Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Business Leader - California

Date: Aug 16, 2024

Location:

Los Angeles, CA, US CA, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 105060

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : No

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: Yes

Job Summary

Black & Veatch has an exciting opportunity for a Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Business Leader based in our California market area.

As an employee-owned, global leader in building critical infrastructure in the water, energy, telecommunications and government services markets, Black & Veatch has a long-standing reputation for providing world-class service to our clients.

Our U.S. planning & asset management business has seen consistent growth driven by our clients’ needs to address challenges stemming from population growth, aging infrastructure, system reliability and resilience concerns, the need to improve operational efficiency, water quality regulations, and the lack of effective tools to leverage massive amounts of data and help guide decision making. This leadership position represents a strategic business opportunity for Black & Veatch’s Distribution & Collection System Planning team to help the company grow its market share by providing world-class water & wastewater infrastructure planning services.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for our water distribution and wastewater collection planning business in the California area and beyond

• Provide technical solutions and differentiation for the Distribution & Collection System Planning team focused on water & wastewater infrastructure hydraulic modeling and system planning

• Evaluation of water and wastewater system’s capacity, condition, resilience, operating efficiency, and water quality

• Analysis and projections of water demands and wastewater flows

• Use of risk-based assessments to develop and prioritize capital improvement programs

• Integration of condition assessment and asset management data into system master planning and to directly support replacement & renewal planning

• Use of cutting-edge hydraulic modeling, GIS, asset management, and data visualization software to help solve client issues

• Provide project execution and technical leadership support for our planning and asset management projects in California, and other market areas throughout the US

• Provide technical leadership to support marketing and business development

• Work closely with Client Directors to leverage existing and build new relationships with clients and decision makers

• Lead and/or support pursuit, proposal, and project interview activities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with technical and thought leadership surrounding water and wastewater infrastructure systems

• Experience in client-facing roles

• 7+ years of infrastructure assessment experience including hydraulic modeling, master planning, condition assessment, asset management, and data analysis

• Experience managing planning project, leading technical tasks and project teams, and executing water distribution and wastewater collection system studies and assessments that involve

Minimum Qualifications

Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing. Minimum of 8 years related work experience. All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Certifications

Most positions - depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division - will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country, or be in active pursuit* of such registration

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Salary Plan

ENG: Engineering

Job Grade

131

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In accordance with local law, the following compensation range is applicable for the job and location associated with this requisition: $121,797.00- $202,941.00

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