Client Director - Water Business
Date: Apr 20, 2026
Location: Seattle, WA, US
Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies
Job Summary
Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1.
Our hybrid environment allows you to balance work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.
The Opportunity
Black & Veatch is a leading employee-owned global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company. Consistently recognized as “Best Companies to Work For” and “Best Employers for Diversity.” One of the biggest Water & Wastewater Civil Design Firms with 8,300+ employees. Our revenues exceed $3 billion.
The Client Director position is a high-profile leadership role at Black & Veatch. In this capacity, you will serve as part of the Water / Wastewater business leadership team. As part of the Portland, Oregon collaborative team, you will manage the successful delivery of water related infrastructure projects in the multi-million-dollar range.
Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.
The Team
Black & Veatch’s Governments & Communities focuses on specific infrastructure needs of municipalities, state and local governments, and specialized physical and digital infrastructure solutions for government and federal agencies. By joining this market sector, you will provide infrastructure for community benefit.
This team partners with customers to align people, processes, technologies, and data analytics in the face of industry transformation. We help customers modernize water infrastructure, optimize asset use, meet performance goals, reduce costs, and mitigate risk no matter where the water industry goes next. This team is ranked in the top 10 by ENR for Water Design Firms.
Key Responsibilities
- Business development:
- Leading team efforts for marketing
- Strategy development
- Prospect identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting and contracting for opportunities
- Accountable for new business objectives and overall project performance
- Project management:
- External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities
- Support development of overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch resources to advance market footprint
- Project execution:
- Oversight of engineering manager(s)
- Development of project performance goals
- Accountability for implementation
- Active involvement with internal project team and owner representatives on project activities
- Perform or assist with performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s)
- Staff management:
- Team development, mentoring and coaching on performance improvement
- Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals and identification of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team
Preferred Qualifications
- 15+ years of active water/wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership experience in the Portland market
- Professional Engineering License; Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline
- Understanding of budgets and financial metrics
- Contract negotiation skill including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing and payment terms
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements, including criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Work Environment / Physical Demands
- Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments
- Sitting/standing/computer usage for extended periods of time
- Ability to utilize video/audio conferencing software tools for internal/external communication
- Travel to client sites
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits portfolio includes health care, medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness program, paid vacation, holiday time, sick time, dependent sick time, 401k match, adoption reimbursement, vendor discounts, employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-tax accounts, voluntary legal plan, B & V Credit Union, and performance-based bonus program.
Equal Employment Opportunity
BVH, Inc., its subsidiaries and its affiliated companies, complies with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations. Black & Veatch does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law.
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