Utilities Design Team Leader

Position Overview

We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking.

Woolpert is an award‑winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting‑edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Woolpert is hiring a Design Team Leader to join our dynamic Utilities Practice
. This position involves leading and managing a technical team focused on civil, drainage, and permitting projects within water, wastewater, and stormwater sectors.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

The Design Team Leader is a strong communicator (written/oral) and collaborator capable of leading technical staff and working with project management staff. Team projects include, but are not limited to, civil/site design, drainage design, and associated permitting. The Design Team Leader will perform technical responsibilities in addition to their primary role of personnel management which will include workload management, goal achievement, and skillset development.

The Team Leader must have managerial and technical problem‑solving skills to meet the team’s challenges.

The Design Team Leader is responsible for effective planning and scheduling of key resources on water/wastewater/stormwater projects. They manage a team of technical staff in multiple offices and promote the growth of the team and individual team members. Reporting staff includes subproject managers, engineers, EITs, environmental scientists, and environmental permitting specialists. The Design Team Leader performs goal setting for the team, conducts performance reviews, performs personnel changes, and interviews and hires technical team members when appropriate.

• Establish employee performance goals, provide regular feedback, and work with assigned technical team members to achieve individual goals.
• Effectively resolve conflict within the team by initiating and facilitating communication.
• Mentor and coach direct reports.
• Communicate with Utility Market Program Directors and Project Managers on technical staff resource planning and ensure team resource planning is maintained.
• Run regularly scheduled team meetings and communicate during which corporate initiatives / news are presented.
• Communicate issues affecting technical task work quality, project schedule, or budget and escalates unresolved issues to a higher level as needed.
• Post job requisitions, interview, and hire technical team members.
• Work closely with Utility Market personnel to develop fee estimates for bids and proposals, including associate staffing projections, production estimation and detailed pricing calculations within Microsoft Excel.

• Desire for personal leadership development.
• Ability to analyze, assess, and prioritize multiple requests from market and technical staff and efficiently assign and manage high‑quality project work.
• Detail‑oriented, with a focus on quality control and data management.
• A minimum of 5+ years professional experience required, 10+ years preferred.
• Strong organizational skills to successfully manage multiple competing priorities.
• Comfortable taking initiative to interact with others and resolve conflicts.
• Clear written communication, including grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Expert proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Access) and Civil 3D.
• Intermediate proficiency with ESRI ArcGIS preferred.

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest‑growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world.

In addition to competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• Freedom to Work…