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Asset Management - US Water Team Lead
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GHD Job Description To solve complex challenges, you need to challenge the status-quo.
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. Who are we looking for? 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. In
Practice Building , you’ll grow a high-performing team and mentor project managers and analysts in IAM/GFMAM competencies and ISO-aligned delivery methods. You’ll develop playbooks and methodologies for risk-based decision making, lifecycle costing, and reliability strategies. On the
Business Development
front, you’ll own pipeline creation and capture—leading positioning, solutioning, scoping, pricing, and proposal development for municipal asset management, O&M optimization, and digital water pursuits. You’ll represent GHD at industry forums such as AWWA, WEF, and IAM, and author thought leadership that shapes the future of water infrastructure. Our Hybrid Work Model:
Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Responsibilities: Consulting Project/Program Design: Design the project architecture, building on the initial proposal and the client interviews to develop a solution that meets the client's stated requirements and addresses any identified client issues. Consulting Project Delivery: Deliver partly customized training, facilitate workshops with management, and deliver advice and reports to address identified client issues. Consulting Project Content Development: Develop innovative approaches and write materials that are highly visible—such as slide decks for presentations on innovative solutions to top management, or bespoke and market-leading client reports—to complete the work of client team. Community of Practice Management: Participate in and contribute to a community of practice in a defined area of expertise or consulting to build own capability and develop innovative practice among colleagues. Client Issue Diagnosis: Collate and conduct analysis of the tactical and operational information gathered through interviews and research to support the diagnosis of underlying client issues and problems and the design of single solutions. Client Issue Clarification: Conduct interviews following an established framework of questions to gather information on client issues. Workshop Facilitation: Facilitate process development workshops with subject-matter experts, drive agreement on process flows across functional areas, and document processes and activity workflows to develop clear and detailed process maps. Data Collection and Analysis: Use data from a wide range of sources to analyze key themes and identify possible impacts on the business. Personal Capability Building: Act as subject matter expert in an area of technology, policy, regulation, or operational management for the team. Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues. Business Advice: Lead a highly complex business advisory process, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic initiatives and goals. Client & Customer Management (External): Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues, or oversee relationship management with a group of more transactional clients and customers. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial/Systems Engineering (Master’s degree in engineering, asset management, data analytics, or public administration a plus) 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, maintenance planning/scheduling, and reliability analytics (FMECA/criticality, PM optimization) Comfortability in facilitating councils/boards and cross-functional utility teams (operations, engineering, finance/treasury) Able and willing to travel 20-40% as projects require Salary range: $117,000-$195,000 based on experience GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
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Asset Management - US Water Team Lead
role at
GHD Job Description To solve complex challenges, you need to challenge the status-quo.
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. Who are we looking for? 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. In
Practice Building , you’ll grow a high-performing team and mentor project managers and analysts in IAM/GFMAM competencies and ISO-aligned delivery methods. You’ll develop playbooks and methodologies for risk-based decision making, lifecycle costing, and reliability strategies. On the
Business Development
front, you’ll own pipeline creation and capture—leading positioning, solutioning, scoping, pricing, and proposal development for municipal asset management, O&M optimization, and digital water pursuits. You’ll represent GHD at industry forums such as AWWA, WEF, and IAM, and author thought leadership that shapes the future of water infrastructure. Our Hybrid Work Model:
Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Responsibilities: Consulting Project/Program Design: Design the project architecture, building on the initial proposal and the client interviews to develop a solution that meets the client's stated requirements and addresses any identified client issues. Consulting Project Delivery: Deliver partly customized training, facilitate workshops with management, and deliver advice and reports to address identified client issues. Consulting Project Content Development: Develop innovative approaches and write materials that are highly visible—such as slide decks for presentations on innovative solutions to top management, or bespoke and market-leading client reports—to complete the work of client team. Community of Practice Management: Participate in and contribute to a community of practice in a defined area of expertise or consulting to build own capability and develop innovative practice among colleagues. Client Issue Diagnosis: Collate and conduct analysis of the tactical and operational information gathered through interviews and research to support the diagnosis of underlying client issues and problems and the design of single solutions. Client Issue Clarification: Conduct interviews following an established framework of questions to gather information on client issues. Workshop Facilitation: Facilitate process development workshops with subject-matter experts, drive agreement on process flows across functional areas, and document processes and activity workflows to develop clear and detailed process maps. Data Collection and Analysis: Use data from a wide range of sources to analyze key themes and identify possible impacts on the business. Personal Capability Building: Act as subject matter expert in an area of technology, policy, regulation, or operational management for the team. Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues. Business Advice: Lead a highly complex business advisory process, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic initiatives and goals. Client & Customer Management (External): Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues, or oversee relationship management with a group of more transactional clients and customers. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial/Systems Engineering (Master’s degree in engineering, asset management, data analytics, or public administration a plus) 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, maintenance planning/scheduling, and reliability analytics (FMECA/criticality, PM optimization) Comfortability in facilitating councils/boards and cross-functional utility teams (operations, engineering, finance/treasury) Able and willing to travel 20-40% as projects require Salary range: $117,000-$195,000 based on experience GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
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