Brown and Caldwell (BC) is currently looking for a Senior Water Resources Project Manager to join our growing team in Portland, Oregon. This is an exciting, client-facing role where the selected individual will have the resources and autonomy to oversee and lead stormwater planning and municipal regulatory compliance project work. This role is unique because it offers technical engagement in addition to opportunities to work directly with public agencies on planning and policy.
The ideal candidate will have local and regional client connections, and anticipated project work will span across the state of Oregon as well as Washington and Idaho.
When you join BC, you will enjoy a unique and welcoming culture where employees feel their work directly impacts clients and company success. You will find that we offer a non-hierarchical, collaborative, and supportive environment, allowing you to do your best work while working on meaningful environmental projects. You will be trusted and supported to produce quality work by our project managers and external clients and given the flexibility to manage your own schedule to achieve this. The work we do is interesting, challenging and wide-ranging in nature, and so is our client base.
Hybrid work from our Portland, OR office is preferred. Remote working from Oregon/SW Washington is allowed; remote employees may be asked to periodically travel to our Portland office/regional client offices.
Detailed Description
The selected individual will utilize their knowledge of Pacific Northwest environmental and stormwater regulations, municipal agencies and clients, project delivery, and business metrics to effectively plan, execute, monitor, and deliver quality to our clients.
Depending on interest and skills, technical work areas might include:
- Provide compliance support to municipal clients with respect to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permits and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements under the Clean Water Act.
- Review stormwater management plans, code, ordinances, standard operating procedures and/or design manuals to assess compliance with Department of Environmental Quality requirements.
- Prepare written reports, presentations, and other technical documentation to describe technical work, analyses and recommendations.
- Support the development of municipal stormwater code and/or design standards/ manuals.
- Manage or conduct master planning efforts for municipal stormwater utilities such as the development of water quality and water capacity related capital improvement projects.
- Direct and/or conduct GIS data analysis and mapping to support planning or design related activities and prepare maps for reports and presentations.
- Direct and/or conduct hydrologic/hydraulic modelling of municipal storm drainage systems in support of planning or design projects.
- Direct and/or support stormwater-related design projects.
- Apply software tools for the conceptual and final sizing of stormwater quality and quantity management facilities.
- Conduct regional and national research regarding stormwater program compliance options.
- Participate in client and internal meetings to advance project work.
- Occasionally travel to project sites for data collection and client meetings.
- Delegate and oversee the work of technical staff and engineers.
- Assist with and/or lead business development efforts including positioning, pursuits, and proposal development efforts.
- Build trusted relationships with municipal agencies, while collaborating with BC’s client service managers and project teams to assess client satisfaction.
- Support the development of strategies for the water resources market sector in the Northwest.
- Participate in office work groups and organizations to benefit the company’s knowledge of issues and to understand client needs.
- Incorporate climate change projections and resiliency approaches into planning.
Required Qualifications:
- B.S. degree in engineering or related environmental field with a minimum of 12 years of experience managing and delivering stormwater-related planning and/or design projects for municipalities or private entities.
- Familiarity with regulations driving stormwater management and permitting.
- ArcGIS training and/or experience.
- Strong interpersonal skills as well as strong written communication skills and experience producing technical reports.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Understanding of and ability to use Microsoft Office Suite programs including MS Project.
- Successful track record in managing and tracking project budgets.
Preferred Qualifications:
- M.S. degree in engineering or related environmental field.
- 15+ years of experience managing and delivering stormwater-related planning and/or design projects, with at least 8 of those years in a Project Manager capacity.
- P.E. or ability to obtain a P.E in the state of Oregon is preferred but not required.
- Understanding of municipal stormwater regulations at a local and regional level.
- Experience leading or supporting competitive sales efforts with municipal clients.
- Experience leading or overseeing stormwater planning efforts, including H/H modeling of surface water hydrology and hydraulics, including rainfall-runoff, open channel, and collection system hydraulics.
- Experience with SWMM modeling platforms.
PM Expectations:
The success of our project delivery teams begins with the leadership of the project manager (PM). Consequently, our perfect candidate will exhibit leadership qualities, exceptional communication skills, an organizational aptitude, problem-solving abilities, the capacity to motivate and manage diverse teams, and a drive to support new and existing clients.
Brown and Caldwell’s values include integrity, curiosity, and empathy. Our PMs are expected to set the project direction, communicate with the team, support motivation, establish trust, and create a safe environment using these values as guiding principles. BC PMs are also expected to embrace diversity of experience and mentor fellow team members by contributing to continuous learning and skill development.
BC is very supportive of one’s professional development journey; this can take the form of sponsored trainings, conference attendance and other related certification and/or licensing opportunities.
BC’s minimum project delivery requirements include establishing, monitoring, and managing of scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk throughout the life cycle of each project. We monitor financial sustainability through routine earned value analysis and compliance, business revenue forecasting, and timely communication with clients and project teams.
Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Location A: $131,000 - $179,000
You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.
Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.
About Brown and Caldwell
Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 52 offices and over 1,900 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com
This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.
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