Water Resources Manager

Job Overview:

APTIM, a leading engineering and resilience consulting firm with a global presence and a rapidly expanding Infrastructure Adaptation and Climate Resilience practice, is seeking a Water Resources Manager to join our multidisciplinary team.

This position plays a strategic role in delivering risk-informed design solutions and advancing the integration of resilience into flood control, urban infrastructure, and waterfront systems. The ideal candidate brings a balance of technical depth and project management experience-able to guide multi-sector clients through climate adaptation, vulnerability assessment, and resilient design implementation.

This is a high-growth opportunity to lead complex projects, mentor emerging engineers, and shape the next generation of resilient infrastructure across Florida and the broader Southeast.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Lead and support the watershed master plans, stormwater improvement programs, and climate-resilient infrastructure designs from concept through implementation.
• Manage full scope including financials, staffing, schedule, and subcontractors while serving as the primary client liaison and ensuring technical excellence in reports, presentations, and stakeholder coordination.
• Conduct and oversee hydrologic and hydraulic modeling using tools such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, ICPR, SWMM, or StormWise, integrating future climate and sea-level rise projections.
• Evaluate flood mitigation and drainage improvement alternatives, develop conceptual and preliminary engineering designs, and support cost-benefit and prioritization analyses.
• Apply technical expertise to assess vulnerabilities, quantify flood risk, and identify adaptation strategies for urban and coastal systems.
  Perform benefit- -cost analyses and resilience ROI evaluations to guide capital investment decisions.
• Lead and contribute to quality assurance reviews of large datasets and modeling outputs to ensure accuracy and defensibility.
• Integrate engineering, planning, GIS, and digital modeling tools to produce actionable resilience roadmaps and business cases.
• Oversee preparation of technical reports, grant deliverables, and permitting documentation.
• Conduct stakeholder meetings, public workshops, and presentations to communicate technical findings to diverse audiences.
• Support business development and proposal writing, including scoping, pricing, and client engagement.
• Stay current on federal and state resilience policies, design standards, and funding programs (e.g., FDEP Resilient Florida, FEMA BRIC, CDBG-MIT).

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil, Coastal, Structural, or Environmental Engineering, or related field.
  years of experience in water resources, watershed master planning, flood adaptation, or infrastructure resilience.
• Experience developing stormwater and flood-mitigation designs within urban, coastal, or estuarine environments.
• Strong understanding of drainage, erosion control, building envelope hardening, and nature-based mitigation systems.
• Strong technical writing and report leadership experience across multi-disciplinary projects.
• Proficiency in GIS, climate data tools (e.g., NOAA SLR Viewer, USACE projections), and Microsoft Excel or Power BI.
• Familiarity with FDEP Resilient Florida, FEMA, BRIC, CDBG-MIT, and other resilience funding mechanisms.
• Experience supporting permitting, design, or construction of resilient infrastructure preferred.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in remote and hybrid teams.
• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure preferred.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to support regional client needs.
• Preferred office locations are in Boca Raton, Jacksonville, Winter Garden or Tampa, Florida.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience leading municipal or regional watershed master plans and developing implementation-ready capital improvement programs (CIPs).
• Experience with Envision, LEED, WEDG, or similar resilience frameworks.
• Understanding of Florida-specific hydrology, regulatory requirements, and floodplain management standards.
• Background in green-gray infrastructure, stormwater retrofits, or coastal protection design.
• Experience performing flood risk modeling under future climate and sea-level rise scenarios.
• Proven ability to mentor junior staff and foster a positive, high-performance team culture.

ABOUT APTIM

APTIM is committed to accelerating the transition toward a clean and efficient energy economy, building a sustainable future for our communities and natural world, and creating a more inclusive and equitable environment that celebrates the diversity of our communities. We specialize in environmental, resilience, and sustainability and energy solutions, as well as technical and data solutions, program management, and critical infrastructure. For every challenge our clients face, there is an opportunity for APTIM to innovate a fit-for-purpose solution that will raise your organization or community to a new standard of excellence.

What you can expect from APTIM:

• Work that is worthy of your time and talent
• Respect and flexibility to live a full life at work and at home
• Dogged determination to deliver for our clients and communities
• A voice in making our company better
• Investment into your personal and professional development

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay range for this position is $120,000- to $145,000 per year. Compensation depends on several factors including experience, education, key skills, geographic location of the position, client requirements, external market competitiveness, and internal equity among other employees within APTIM.

Employee Benefits

Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, LLC is committed to providing an extensive range of benefits that protect and promote the health and financial well-being of our employees and their families through the APTIM Benefits Marketplace

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance: Through the marketplace, our employees can choose benefits from five metallic levels and 10+ carriers to find the right benefits that work for them in their location.
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) APTIM offers three 401k plans through the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (PEP). The specific plan you are eligible for depends on the business unit you are in. The details of the largest plan are found here: APTIM k) Plan Features )
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• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave (eligibility based on company policy and applicable law)

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