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Location: Pleasant Grove, UT
Compensation: $225,000 - $275,000 / year
Description
The Horrocks-Wilson Joint Venture is seeking an experienced Water/Wastewater leader to launch our water and wastewater leading treatment practice in Utah. You’ll be responsible for partnering with Horrocks and Wilson leadership to win work, and you will oversee the successful delivery of high-impact projects while collaborating with professionals from both Horrocks and Wilson to advance our technical capabilities, mentor teams, and expand our presence throughout Utah.
About the Horrocks-Wilson Joint Venture
Horrocks is one of the West's most respected multidisciplinary engineering firms, with a distinguished history of shaping Utah's infrastructure for more than six decades. Renowned for its technical excellence, innovative engineering solutions, and commitment to quality, the firm has delivered many of the region's most complex and impactful transportation, water, structural, and public infrastructure projects. Through enduring client partnerships and a deep understanding of the communities it serves, Horrocks has helped build the infrastructure that supports Utah's continued growth and prosperity. Wilson Engineers is a premier consulting engineering firm recognized as a leader in water and wastewater infrastructure across the Western United States. The firm has delivered some of the region's most complex and technically advanced water and wastewater treatment facilities. Renowned for its engineering expertise, innovative solutions, and unwavering commitment to client success, Wilson has helped shape the critical infrastructure that protects public health, supports sustainable growth, and strengthens communities. Its reputation for technical excellence, integrity, and exceptional project delivery has made Wilson a trusted partner for some of the West's most important water infrastructure investments. Horrocks and Wilson are forming a joint venture to bring the best of both firms to our clients. The partnership combines Horrocks' local relationships, market knowledge, and established Utah presence with Wilson's specialized water expertise and experience delivering complex water and wastewater treatment plants and infrastructure. This joint venture brings together one of Utah’s leading engineering firms with one of the Mountain West’s most respected water and wastewater specialists. The Utah Water/Wastewater Treatment Practice Builder will play a central role in delivering successful projects, supporting strategic pursuits, and helping clients benefit from the combined capabilities of both firms.
What's in It for You?
This is an opportunity to play a pivotal business development, technical and project leadership role in a growing Utah water practice with the support and mentorship of seasoned leaders and distinguished engineers. Working alongside established leaders, client managers, technical experts, and business development professionals from both Horrocks and Wilson, you will lead complex water and wastewater projects, serve as a trusted advisor to clients, contribute to strategic pursuits, and help shape the technical direction of the joint venture. The ideal candidate is an accomplished project manager and technical leader with a strong understanding of the consulting business who is looking to make a step-change in their leadership responsibilities. You will be expected to cultivate client relationships and contribute to business development, while also delivering exceptional projects, mentoring teams, and driving technical excellence. Success in this role will mean establishing trusted client relationships, winning and delivering the joint venture’s first generation of major Utah treatment projects, and building the team and capabilities needed for long-term growth.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
As the Utah Water/Wastewater Treatment Practice Builder, you will provide technical leadership, manage projects, support clients, and contribute to the growth of the Horrocks-Wilson joint venture. Responsibilities will include:
- Drive growth by building client relationships, identifying new opportunities, and contributing to strategic pursuits across the state.
- Lead the preparation of statements of qualifications, proposals, fee estimates, and interviews for strategic pursuits.
- Lead the planning, design, and delivery of municipal water and wastewater treatment projects from concept through construction.
- Manage complex projects, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and client communication from kickoff through closeout.
- Work directly with municipal clients to understand their needs and develop practical, technically sound solutions.
- Collaborate with engineers and technical staff from both Horrocks and Wilson to deliver high-quality projects across a range of water and wastewater disciplines.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to project managers, engineers, and other technical staff.
- Review project work for technical quality and help maintain consistent standards across the joint venture.
- Lead recruiting efforts, staff development, and workforce management as the Utah water team continues to grow.
- Represent the Horrocks-Wilson Joint Venture with clients, industry organizations, and the broader Utah water community.
Requirements
What It Takes
- Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, mechanical, or chemical engineering, or a related field.
- Professional Engineer license in Utah, or the ability to obtain Utah licensure within a reasonable period after hire.
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in water or wastewater engineering.
- Demonstrated experience successfully managing water or wastewater projects, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, staffing, and client communication.
- Strong technical knowledge of water or wastewater treatment, with experience in related infrastructure such as pipelines, pump stations, storage facilities, utility master planning or construction management.
- Experience supporting or leading proposals, statements of qualifications, interviews, and other business development activities.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and collaborate across organizational boundaries.
- Commitment to technical quality, responsive client service, teamwork, and professional integrity.
Preferred Qualifications
- Established relationships with Utah municipalities, utilities, water districts, or state agencies.
- Experience delivering projects involving state or federal funding.
- Experience working on alternative delivery, construction management, or design-build projects.
