Planning team.

• Experience with technical and thought leadership surrounding water and wastewater infrastructure systems.
• Experience in a client‑facing role.
• 11+ years of infrastructure assessment experience including hydraulic modeling, master planning, and data analysis. Experience or familiarity with asset management and condition assessment is a plus.
• Experience leading technical tasks and project teams and executing water distribution and wastewater collection system studies and assessments that involve system operations modeling, optimization techniques, risk & resiliency evaluations, capital and life‑cycle cost analyses, CIP prioritization.
• Proficient with data analyses, analytics, and visualization.
• Proficient with report writing and PowerPoint presentations.
• Experience in developing proposals and leading technical discussions during client interviews/projects.
• Experience and/or familiarity with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and software (i.e., ArcGIS).
• Capable in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.).
• Familiarity with dynamic data visualization software such as Power
  
  BI.
• Experience and/or familiarity with hydraulic modeling software such as:
• Info Works, ICM
• Open Flows Water/Sewer (Water
  
  GEMS and Sewer
  
  GEMS)
• Info Water Pro
• EPANet
• EPASWMM
• PCSWMM
• Solid understanding of emerging technologies, analytics, and programming in a cloud-based environment.
• Opinionated leadership within the enterprise – demonstrate your hold – to define and influence the future of the product (vision, delivery, price, quality, adoption).
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Strong sense of accountability, humility, and a “have‑to‑solve” mindset.
• Demonstrated experience in providing high‑quality, cross‑functional, technical leadership that is user‑centric, data‑driven, and budget‑conscious.
• Strong business acumen, gracious, internally and externally; ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Exceptional customer engagement and service orientation, with a focus on relationship building, collaboration, and cross‑functional collaboration.”

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited program or equivalent professional engineering experience.
• Minimum of 11 years related work experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements (criminal/civil background check, drug screen, motor vehicle records search) in compliance with applicable laws.
• Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support…