Client Director - Water Business

About the role

Black & Veatch is a leading employee-owned global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company. The Client Director position is a high-profile leadership role at Black & Veatch. In this capacity, you will have the opportunity to serve as part of the Water / Wastewater business leadership team. As part of the Portland, Oregon collaborative team, you will be responsible for managing the successful delivery of water related infrastructure projects in the multi-million-dollar range.

Responsibilities

• Business development:
  • Leading team efforts for marketing
  • Strategy development
  • Possession identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting and contracting for successful opportunities
  • Accountable for new business objectives and for 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 the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch’s 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 project representatives on project activities
  • Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and 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 as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team

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
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Management Responsibilities

• Preferred qualifications include:
• 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

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules
• Paid vacation and holiday time
• Sick time and dependent sick time
• Company matched 401k plan
• A variety of additional benefits including adoption reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union
• Performance-based bonus program

Pay

Salary range: $137,712.00 - $234,108.00