Vice President, Florida Water Market Leader
About The Position
Barge is making a focused, long-term strategic investment to establish and scale a leading presence in the Florida water market. This initiative reflects the firm’s confidence in Florida’s sustained infrastructure needs and its intent to build a durable, market-leading platform rather than pursue incremental or opportunistic growth. Florida represents one of the nation’s most active and complex water markets, driven by population growth, regulatory demands, resilience needs, and long-term utility investment creating a compelling opportunity for a purpose-built market platform. To deliver on this vision, Barge seeks a senior water-market executive with a proven track record of building businesses, developing high-performing teams, and establishing trusted client relationships. This role is structured as a strategic partnership pairing executive authority with capital investment and performance-based incentives aligned to long-term success. The Florida Water Market Leader will help establish and execute a growth strategy for Barge’s water business across Florida, with an emphasis on Northeast and Central Florida and priority public-sector and utility clients. This is a build-and-scale leadership role. The leader will be empowered to define market strategy, assemble the team, and execute a multi-year growth plan aligned with Barge’s water and public-sector objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from accredited program.
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in the A&E industry
- Experience and demonstrated success securing and delivering projects for public sector clients.
- Extensive professional network in FL comprised of clients, competitors, and contractors.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer License preferred but not required
Responsibilities
- Defining and executing a multi-year Florida water market growth strategy
- Establishing Barge’s brand presence and trusted-client status
- Leading key client relationships, pursuit strategy, and account development
- Recruiting, developing, and mentoring a high-performing Florida-based water team
- Partnering with firm leadership to align growth with Barge’s strategy, culture, and values
- Lead, strategize and support Barge participation in Florida water and wastewater professional societies; and regional and statewide seminars and conferences
Benefits
- employee-owned company
- certified Great Place To Work®
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
