Freese and Nichols is seeking a
Hydraulic Modeling and Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Lead to join our team in
Houston or Pearland, Texas. As W/WW Modeling and Planning Lead, you will serve as a senior technical leader and trusted advisor, guiding complex planning and modeling efforts while helping shape the long-term technical direction of the team. You will play a critical role in delivering high-quality infrastructure solutions while building a lasting technical legacy within a stable, growth-oriented environment.
What You'll Do
- Lead technical delivery for water and wastewater master planning and hydraulic modeling projects, serving as a senior advisor to project teams
- Provide hydraulic modeling expertise, technical judgment, and QA/QC to ensure high-quality, defensible deliverables
- Partner with project managers to align technical execution with scope, schedule, client expectations, and overall project strategy
- Serve as a technical point of contact for clients, helping identify practical solutions and communicate complex analyses, assumptions, and recommendations
- Mentor EITs and junior engineers, elevating technical capabilities and supporting professional development across the team
- Review and guide planning level analyses, models, and reports to ensure accuracy, clarity, and quality; lead modeling support for design projects
- Perform in a Senior Project Manager role on select planning efforts, providing overall technical and project leadership.
- Contribute to proposals, pursuits, technical scopes, and interviews.
- Support internal R&D, innovation, and best-practice efforts related to planning, modeling tools, and methodologies.
- Collaborate with internal national technical professionals to implement and outline best practices, advance modeling and planning methodologies, and drive consistency across projects
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, or related engineering field
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- 6+ years of engineering experience in water, wastewater, or related infrastructure projects
- Strong experience with water and/or wastewater hydraulic modeling and planning
- Demonstrated experience in QA/QC and technical review of engineering work
Preferred
- Experience leading technical components of water and wastewater master planning projects, sanitary sewer evaluation studies, asset management projects, and impact fee studies
- Experience mentoring or developing junior engineering staff
- Experience supporting multiple projects or serving as a technical advisor across teams
- Familiarity with modeling tools and planning methodologies for municipal infrastructure
- Interest in serving as a long-term technical leader within the Houston-area team
- Participation in professional and technical organizations
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