- Experience mentoring staff and helping develop emerging project managers and technical leaders.
- A record of developing and maintaining strong client relationships.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Sound business judgment and an understanding of project financial performance.
Travel Requirements:
This position requires approximately 25 – 50% travel.
Benefits
The comprehensive benefits plan offered by Wilson Engineers exceeds industry standards, and is aimed at meeting each employee's personal and professional expectations. Benefits include personal time off, paid holidays, medical, dental and vision coverage; plus a flexible spending plan and short and long-term disability. Wilson Engineers also helps in securing your financial future by offering 401k plans with employer matching.
Benefits plan offered to our full-time employees:
- Medical Plan
- Vision Plan
- Dental Plan
- Group Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Personal Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- 401(K) Retirement Plan
- Section 125 Flexible Benefits Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Bonus
Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and protected veteran status
EEO — All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
Pay Transparency
The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location.
Department: Water/Wastewater
Location: Pleasant Grove, UT
Compensation: $225,000 - $275,000 / year
Description
The Horrocks-Wilson Joint Venture is seeking an experienced Water/Wastewater leader to launch our water and wastewater leading treatment practice in Utah. You’ll be responsible for partnering with Horrocks and Wilson leadership to win work, and you will oversee the successful delivery of high-impact projects while collaborating with professionals from both Horrocks and Wilson to advance our technical capabilities, mentor teams, and expand our presence throughout Utah.
About the Horrocks-Wilson Joint Venture
Horrocks is one of the West's most respected multidisciplinary engineering firms, with a distinguished history of shaping Utah's infrastructure for more than six decades. Renowned for its technical excellence, innovative engineering solutions, and commitment to quality, the firm has delivered many of the region's most complex and impactful transportation, water, structural, and public infrastructure projects. Through enduring client partnerships and a deep understanding of the communities it serves, Horrocks has helped build the infrastructure that supports Utah's continued growth and prosperity. Wilson Engineers is a premier consulting engineering firm recognized as a leader in water and wastewater infrastructure across the Western United States. The firm has delivered some of the region's most complex and technically advanced water and wastewater treatment facilities. Renowned for its engineering expertise, innovative solutions, and unwavering commitment to client success, Wilson has helped shape the critical infrastructure that protects public health, supports sustainable growth, and strengthens communities. Its reputation for technical excellence, integrity, and exceptional project delivery has made Wilson a trusted partner for some of the West's most important water infrastructure investments. Horrocks and Wilson are forming a joint venture to bring the best of both firms to our clients. The partnership combines Horrocks' local relationships, market knowledge, and established Utah presence with Wilson's specialized water expertise and experience delivering complex water and wastewater treatment plants and infrastructure. This joint venture brings together one of Utah’s leading engineering firms with one of the Mountain West’s most respected water and wastewater specialists. The Utah Water/Wastewater Treatment Practice Builder will play a central role in delivering successful projects, supporting strategic pursuits, and helping clients benefit from the combined capabilities of both firms.
What's in It for You?
This is an opportunity to play a pivotal business development, technical and project leadership role in a growing Utah water practice with the support and mentorship of seasoned leaders and distinguished engineers. Working alongside established leaders, client managers, technical experts, and business development professionals from both Horrocks and Wilson, you will lead complex water and wastewater projects, serve as a trusted advisor to clients, contribute to strategic pursuits, and help shape the technical direction of the joint venture. The ideal candidate is an accomplished project manager and technical leader with a strong understanding of the consulting business who is looking to make a step-change in their leadership responsibilities. You will be expected to cultivate client relationships and contribute to business development, while also delivering exceptional projects, mentoring teams, and driving technical excellence. Success in this role will mean establishing trusted client relationships, winning and delivering the joint venture’s first generation of major Utah treatment projects, and building the team and capabilities needed for long-term growth.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
As the Utah Water/Wastewater Treatment Practice Builder, you will provide technical leadership, manage projects, support clients, and contribute to the growth of the Horrocks-Wilson joint venture. Responsibilities will include:
- Drive growth by building client relationships, identifying new opportunities, and contributing to strategic pursuits across the state.
- Lead the preparation of statements of qualifications, proposals, fee estimates, and interviews for strategic pursuits.
- Lead the planning, design, and delivery of municipal water and wastewater treatment projects from concept through construction.
- Manage complex projects, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and client communication from kickoff through closeout.
- Work directly with municipal clients to understand their needs and develop practical, technically sound solutions.
- Collaborate with engineers and technical staff from both Horrocks and Wilson to deliver high-quality projects across a range of water and wastewater disciplines.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to project managers, engineers, and other technical staff.
- Review project work for technical quality and help maintain consistent standards across the joint venture.
- Lead recruiting efforts, staff development, and workforce management as the Utah water team continues to grow.
- Represent the Horrocks-Wilson Joint Venture with clients, industry organizations, and the broader Utah water community.
