Water/Wastewater Group Leader

We are looking for a hands-on technical leader who is passionate about coaching and developing others. In this role, you’ll guide a team while leveraging your strong technical background in drinking water treatment, water supply/storage, and wastewater management.

The Water/Wastewater Group Leader plays a key role in driving both technical excellence and team performance. This leader oversees the planning, budgeting, administration, and day‑to‑day operations of their production/project management group, ensuring alignment with office goals and Moore Engineering’s standards. They guide their team’s success while shaping the growth, efficiency, and quality of our water and wastewater projects.

As a 100% employee-owned company, we all share responsibility for making Moore Engineering a rewarding workplace while providing critical engineering services to communities around the region. At Moore Engineering, we care about each other, our clients, and the communities we serve. It's this collective passion that drives excellence in everything we do.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manages, supervises, and evaluates the employees in their practice/service area
• Provides frequent and candid coaching, performance feedback, and mentorship to assigned group
• Makes staffing adjustments in their practice/service area with concurrence of Chief Production Officer and the Human Resources group
• Ensures adherence to all company standards and practice design/production standards, procedures, and policies
• Builds project teams by assigning group production employees/resources to project managers
• Assists project managers by developing and reviewing scopes, schedules and time budgets for work to be executed in their group
• Monitors team performance to ensure group’s adherence to agreed upon scopes, schedules, and budgets
• Ensures accuracy of deliverables by adhering to all QA/QC procedures for all work products developed in their group
• Collaborates with and mentors group production employees to develop efficient and effective design solutions
• Monitors group workload and maintains appropriate staffing levels
• Stays current on new products, technologies, innovations, and developments in their practice area
• Develops and coordinates with the Practice Leader on training needs and budget to ensure proper training of employees in their group
• Make recommendations to Chief Production Officer regarding utilization goals, design programs/tools, and training needs and budgets
• Monitors and maintains utilization goals
• Maintains regular communication with other Group Leaders in their office and other Group Leaders in their practice area in other offices to balance workload and share expertise and resources
• Maintains regular communication with the Practice Leader to improve project execution and delivery
• Participates in the RFP/RFQ process including, site visits, client meetings, scope development, preparation of project approach, technical execution plans, schedules, and interviews
• Serves as Lead Engineer/Technical Project Lead, as needed, on a project-by-project basis
• Maintains regular communication with the Chief Production Officer
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field
• 10 years of engineering experience in their practice area
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State where the office is located or ability to obtain within six months, as applicable
• Complete and thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of engineering as it relates to their practice area
• Demonstrated ability to successfully supervise and mentor personnel
• Excellent communication skills
• Must have a valid driver's license and be insurable
  
  

The culture at Moore Engineering, Inc. is built on our shared core values- Respect, Integrity, Accountability, Loyalty, and Kindness.

• Respect means that we honor our co-workers, appreciate cultural differences, and value all viewpoints brought in good faith.
• Integrity means we remain consistent and honest, and uphold our obligation to the health, safety, and welfare of the people at the center of our work.
• Accountability means we take responsibility for our actions, to commitments we make, and to our role in creating company success.
• Loyalty means we are dependable and faithful. Our relationships are built on earned mutual trust.
• Kindness means we care for each other and strive to enhance the human condition for our co-workers, friends, families, and communities.
  
  

Benefits

• We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401K options.
• We offer medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
• We recognize the importance of a work/ life balance and offer company- paid holidays, PTO based on years of experience, paid parental leave.
• We encourage growth and development of our employees through tuition assistance, professional certification reimbursement and talent development programs.
• We also offer other benefits including wellness programs, flexible spending benefits, dependent care account, employee assistance program, and more!
  
  

For Colorado residents: The pay range for this position is $112,320-$154,440 (with flexibility DOQ). The range displayed on this job posting reflects salaries for the position based in our Colorado locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by specific work location and additional factors, including education, experience, credentials, and job-related skills. In addition to base pay, certain positions at Vistal and subsidiaries are eligible for participation in our incentive compensation programs.

For Minnesota residents: The pay range for this position is $107,640-$148,000 (with flexibility DOQ). The range displayed on this job posting reflects salaries for the position based in our Minnesota locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by specific work location and additional factors, including education, experience, credentials, and job-related skills. In addition to base pay, certain positions at Vistal and subsidiaries are eligible for participation in our incentive compensation programs.