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Team Leader, Water / Wastewater, Houston, TX or The Woodlands, TX

Halff
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 3/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/22/2026
Team Leader, Water / Wastewater - Houston, TX or The Woodlands, TX

Halff has an immediate opening for a Team Leader to office in either our Woodlands TX or Houston TX location. The ideal candidate will bring at least 12 years of civil engineering experience with a focus on Water/Wastewater in the consulting industry and working with, or for, public sector and private sector clients. The successful candidate should have experience in designing and managing Water/Wastewater Utility and/or Facility projects, with a capacity to make decisions independently and resolve complex problems. This position offers an excellent career development opportunity for someone looking to grow with Halff, with potential for not only business and personal growth, but ownership in the firm.

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What you will do:

  • The successful candidate should be community-minded with the capacity to lead, mentor, and inspire a team of multi-experienced engineers, make independent decisions, resolve complex problems, engage in business development and client management. 
  • Halff’s water and wastewater practice are primed for growth and we are looking for someone to lead the way in growing this practice within our firm and in the East Texas area.
  • In addition to project delivery responsibilities, candidates must be able to perform business development, manage budgets, personnel, schedules, sub consultants, and client interaction.
  • The candidate must also have the ability to support operations managers and practice leaders in business development and pursuit of Water/Wastewater opportunities.

What You Will Need

  • Bachelor's Degree or Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering or ABET accredited equivalent Engineering degree
  • 12-15 years plus of experience with Water/Wastewater projects, involving treatment processes, water pipeline, sanitary sewer, and/or pump facility design, modeling and planning
  • Licensed PE, preferably in Texas or can obtain immediately
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Must be self-directed, yet a team player comfortable with leading and directing others, with a focus and drive for quality, integrity and success
  • Experience leading a project team
  • Experience with marketing and business development
  • Experience with interacting with clients and leading projects
  • Experience managing budgets, schedules, and sub-consultants
  • Experience with treatment processes and/or modeling is desired, but not required.

The Halff Water/Wastewater Advantage

  • We leverage more than 65 years of experience in the water utilities industry to develop creative and sound solutions.
  • Interdisciplinary team can provide full services from land development to treatment facility design.
  • Our teams have completed hundreds of miles of pipeline projects including new, replacement and rehabilitation for sizes up to 120-inches in diameter.
  • Full toolbox of technology resources.

Learn more about Halff's Water/Wastewater services, check out some of our projects, and meet our team

Halff's Water/Wastewater Treatment Services & Water/Wastewater Conveyance & Pumps Services:

  • Biosolids Handling
  • Facility Design, Facility Master Plans & Facility Optimization
  • Instrumentation, Control & SCADA
  • Membrane Technologies & Odor Control
  • Process & Equipment Selection
  • Regulatory Compliance & Treatment Facilities
  • Water Supply & Wastewater Collection
  • Elevated & Ground Storage Tanks
  • Water Transmission & Distribution
  • Flow Measurement/Metering
  • Water Pumping Facilities
  • Sanitary Lift Stations & Force Mains
  • Equipment & Pump Selection
  • Hydraulic Modeling

Company Overview

Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.

Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.

Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff's full complement of services here

Halff has over 30 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Arizona, and Georgia. For a full list of our locations, click here

We Offer Excellent Benefits, Including But Not Limited To

  • Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
  • Long-term and short-term disability insurance
  • Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran's Day for our veterans)
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • 529 College Savings Plan
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
  • Employee Assistance Plan
  • Click here for a more comprehensive list of Halff's benefits

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.

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