Group Leader Water - North Division

Job Description

Here at Mott MacDonald, we are experts in engineering, management, and development services supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. One of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves in our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through the connected thinking of our 20,000+ talented consultants. Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of all of our sectors which, in North America include Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

Mott MacDonald has a rich heritage and extensive expertise in the water and wastewater market across North America. With over a century of experience, Mott MacDonald has played leading roles in many transformative water supply, wastewater, irrigation, drainage, and flood protection projects.

Building on our continued success, we are thrilled to announce the opening of a Water Group Lead position in the North Division. As a key leader, you will champion our PRIDE values and foster a collaborative, innovative culture.

Your role will involve leading project work to ensure high-quality deliverables, supporting business development, and managing staff with a focus on health, safety, and engagement.

Role Requirements:

• Leadership of the Group aligned with the NASA and East Unit Strategic Plan​.
• Project delivery – leading and supporting project work to ensure high quality deliverables and technical excellence in all work executed for clients.
• Build a cohesive culture focused on quality, technical excellence, and talent development in line with our PRIDE values and Employee Value Proposition​.
• Understanding of clients' needs through working closely with Portfolio Managers, Strategic Market and Account Leads to pursue opportunities and supporting Business Development, as necessary​.
• Management and support of staff – ensuring personal and organizational goals are established for staff; collaborating and guiding Line Managers about staff’s growth or performance concerns; focusing on health, safety and wellbeing including creating a culture that promotes positive staff engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrating behaviors that promote our Purpose and align with our PRIDE values including championing our Employee Value Proposition​.
• Creating and maintaining a collaborative and respectful culture that encourages excellence, innovation, and learning​.
• Winning work – working with Strategic Market and Account Leads to pursue opportunities, supporting Business Development as necessary​.
• Doing work – leading and supporting project work to ensure high quality deliverables and technical excellence in all work executed for clients and supporting multi-disciplinary projects, focusing on compliance & innovation​.
• Management and support of staff – focusing on health, safety and wellbeing, including creating a culture that promotes positive staff engagement​.
• Advising on promotion, salary, and training of the staff in the Group​
• Managing the Discipline Leads, advising on team structure, and actively mentoring, coaching, and planning for succession​.
• Collaborating with other Group leads to maximize the effectiveness of existing resources ​
• Managing the utilization of resources (short-term and long-term), including planning and forecasting for critical projects and opportunity resourcing​.
• Planning and leading the hiring of new staff – identifying gaps in the team, filling them, and planning for growth in alignment with the Regional strategic objectives​.
• Participating in and actively contributing to Divisional operational matters and proactively cascade information regularly from Region/Unit updates​.
• Visible leadership with internal and external representation.

Key Accountabilities / KPI’s:

• Quality deliverables in both the WIN and DO phases, including proposals and projects, through providing appropriate QA/QC processes with the various disciplines within the Division Group you are responsible for.​
• Managing utilization targets for Resource Groups including resourcing project work appropriately to understand resource requirements on projects. ​
• Organizational structure of the Division Group including headcount, planning for, and hiring for growth aligned with Unit and Regional strategic objectives. ​
• Recommendation of salary increases, bonuses, promotions, and appointments including preparing required supporting documents.
• Mandatory staff training in accordance with Mott MacDonald requirements​.
• Health and Safety reporting in accordance with Mott MacDonald requirements.​
• Oversite of Ethics and Compliance of the Division Group​.
• Following BMS WIN and DO processes​.
• Timesheet compliance.

Candidate specification:

• 20+ years of experience leading teams in the Water/Wastewater industry.
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant field; Master's degree preferred.
• PE License in NY, NJ, and MA.
• Proven ability to create and maintain a collaborative culture that fosters excellence, innovation, and learning.
• Successful track record in winning work and supporting Business Development.
• Strong project management skills, ensuring high-quality deliverables and technical excellence.
• Experience managing and supporting large-scale teams across multiple geographies, with a focus on health, safety, and wellbeing.
• Strong mentor and player/coach, supporting ongoing staff development.
• Experience leading hiring initiatives, identifying team gaps, and planning for growth.
• Demonstrate visible leadership and effective communication skills, both internally and externally.

Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you!

Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

At Mott MacDonald, we provide a comprehensive benefit package that includes 401k, medical, dental and vision insurance, short-term/long-term disability, paid holidays, PTO, parental leave and company paid life insurance.

NYC: $220,000 - $270,000

NJ: $190,000 - $230,000

Boston: $190,000 - $230,000

Individual pay is determined based on several factors such as work location, education, experience, and unique skills.

Equal opportunity is the law.

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.

Hybrid working policy

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.