RK&K | Wastewater Treatment Design Manager

Responsibilities

• Operate as a subject matter expert in wastewater treatment design
• Develop project deliverables including coordination of engineering disciplines in a highly collaborative team environment
• Solve complex problems, providing technical and economic feasibility evaluations, and identify/assess benefits and disadvantages of alternative solutions for wastewater clients
• Manage a variety of existing and potential wastewater facility projects
• Provide excellent client services with a focus on quality and timeliness
• Mentor and develop less experienced/junior engineering professionals, establishing growth opportunities and building project delivery teams
• Negotiate and manage project scopes of work, schedules and budgets
• Routinely utilize internal systems for project management, quality control, and quality assurance
• Interface with clients, state and federal agencies and subconsultants to pursue, win and execute wastewater projects
• Identify and create project opportunities by networking with potential clients, including public and private utilities and related agencies
• Support office and firm leadership in marketing and pursuit of new work leads focusing primarily on wastewater municipal clients
• Motivated to find creative solutions to wastewater treatment engineering problems

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil or environmental engineering or related engineering field
• Fifteen (15) + years of relevant experience in consulting engineering in the municipal wastewater treatment industry, with a progression of responsibility including project delivery and business development
• Existing municipal/private engineering client relationships and/or the ability to develop and nurture such relationships
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Professional Engineering (P.E.) registration

Job Preferences

• Advanced degree in civil or environmental engineering or related field
• Experience with alternative delivery projects