Requirements
What It Takes
- Bachelor's degree in civil, environmental, mechanical, or chemical engineering, or a related field.
- Professional Engineer license in Utah, or the ability to obtain Utah licensure within a reasonable period after hire.
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in water or wastewater engineering.
- Demonstrated experience successfully managing water or wastewater projects, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, staffing, and client communication.
- Strong technical knowledge of water or wastewater treatment, with experience in related infrastructure such as pipelines, pump stations, storage facilities, utility master planning or construction management.
- Experience supporting or leading proposals, statements of qualifications, interviews, and other business development activities.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and collaborate across organizational boundaries.
- Commitment to technical quality, responsive client service, teamwork, and professional integrity.
Preferred Qualifications
- Established relationships with Utah municipalities, utilities, water districts, or state agencies.
- Experience delivering projects involving state or federal funding.
- Experience working on alternative delivery, construction management, or design-build projects.
- Experience mentoring staff and helping develop emerging project managers and technical leaders.
- A record of developing and maintaining strong client relationships.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Sound business judgment and an understanding of project financial performance.
Travel Requirements:
This position requires approximately 25 – 50% travel.
Benefits
The comprehensive benefits plan offered by Wilson Engineers exceeds industry standards, and is aimed at meeting each employee's personal and professional expectations. Benefits include personal time off, paid holidays, medical, dental and vision coverage; plus a flexible spending plan and short and long-term disability. Wilson Engineers also helps in securing your financial future by offering 401k plans with employer matching.
Benefits plan offered to our full-time employees:
- Medical Plan
- Vision Plan
- Dental Plan
- Group Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Personal Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- 401(K) Retirement Plan
- Section 125 Flexible Benefits Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Bonus
Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and protected veteran status
EEO — All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.
Pay Transparency
The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location.
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Document your trade credentials before applying
Gather your apprenticeship completion certificates, journeyman cards, and any state contractor licenses before you approach employers. PERM requires proof that your qualifications meet the job requirements, and gaps in documentation can stall the labor certification filing.
Target union contractors with established HR departments
Large unionized general contractors and specialty subcontractors are more likely to have immigration counsel on retainer and experience navigating PERM. Smaller owner-operators may want to sponsor you but lack the infrastructure to file correctly.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Use Migrate Mate to find construction and building employers with a confirmed green card sponsorship track record. Applying to companies that have completed PERM filings before cuts the risk of an employer who agrees in principle but stalls when the process gets complex.
Understand how OFLC Wage Search affects your offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your occupation and location before PERM can be certified. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for your specific trade and metro area so you can spot offers that fall short before you accept.
File your I-140 as early as your employer allows
Once PERM is certified, push your employer to file the I-140 promptly. For nationals of India and China, your priority date is set when USCIS receives the I-140, and backlogs mean an earlier date can shave years off your wait for a green card number to become available.
Know your AC21 portability rights mid-process
If your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you change employers without losing your place in line, as long as the new role is in the same or a similar occupation. Builder trades typically qualify, but confirm the classification with your new employer before switching.
Green Card Builder: Frequently Asked Questions
Which green card category covers Builder jobs?
Most Builder roles qualify under EB-3 as skilled workers, which requires at least two years of training or experience. If you hold an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in a related specialty, your employer could potentially file under EB-2. The applicable category depends on how the job is defined in the PERM labor certification.
How does green card sponsorship for Builder jobs differ from H-1B sponsorship?
Green card sponsorship leads to permanent residence rather than a temporary status you must renew. For Builder roles, the process starts with PERM labor certification filed with the DOL, which requires a prevailing wage determination and a formal recruitment test to show no qualified U.S. workers were available. H-1B visa requires an LCA and is capped at 85,000 slots annually with a lottery; EB-3 has no lottery but does have per-country numerical limits that can create priority-date backlogs for some nationalities.
How long does the PERM process take for a Builder job?
PERM processing times at the DOL vary and are not fixed. After certification, your employer files an I-140 with USCIS, and you then wait for a visa number to become available based on your priority date and country of birth. Nationals of countries with high demand, such as India and China, can face significant waits. USCIS publishes monthly Visa Bulletins showing current priority dates.
How do I find employers willing to sponsor a green card for a Builder role?
Use Migrate Mate to search for construction and building employers with a verified history of employment-based green card sponsorship. Many employers in the trades are open to sponsoring but do not advertise it, so targeting companies with a documented track record is more efficient than applying broadly and asking about sponsorship during the interview process.
Can I change construction employers after my green card case is filed?
Yes, under two distinct rules. If your original I-140 was approved, you can transfer that priority date to a new employer's I-140 so you don't lose your place in the queue. Separately, once your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 portability lets you change to a new employer in the same or a similar occupation without restarting the process. Builder and construction trades generally qualify as similar occupations, but you should confirm the classification before making the move.