Water & Wastewater Process Design Manager

About the role

We’re looking for a driven and experienced Water & Wastewater Process Design Manager to join our Engineering Design Organization.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical teams across multiple design disciplines, ensuring projects meet client needs and comply with all applicable regulations.
• Execute the technical scope of projects, develop work plans in collaboration with Project Managers and Directors, and verify progress against schedule and budget.
• Empower team leads with the resources they need, facilitate design decisions, and oversee QA/QC and client review processes.
• From finalizing procurement documents to managing change records and participating in site visits and proposal development, this is a hands-on opportunity to shape impactful infrastructure projects with a collaborative, high-performing team.
• Work with an energetic and high-performing team, involved in:
• Necessity Assessment: Uncover emerging issues or needs, identifying potential causes, barriers, and key stakeholders, as well as related issues.
• Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information, draft engineering standards and specifications, and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Knowledge Management: Develop policies and processes, create best practices, set up case studies, and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in a particular area of expertise and to support the practice.
• Health, Safety, and Environment: Monitor and review performance against health, safety, and environment (HSE) key performance indicators (KPIs) and patterns of behavior within the area of responsibility. Take action to improve performance and to resolve noncompliance with the organization's HSE policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions.
• Techical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet project needs.
• Professional Supervision: Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure that there is effective professional supervision that supports practitioners' professional development and embeds reflective practice.
• Feasibility Studies: Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Engineering or other technical discipline.
• Professional Engineering License or ability to obtain.
• At least 7 years of technical, administrative and project experience, managing the design delivery for larger, multi-discipline projects specifically for municipal/industrial water and wastewater treatment plants, facilities, or buildings preferred.
• Knowledge of scheduling software and engineering and capital cost estimating techniques is preferred.
• Process modeling such as bio-win a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience in coordinating technical teams across multiple design disciplines.
• Ability to develop and execute work plans collaboratively with Project Managers and Directors.
• Strong skills in facilitating design decisions and overseeing QA/QC and client review processes.
• Experience in managing procurement documents, change records, and conducting site visits and proposal development.
• Knowledge of engineering standards and specifications.
• Experience in monitoring and reviewing performance against health, safety, and environment (HSE) KPIs.
• Experience in leading and overseeing professional supervision to support practitioners' professional development and reflective practice.
• Experience in conducting complex feasibility studies and documenting findings for cost-benefit analysis.
• Experience in managing a portfolio of projects and reporting to senior colleagues.
• Experience in managing client relationships and providing guidance to senior colleagues.

Skills

• Technical expertise in engineering and capital cost estimating.
• Experience in process modeling such as bio-win.
• Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Salary range: $112,800-$188,000 based on experience.
• Multicultural environment fostering individual achievement and recognizing the strength of a diverse workforce.
• EEO and equal opportunity employer.

Pay

$112,800-$188,000 based on experience.

Schedule

Flexible work schedule to accommodate the demands of the role and the team.

Company Overview

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents. The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanization sustainable for generations to come.