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Water Resources Consultant - Senior Level (Hybrid)

Barr Engineering Co.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT · HybridJobSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Location
SALT LAKE CITY, UTHybrid
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Job overview

Barr is seeking a senior water resources consultant and business builder to lead growth in its Salt Lake City market. The role develops client relationships and new work, expands water resources and contaminated sites services, and provides senior technical, project, and client leadership. The ideal candidate demonstrates success in sustainable practice growth, client development and retention, opportunity positioning, proposal development, reputation building, and project delivery through others.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Business Development, nice to haveClient Relationship Management, nice to haveStrategic Planning, nice to haveProposal Development, nice to haveHydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling, nice to haveGroundwater Modeling, nice to haveWell Siting and Development, nice to haveWater Rights, nice to haveEnvironmental Assessment and Remediation, nice to haveApplied Hydrogeology, nice to haveStormwater BMPs, nice to haveGreen Infrastructure, nice to haveUrban Stormwater Projects, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveInterpersonal Skills, nice to have

Full job description

The role - what you'll do Barr is seeking a senior water resources consultant and business builder to lead Barr's growth in the Salt Lake City market. This person will build and maintain lasting client relationships, develop new work, and help grow Barr's Salt Lake City water resources and contaminated sites work in Utah. In this role, you will lead business development activities in Salt Lake City and surrounding areas; conduct marketing and brand building, secure projects, serve clients, and collaborate across Barr to build multidisciplinary project teams that best serve client needs. You will also provide senior technical, project, and client leadership for a diverse range of projects. You will grow Barr's local and statewide presence through business development opportunities, client relationship development, brand building, industry engagement, strategic partnership development, and coordination of local market initiatives across Barr's market sectors and service areas. The ideal candidate demonstrates success implementing sustainable practice growth, strategic profitable work aligned with capacity to deliver, strategically aligned client development and retention, opportunity positioning and pursuits, proposal development, reputation building, and successful project delivery through others at Barr. The position also requires effective interpersonal and communication skills, senior-level collaboration and client relationship management, and the initiative to work effectively in Barr's collaborative and self-directed environment. Your impact - key responsibilities * Business development leadership: develop and implement a strategy for regional growth plans; manage and strengthen client relationships; connect clients with Barr staff; lead business development efforts; support project positioning, proposal development, brand positioning, communications strategy, and teaming partner development; and support recruitment planning and industry engagement to expand market presence and build high-performing regional teams. * Industry leadership: represent Barr through client engagement, conference participation, professional organization involvement, thought leadership, and other activities that strengthen Barr's reputation in Utah. Help build Barr's long-term growth strategy across Utah and the region by identifying priority markets, service opportunities, strategic partnerships, and future staffing needs that support sustainable office, service, and client expansion. * Collaborative office leadership: partner closely with senior Salt Lake City-based staff members to align market-development activities with internal office needs. Support staff integration, networking, and Salt Lake City office culture, building and fostering the development of future client and project leaders. * Strategic hiring and team-building input: provide input regarding future team composition, strategic hires, technical capabilities, and business development needs required to support market growth and regional client needs. * Technical and market knowledge: bring multidisciplinary experience with an emphasis on water resources and contaminated site challenges, such as hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and analyses, aquifer storage and recovery, groundwater modeling and analysis, well siting and development, water rights, environmental assessment and remediation, applied hydrogeology, stormwater BMPs, green infrastructure, urban stormwater projects, and other services that are needed... For full info follow application link. Barr is proud to be an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other lawfully protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 20,543 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Utah median$120–185K/yr147 salary ranges
  • US median$25–28/hr476 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 283 open Business Development jobs in Utah and 20,543 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Utah
Experience
Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (16,398 postings).
Education
6,277 of the 20,543 open Business Development jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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