Sr Engineering Manager - Water/Wastewater - Los Angeles. CA

Why Black and Veatch

Black and Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life.  

At Black and Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey.  Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use. 

The Opportunity

As Senior Water/Wastewater Engineering Manager, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Manage project execution on high-profile projects for major municipal clients, including current and future advanced treatment facilities, underground conveyance, and carbon neutral solution projects delivered through design-bid-build and collaborative delivery methods
• Lead a multi-discipline team of engineers and technicians to produce deliverables on diverse and challenging Water/Wastewater projects. Supervise and mentor engineering staff and identify developmental growth opportunities 
• Assist with developing new business for major municipal clients
• Manage budgets, scheduling, and correspondence with clients and project management in support of multiple or mega projects

The Team

BV’s Governments & Environment business works to provide innovative solutions and integrated planning, design and construction support for mission-critical facilities, as well as threat reduction and environmental services support worldwide. By joining our business, you will be able to provide infrastructure for community benefit through regulated utilities and government agencies.   

This team partners with our customers to align their people, processes, technologies, and data analytics in the face of industry transformation. We help our customers leverage our industry-leading solutions and expertise to modernize water infrastructure, optimize asset use, meet performance goals, reduce costs, and mitigate risk no matter where the water industry goes next. This team is ranked in the top 10 by ENR for Water Design Firms in Water Supply and Sewer Waste and other water-related rankings. 

 
Check out one of our recent projects | Project Story: Tomahawk Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion - YouTube

Key Responsibilities

 Project Execution

• Provide technical leadership and supervise multi-disciplinary engineering staff for the planning, design and construction oversight of water and wastewater treatment and pumping facility projects
• Oversee implementation of expected QC/QC procedures during a project 
• Support Project Manager in execution of project scope, schedule, and budget. 
• Collaborate with all project engineering disciplines and drive overall project execution  
• Under the direction of the project manager, interface directly with the clients on all technical aspects of the project 
• Leverage professional networking skills to help identify and pursue project opportunities. 
• Perform complex detailed design engineering calculations. 
• Ability and motivation to technically lead complex water and wastewater treatment projects 
• Apply standard design principles and concepts and ensure all design products are in compliance with applicable engineering codes and Black & Veatch policies and procedures. 
• Attend and assist in, or lead, client, contractor, stakeholder, and regulatory agency meetings to gain a better understanding of client’s goals, site assessments, and vendor/equipment supplier contacts and coordination. 
• Technically mentor junior engineering staff 

  
Client Focus 

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances 
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on complex projects  
• Provides support to business development or pursuit activities through writing of technical approaches, scopes of work, and presentation to clients

Management Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• PE license 
• Previous engineering consulting experience 
• Experience producing engineering reports and design drawings, prepare technical specifications, and providing engineering services during construction phase 
• Previous experience executing multi-discipline WTP and WWTP upgrades and expansion projects 
• Previous experience assisting project manager maintaining project schedules and budgets  
• Advanced experience with WTP and WWTP master planning, design and construction 
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills 
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides for WTP and WWTP projects 
• Advanced experience and ability to support proposals with technical ideas and approaches 

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 15 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. Additional professional registration or licensure may be needed when practicing or on assignment in a different country. Exceptions may be approved  by division management on a case by case basis.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Typical office environment with a hybrid work schedule (3 days in office and 2 days remote) 

Salary Plan

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