Asset Management - US Water Team Lead

GHD • Chantilly, VA

122d • $117,000 - $195,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At GHD Advisory, we are invested in creating sustainable commercial outcomes with clients driving change in water, energy, and urbanization. Join a team committed to solving complex challenges across the value chain, from capital deployment to asset management, enabling resilience, growth, and sustainability. Together, we'll help create a future for generations to come. GHD is seeking an Asset Management - US Water Team Lead to grow and deliver our municipal water and wastewater asset management practice. In this pivotal role, you will set the strategy, win work, and lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering programs that align with ISO 55000 principles, AWWA utility management/AM standards, and US best practices (EPA). As a leader in Client & Project Leadership, you'll serve as the account and engagement lead for city, county, and regional utilities—shaping roadmaps for levels of service, risk, lifecycle and cost optimization, and capital program alignment. You'll direct programs across the asset management lifecycle, including asset data and criticality, condition/RUL modeling, risk registers, O&M/RCM optimization, CIP prioritization, resilience and climate adaptation, and performance management. You'll also oversee CMMS/EAM delivery (IBM Maximo, Infor, SAP, Cityworks), guiding requirements, configuration, data governance, and change management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial/Systems Engineering.
• Professional Engineer licensure required.
• 10+ years in municipal water/wastewater asset management consulting with progressive responsibility leading programs and teams.
• Proven success implementing risk/LoS/lifecycle frameworks and translating results into prioritized capital & O&M plans for utilities.
• Hands-on leadership with CMMS/EAM (Maximo, Infor, SAP PM, Cityworks) and integration with GIS/SCADA/B RCM.
• Comfortability in facilitating councils/boards and cross-functional utility teams (operations, engineering, finance/treasury).
• Able and willing to travel 20-40% as projects require.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in engineering, asset management, data analytics, or public administration.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategy for municipal water and wastewater asset management practice.
• Win work and lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering programs aligned with ISO 55000 principles.
• Serve as the account and engagement lead for city, county, and regional utilities.
• Shape roadmaps for levels of service, risk, lifecycle and cost optimization, and capital program alignment.
• Direct programs across the asset management lifecycle including asset data and criticality, condition/RUL modeling, risk registers, O&M/RCM optimization, CIP prioritization, resilience and climate adaptation, and performance management.
• Oversee CMMS/EAM delivery, guiding requirements, configuration, data governance, and change management.
• Grow a high-performing team and mentor project managers and analysts in IAM/GFMAM competencies.
• Develop playbooks and methodologies for risk-based decision making, lifecycle costing, and reliability strategies.
• Own pipeline creation and capture for municipal asset management, O&M optimization, and digital water pursuits.
• Represent GHD at industry forums and author thought leadership on water infrastructure.

Benefits

• Hybrid work model with in-office collaboration three days a week.
• Equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, disability, or any other protected category.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Food Services and Drinking Places
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree