AECOM

Drinking Water Treatment Manager

AECOM$90K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering
  • 8+ years of experience in municipal drinking water treatment design and construction
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in Ontario or transferable within 6 months
  • Proven leadership in managing technical teams and successful delivery of projects
  • Experience executing multi-million dollar drinking water infrastructure projects

Responsibilities

  • Develop and grow a balanced team aligned with strategic plans
  • Oversee team dynamics, performance evaluations, and financial health of the drinking water portfolio
  • Collaborate on business development and lead technical proposals
  • Maintain strong relationships with key GTA clients
  • Lead execution of complex multi-disciplinary projects from design to construction
  • Monitor performance indicators to track sales growth and cost management
  • Provide senior-level guidance on advanced drinking water treatment processes

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life and disability benefits
  • Paid time off and leaves of absence
  • Flexible work options
  • Employee assistance program
  • Retirement savings plan and employee stock purchase plan
  • Service recognition awards
Full Job Description
AECOM is actively seeking a visionary Drinking Water Treatment Manager to lead our municipal drinking water consulting team in the GTA in this replacement position. This is a "Player-Coach" role designed for a technical expert who excels at high-level process design and project delivery while possessing the strategic acumen to grow our market share in the GTA, leveraging top notch regional and national drinking water engineering expertise and capabilities. You will act as the primary technical advocate for our clients and the dedicated mentor for our engineering staff, ensuring the delivery of resilient, state-of-the-art water treatment solutions for Ontario's municipalities. Your success in this position will be gauged by: • Technical Excellence: Serving as a senior reviewer, ensuring all plant designs and project deliverables meet stringent QA/QC and safety standards within profitability goals. • Team Leadership: Cultivating a culture of technical curiosity, ownership and professional growth for drinking water treatment, maintaining high retention through active mentorship. • Strategic Growth: Expanding AECOM's foothold as one of the strongest drinking water teams in the GTA (currently delivering over $1.4B in drinking water CAPEX projects for our clients) by securing major drinking water treatment plant upgrades, advanced technology research studies, and process development. As the Drinking Water Treatment Manager, you will: • Team Growth: Develop a well-balanced team in alignment with the strategic plan, collaborating with AECOM GTA Management to identify key recruits that will fuel growth and support succession planning. • Effective Operations Management: Oversee team dynamics, utility, performance evaluations, staff management, and the financial health of the drinking water portfolio. • Business Development: Collaborate with capture managers on critical pursuits, lead technical proposals and capture strategies, while adhering to allocated budget for business development. • Client Relationships: Foster strong relationships with key GTA clients (e.g. City of Toronto, Regions of Peel, York, Durham and Halton). • Project Delivery: Lead the execution of complex multi-disciplinary projects from design through to construction, ensuring compliance with the Ontario Safe Drinking Water Act and regulatory design guidelines. • Performance Tracking: Monitor group performance indicators through insightful reports to track sales growth, cost management, and achievement of win and booking targets. • Technical Oversight: Provide senior-level guidance on drinking water treatment processes (e.g. conventional treatment, membrane filtration, ozone/UV disinfection, chemical feed systems, and residual management). • Internal AECOM Liaison: Represent the local market sector within the national AECOM network, liaising with internal stakeholders for reporting and business functions. • External Industry Representation: Represent AECOM at industry conferences (e.g., OWWA, AWWA, CWN), coordinating team participation in relevant conferences and sponsorship opportunities to maintain a pulse on emerging treatment technologies, market trends, regulatory shifts and developing client contacts. • Mentorship: Lead and mentor a highly performing and passionate team of 10, including project managers, junior, and intermediate process engineers, with a clear focus on fostering technical excellence, collaborative design practices and the integration of advanced treatment technologies. Provide hands-on guidance in staff career development and cultivate an environment that encourages innovation, knowledge sharing, and professional growth. Qualifications Minimum Requirements: • Education: Bachelor's degree in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering. • Experience: 8+ years of progressive experience in the design and construction of municipal drinking water treatment plants. • Licensure: Licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng) in Ontario or transferable within 6 months. • Leadership: Proven track record of managing technical teams and successful project delivery. Skilled in delivering a comprehensive strategic vision throughout all phases of multi-million dollar drinking water infrastructure projects, ensuring successful execution from start to finish. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience: 15+ years of progressive experience in the design and construction of municipal drinking water treatment plants. • Leadership: Proven track record of managing technical teams and successful project delivery. Skilled in delivering a comprehensive strategic vision throughout all phases of multi-million dollar drinking water infrastructure projects, ensuring successful execution from start to finish. • Advanced Degree: Master's or PhD degrees in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental engineering is considered an asset. • Local Expertise: Strong existing relationships with GTA clients and the drinking water industry, including participation/activity in associations. • Project Management: Progressive experience as Project Manager in municipal drinking water engineering design and construction. PMP certification is considered an asset. Additional Information • Sponsorship for Canadian employment authorization is not available for this position. At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment. AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

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Net Income
-$200.8 million
Founded
1990
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