Hydraulics and Hydrology Practice Manager

About the role

You will join our Water Infrastructure & Climate Adaptation group and be part of an internationally leading company within the area of climate resilience with professionals working in a collaborative environment in the areas of Climate Resilience and Cloudburst Planning; Flood Reduction and Risk Mitigation, including use of Blue-Green-Infrastructure (BGI), Nature-Based-Solutions and other Protection Measures; Watershed Management Plans; and Integrated Infrastructure Planning and Design.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical, project delivery, and financial oversight/guidance to project team
• Provides hydraulic and hydraulic practice area leadership and vision for staff
• Finds opportunities for continual improvement in our business processes
• Demonstrates ability to obtain repeat business from existing clients and performs as trusted client advisor
• Coaches project team members to develop their project performance and technical skills, in collaboration with Division/People Managers
• Proficient at developing project scope, schedule and budget, and assembling and managing project team/resources that are proficient in the technical aspects of the project
• Leads or assists in identifying and pursuing business development opportunities within service lines, spearheads, sectors, key accounts and/or growth initiatives
• Actively engaged in client development, cross market, cross service line/spearhead and/or cross geography collaboration
• Directs or manages the development, planning, execution and provide quality assurance of medium to large hydraulic studies of varying complexities, focusing on drainage basins, watersheds, and stormwater systems

Requirements

• Professional Engineer certification/registration
• B.S. Degree or higher degree in Water Resources, Civil, or equivalent engineering field
• 15+ years in consulting experience
• Expert knowledge of hydraulics and hydrology and demonstrated ability to advise and review attribute data and results for various open channel, surface flow, and closed-conduit hydraulic models, including but not limited to: Infoworks ICM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and SWMM
• Experience with local, state and federal stormwater and floodplain permitting programs
• Experience in H&H teams and providing H&H expertise in support of sewer conveyance and separation, stormwater management, green infrastructure, inland/riverine/coastal flood resiliency, floodplain restoration, watershed management, water quality, and sediment transport and management studies and projects

Personal qualities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across diverse planning and engineering project teams
• Ability to apply comprehensive knowledge in the specialty areas (CSO control and general municipal engineering) to manage technically complex or specialized projects or activities, which have a significant impact on the local department and often a direct impact on the local market

Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $180,000 per year. Actual compensation will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for bonus, overtime or other forms of compensation.