Client Service Lead - Water/Wastewater

Client Service Lead For New England Water/Wastewater

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We challenge what's accepted so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you're interested in a long and rewarding career working in a globally ranked water treatment solution firm, with the industry's best and most innovative engineers, then Jacobs is where you belong. By joining us as a Client Service Lead for New England Water/Wastewater, you'll lead our team to win and deliver planning and design projects for water supply, distribution, and treatment facilities throughout New England and help us build and support the business in New England.

You'd grow professionally by leading procurement and delivery teams to plan and deliver a broad variety of preliminary design, detailed design, modeling, and construction assignments for drinking water infrastructure.

We'd ask you to help lead the development of technical proposals as well as lead project teams through the planning and design for drinking water supply, distribution, and treatment facility projects. You'll be able to demonstrate your business acumen when presenting technical recommendations and alternatives to local and regional clients, and your sales acumen through your presentation and attendance at technical conferences throughout the Northeast and nationally.

You'll lead project teams in conducting engineering analysis: identifying the problem, developing and evaluating alternative solutions, and preparing recommendations. We'd also ask you to help develop and mentor junior staff interested in drinking water supply, distribution, and treatment design work.

If you're looking to aim higher and do things right- explore Jacobs!

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in related engineering discipline

• Professional Engineer (PE) in one or more New England states or ability to obtain within 6 months

• 10+ years of drinking water and wastewater treatment industry experience

• Experience in delivery of water projects at all phases, including feasibility/conceptual studies to design and construction

• Experience supporting customers with current market drivers for the New England water industry

• Strong project management and leadership skills as well as strong technical problem-solving skills

• Ability and interest in leading, mentoring, and training less experienced staff

• Outgoing and positive attitude, dependable, and committed to meet project deadlines

• Self-motivated, team-oriented, organized, and able to successfully multitask

Posted Salary Range: Minimum 18,000.00 Posted Salary Range: Upper 254,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $18,000.00 to $254,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on April 29, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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Locations

Skowhegan - Maine - United States

Boston - Massachusetts - United States