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Principal

Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
Annapolis, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 3/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/6/2026

Find your path and enjoy the journey at Haley & Aldrich. With us, you’ll tackle clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments – and, in turn, build stronger communities. You’ll work with teams of passionate colleagues, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and continuous learning.

As a company, we aim to build a world where communities go beyond resilience, embracing change as an opportunity to enhance safety, well-being, and quality of life. Join us to accelerate this vision and your professional development. 

We are looking to add new talent to our growing team! We are currently seeking a Principal to lead our national water treatment practice with highly skilled professionals in a dynamic environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing group and company and get involved in a variety of projects for a diverse range of clients. This is a full-time position located in any of our 45 office locations or virtually.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
In this position, you will
:

  • Lead major consulting assignments associated with your area of expertise, providing expert-level technical and strategic consulting, and ensuring that assignments align with client needs.
  • Leverage your breadth of experience and knowledge from working across multiple clients, projects, codes, and regulatory frameworks and/or market segments and geographies to align project scopes with client objectives to deliver extraordinary client value.
  • Lead the development of team technical competence, knowledge of codes and regulations, and professional standards of practice to assigned tasks.
  • Direct, coach, and support teams of staff in quality execution of multiple projects simultaneously within your technical practice area and specialty.
  • Be sought after to provide leadership for staff at varying levels with expert mentoring and coaching to support alignment of staff with market and client needs and to support the growth and innovation of our practice areas.
  • Enhance company visibility by leveraging your role to advance company relationships with clients and project stakeholders and obtain new project assignments in your area of expertise.
  • Lead multidisciplinary teams to perform remediation and industrial water treatment projects through the project lifecycle phases—including nationwide team oversight and technical guidance.
  • Lead large technical evaluations and design efforts, including advanced water and wastewater treatment systems, emerging contaminant challenges, dewatering projects, and process water optimization projects.
  • Lead key communications and negotiations with state and federal environmental agencies, industrial partners, and client representatives.
  • Lead all work in accordance with company and client health and safety protocols.
  • Demonstrate the company’s foundational safety behaviors.

 SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Minimum Skills and Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related field.
  • 15 years of related experience.
  • PE registration required.
  • Able to integrate industry-leading advancements into work as appropriate.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including verbally communicating and presenting project information to clients and stakeholders.
  • Applies emotional intelligence to achieve higher impact on project teams and client communications.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience in advanced water and wastewater treatment process design, site remediation engineering, dewatering, industrial wastewater, and emerging contaminant treatment technologies.
  • Demonstrated competency with various environmental regulatory frameworks.
  • Demonstrated history of cross-disciplinary team oversight and national-level project leadership.

The salary range for this position nationwide is $200,000 - $240,000 annually. Actual compensation will be based upon a variety of factors such as education, related work experience, certificates, skills, and current market conditions. Haley & Aldrich reviews salary ranges each quarter to assess competitiveness with the market. This role is eligible to participate in the company’s performance-based bonus program. This bonus program is based on overall company performance and the results achieved compared to peers. This role is eligible to receive a sign-on bonus.

About Haley & Aldrich 

Haley & Aldrich is committed to solving our clients’ most meaningful challenges in the built and natural environments. Our team of 1,000 engineers and scientists across the United States draws inspiration from one mission: to work closely with clients as they navigate change to create safer, more robust places to live and work. Since our founding in 1957, organizations across the public and private sectors have relied on us for technical excellence and empathetic leadership that achieve results and secure a thriving tomorrow. Find us at haleyaldrich.com and LinkedIn.

Haley & Aldrich is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, age, disability, veteran, or any other legally protected status. We offer excellent career growth, a highly competitive total compensation plan, and a solid benefits package. Interested candidates should apply on our Careers page.

Note to external search firms: Haley & Aldrich does not accept unsolicited resumes and will not be obligated to pay a placement fee for unsolicited resumes. Please do not send resumes to Haley & Aldrich employees. Please work through a Talent Acquisition Manager.

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