Principal -Wastewater

About the role

The Northeast Division of Apex Companies is seeking a Principal for its Wastewater Practice. This role is a special designation within the Company, requiring a combination of leadership skills, technical expertise, business acumen, professional association involvement, and a strong commitment to the success and growth of the company.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and practice the company’s core values.
• Foster a culture of growth, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the company.
• Lead and inspire a team or teams of engineers, scientists, project managers, and support staff to deliver high-quality results on projects.
• Recruit, mentor and develop junior and mid-level staff, promoting their growth and career advancement.
• Cultivate, engage, and maintain strong relationships with new and existing clients and partners.
• Understand our business and support implementation of business practices and processes.
• Lead projects from project development through completion identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimates, and implementation plans including QA/QC and risk management.
• Champion QA/QC procedures and policies.
• Understand contract risks, terms and conditions, and professional liability matters, and mitigate risk as required, in consultation with Senior Management or Divisional Leadership.
• May be recognized as a subject matter expert in a specific practice area(s).
• Address and resolve complex, difficult situations and circumstances related to project execution, client demands, fiscal management, growth initiatives, business development, staffing, and administrative items.
• Project Execution: Initiate projects, manage project implementation, delegate tasks, coordinate/communicate with peers and subconsultants, supervise interdisciplinary teams, provide technical advice, ensure high-quality deliverables, meet regularly with clients, manage budget tracking and invoicing, negotiate effective amendments and change orders.
• Business Development: Identify and pursue new opportunities, solicit new clients/projects, cross-sell services, prepare proposals, lead proposal teams, participate in project interviews, negotiate fees, prepare contracts and present information to new and future potential clients.
• Staff Development: Lead, mentor, and develop staff, recognize strengths and areas needing improvement, manage, support, and evaluate direct reports, perform or participate in annual reviews of staff, mentor and coach staff at all levels of experience, develop professional staff, especially project managers, manage direct reports, including responsibility for on-boarding, off-boarding, workload management, time and expense approval, career path development, and performance management, assist in recruitment of new staff, interviews, on-boarding, and acting as a hiring manager or assimilation partner for new hires, identify strategic hires and target key staff for recruiting to support company’s financial and strategic goals and value creation.

Requirements

• BS or MS Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, or other relevant discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant experience in wastewater.
• Registered Professional Engineer or other Professional Certifications or Registrations as appropriate for their primary field of expertise in State(s) where company and/or individual does work or ability to obtain the same by reciprocity is preferred.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated, hard-working, and eager to grow professionally.
• Strong leadership and technical skills.
• Ability to build and maintain positive peer and client relationships.
• Experience in project management and client engagement.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality results on projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Passion for the wastewater industry and a commitment to continuous learning and growth.

Skills

• Leadership and management skills.
• Technical expertise in wastewater engineering.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen.
• Client relationship management.
• Project management and execution.
• Business development and sales skills.
• People management and coaching.

Benefits

Company-subsidized medical and dental.
Company-paid life, short, and long-term disability.
401k match, tuition assistance, and more.

Pay

$180,000 USD - $220,000 USD

Schedule

Full-time