Water Services Group - Environmental Engineer/Regional Team Leader

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Job Description:

Why Join CDM Smith as a Regional Team Leader?

The Water Services Group is seeking a Regional Team Leader for our Boston office who is passionate about people, technical excellence, and growth. This position offers the unique opportunity to continue practicing engineering while developing and mentoring a team of talented professionals.

You'll help shape careers, strengthen our technical capabilities, support project delivery, and contribute to the continued growth of our Boston office and regional Water Services practice. This is not a management-only position; it is a leadership role designed for engineers who want to expand their influence through both technical contributions and people development.

 

Essential Job Functions

People Leadership and Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of technical professionals.
• Support employees’ career journeys through ongoing coaching, career planning, training, professional registration, certification, and challenging project assignments.
• Communicate, connect, and engage regularly with team members to promote collaboration, accountability, and trust.
• Collaborate with employees to identify appropriate mentors through the Career Compass Mentoring Program.
• Celebrate important employee milestones, including work anniversaries, promotions, professional registrations, and other achievements.
• Conduct timely and meaningful annual performance appraisals in coordination with technical mentors, project managers, Technical Delivery Managers, and other leaders.

Technical Contribution and Project Delivery

• Continue contributing as an engineer through technical guidance, project delivery, quality support, client service, and collaboration with project teams.
• Instill a sense of personal ownership for work product quality across the team.
• Support delivery of a legendary client experience with attention to quality, responsiveness, and technical excellence.
• Promote compliance with QA/QC and Health & Safety procedures for project delivery.
• Leverage and apply intellectual property through active participation in Communities of Practice.

Staffing, Utilization, and Business Growth

• Coordinate workload and utilization goals for team members.
• Partner with Technical Delivery Managers to align technical staff assignments with project needs.
• Recruit, interview, and hire new employees, as approved of by the Technical Delivery Manager, to support project workload and overall firm growth.
• Support employee engagement, retention, and development within the group.
• Provide appropriate sales and client support in coordination with the Technical Delivery Manager.
• Demonstrate an understanding of business performance, including utilization, project profitability, overhead, staffing, and team contribution.

Operational Leadership

• Approve time sheets and expense reports in a timely manner.
• Ensure team members complete required training, including Compliance, Health & Safety, Ethics, and other required programs.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead by example through CDM Smith’s Vision and Core Values.

Skills & Abilities:

• Strong interest in leading, developing, and supporting technical professionals.
• Ability to balance people leadership, technical contribution, project delivery, and business priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to promote a high-performance culture built on trust, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to delivering excellent service to internal and external clients.
• Understanding of business fundamentals, including utilization, project profitability, staffing, workload planning, and team performance.
• Ability to build relationships across technical teams, project managers, Technical Delivery Managers, and regional leadership.
• Demonstrated commitment to employee engagement, retention, hiring, and professional development

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer license.
• 10 years of related experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, essential functions, workload, and project demands.

Amount of Travel Required: 10% or less EEO Statement: We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, pregnancy related conditions, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression), national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Background Check and Drug Testing Information: CDM Smith Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries (hereafter collectively referred to as “CDM Smith”) reserves the right to require background checks including criminal, employment, education, licensure, etc. as well as credit and motor vehicle when applicable for certain positions. In addition, CDM Smith may conduct drug testing for designated positions. Background checks are conducted after an offer of employment has been made in the United States. The timing of when background checks will be conducted on candidates for positions outside the United States will vary based on country statutory law but in no case, will the background check precede an interview. CDM Smith will conduct interviews of qualified individuals prior to requesting a criminal background check, and no job application submitted prior to such interview shall inquire into an applicant's criminal history. If this position is subject to a background check for any convictions related to its responsibilities and requirements, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history. Criminal history will not automatically disqualify a candidate. In addition, during employment individuals may be required by CDM Smith or a CDM Smith client to successfully complete additional background checks, including motor vehicle record as well as drug testing. Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Additional Compensation : All bonuses at CDM Smith are discretionary and may or may not apply to this position. Pay Range Min: USD $115,253.00 Pay Range Max: USD $201,677.00 Visa Sponsorship Available : We will support sponsorship, i.e. H-1B or TN Visas for this position