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. This role involves coordinating technical teams across multiple design disciplines, ensuring projects meet client needs and comply with all applicable regulations. Key responsibilities include executing the technical scope of projects, developing work plans, facilitating design decisions, overseeing QA/QC and client review processes, and managing various aspects of project execution.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical teams across multiple design disciplines
• Ensure 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
• Verify progress against schedule and budget
• Empower team leads with the resources they need
• Facilitate design decisions
• Oversee QA/QC and client review processes
• Manage procurement documents, change records, and participate in site visits and proposal development
• Uncover emerging issues or needs, identify potential causes, barriers, and key stakeholders
• Create multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units
• Design engineering solutions and validate them to conform to organizational and/or regulatory standards
• Analyze information, draft engineering standards and specifications, and evaluate their effectiveness within the engineering discipline
• Develop policies and processes, create best practices, set up case studies, and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions
• Monitor and review performance against health, safety, and environment (HSE) key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure
• Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure effective professional supervision that supports practitioners’ professional development and embeds reflective practice
• 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
• Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues
• Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues

Requirements

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

Qualifications

Essential qualifications include:

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

Skills

Key skills include:

• Technical expertise in water and wastewater treatment plants, facilities, or buildings
• Ability to manage and lead multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with engineering standards and specifications
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies and procedures
• Ability to conduct feasibility studies and manage project portfolios
• Proficiency in scheduling software and capital cost estimating techniques
• Experience with process modeling such as bio-win

Benefits

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

Pay

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

Schedule

Not specified

Contact

To apply, please visit our careers page at [Insert Application Link Here]. For more information about GHD, visit our website at [Insert Website URL Here].