North Carolina Regional Water Team Leader

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

SeamonWhiteside is seeking an experienced, entrepreneurial, and technically strong professional to serve as the North Carolina Regional Water Team Leader. This role will lead the growth, delivery, and quality of SW+ drinking water and wastewater services across North Carolina, including water distribution, wastewater collection, pump stations, force mains, utility planning, rehabilitation, capacity evaluations, permitting, funding support, and related public and private sector infrastructure services.

The ideal candidate is a proven water and wastewater leader with strong technical judgment, client relationship skills, business development experience, and the ability to mentor and grow a high-performing regional team. This position will be accountable for building market presence, developing utility-focused client relationships, managing project delivery, supporting team development, and advancing SW+ standards, culture, and profitability within the North Carolina drinking water and wastewater practice.

About Us

Since the company’s beginning in 1985, we’ve blended the disciplines of civil engineering and landscape architecture from concept to completion to create places of legacy and inspiration for our clients, community, and family. There is a big difference in how engineers and landscape architects visualize a project. At SW+ we approach every plan from both points of view, working together to create a successfully integrated venture. In our world, that’s a good thing.

With the goal of being the best design firm in the region, the SW+ leadership team continues to attract the brightest talent, each with a unique expertise in one of the many facets of land design. SW+ has a diverse portfolio at a variety of scales in both the public and private sector including mixed-use commercial developments, urban and suburban multifamily, healthcare, office, high end resort and parks and recreation projects.  

With over 250+ employees, and offices in Mount Pleasant, Greenville, Summerville, Spartanburg, and Columbia, SC as well as Charlotte, Raleigh, and Asheville, NC. SW+ inspires employees to stand behind its tagline, "Elevating the site design experience." Company culture is at the core of who we are. SW+ offers a mentorship program and other professional growth opportunities. 

In addition, company sponsored events, such as golf tournaments, sports teams, and happy hours, along with philanthropic endeavors provide opportunities throughout the year to lift morale and strengthen bonds between coworkers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow SW+ drinking water and wastewater services across North Carolina, with emphasis on client service, technical excellence, quality control, team development, and profitable project delivery.
• Develop and maintain relationships with municipal, county, state, institutional, and private sector clients, as well as strategic partners and teaming firms.
• Identify, pursue, and support new business opportunities, including proposals, scopes, fee development, interviews, and client presentations.
• Serve as principal-in-charge, senior project manager, or technical advisor for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects, as appropriate.
• Oversee planning, design, permitting, bidding, and construction-phase services for water distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, pump stations, force mains, utility relocations, rehabilitation projects, and related treatment or conveyance improvements.
• Support utility master planning, condition assessments, hydraulic modeling, inflow and infiltration evaluations, capacity studies, asset management, capital improvement planning, and funding or grant application efforts.
• Coordinate with SW+ civil engineering, landscape architecture, planning, surveying, and construction administration teams to deliver integrated site design solutions.
• Mentor project managers, engineers, designers, and emerging leaders; support recruiting, onboarding, training, career development, and performance feedback.
• Promote consistent use of SW+ standards, tools, workflows, quality processes, and project management practices.
• Monitor team workload, staffing needs, project financial performance, schedules, risk, and client satisfaction.
• Represent SW+ in professional organizations, conferences, community engagement efforts, and industry events across North Carolina.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biosystems Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, preferably in North Carolina, or ability to obtain North Carolina licensure within an agreed timeframe.
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible drinking water and wastewater engineering experience, preferably with a consulting engineering, municipal utility, or infrastructure design firm.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects, managing clients, developing scopes and budgets, and delivering quality technical work.
• Strong understanding of North Carolina drinking water, wastewater, utility permitting, public infrastructure funding, and applicable state and federal regulatory requirements.
• Experience mentoring technical staff and coordinating multidisciplinary project teams.
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and client-facing communication skills.
• Ability to balance technical leadership, business development, project management, and team leadership responsibilities.

Desired Skills

• Master’s degree in civil, environmental, water resources, or related engineering discipline.
• Existing relationships with North Carolina municipalities, counties, public utilities, state agencies, developers, higher education institutions, or infrastructure funding partners.
• Experience with water and wastewater master planning, utility asset management, distribution and collection system modeling, pump station design, force mains, treatment facility support, utility rehabilitation, inflow and infiltration reduction, or capital improvement planning.
• Familiarity with common utility planning, modeling, and design tools such as GIS platforms, WaterCAD, SewerCAD, InfoWater, InfoWorks ICM, Civil 3D, hydraulic modeling software, or similar applications.
• Experience building or scaling a service line, regional practice, or technical team.

Working Environment

• General office environment: Works generally at a desk in a well-lit, air-conditioned cubicle/office, with moderate noise levels  
• Fast-paced, collaborative studio environment within a multidisciplinary firm

Physical Demands

• Activities require a significant amount of sitting at a desk and in front of a computer monitor.
• Occasional travel to project sites, client meetings, or agency offices.

  SW+ Benefits

• 10 Company paid Holidays
• 100% Company paid Dental, STD, LTD, and Term Life Insurance
• Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Vision, Voluntary Term Life, Accidental, Critical Illness, Allstate Term to 100 Life Insurance, and Nationwide Pet Insurance
• 401K with employer match
• Health Savings Account (HSA)/ Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Wellness Program
• Work/Life Balance

For more information on our company and benefits, please visit our website at  

Note: This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, or qualifications. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.