Brown and Caldwell is a leader in solving complex wet weather challenges through integrated planning of collection systems and wastewater treatment plants. Our teams of modelers, planners, and engineers collaborate to help clients address the challenges posed by the convergence of aging infrastructure with the forces of climate change, regulations, and densification.
We are excited to welcome a new Managing Planning Engineer to guide these teams, lead technical analyses, and engage with client decision makers through our Wet Weather practice. In this role, you will use your experience in hydraulic modeling, technical planning, decision analysis, and technical communication to advance the Wet Weather practice’s projects, programs, and strategy. You will mentor junior staff on both hard and soft skills, deliver project work, and serve as a technical lead and project manager on key pursuits. You will collaborate with BC’s Wet Weather, Water Resources, and Infrastructure practices as a technical leader for planning and design projects.
When you join Brown and Caldwell, you will enjoy a unique and welcoming culture. You will find that we offer a non-hierarchical, collaborative and supportive environment, allowing you to do your best work. You will be trusted to do the right thing by our project managers and given the flexibility to manage your own schedule to achieve this while maintaining high quality work products. The work we do is interesting, challenging, and wide-ranging in nature, and so is our client base.
This is an exciting opportunity to support major projects and deliver exceptional service to our well-established clients. Join us!
Detailed Description:
Our ideal candidate is a recognized technical expert in planning and hydraulic modeling with the soft skills to lead project teams and mentor junior staff. This candidate is ideally located anywhere in the western US and can lead utility planning projects as a project manager or technical planning lead. You will work closely with project and program managers, other BC technical experts, and rising professionals to advance projects and deliver solutions for our public sector client base. Typical projects and responsibilities include:
- Serve as Technical Planning Lead on a variety of studies and planning projects. Be a direct line for the Project or Program Manager into all aspects of technical analysis. Guide technical strategy across diverse analyses to ensure conformity of assumptions and support of overall project goals. Understand and communicate technical analyses to non-technical project and client staff using various engagement tools (presentations, briefing materials, graphics, technical reports and memos).
- Lead utility planning projects as a Project Manager. Serve as PM for individual studies and analyses to create efficient and streamlined teams by being both the PM and the Technical Planning Lead. Studies may include comprehensive sewer plans, facility plans, water system plans, and preliminary designs.
- Support alternatives analysis and conveyance design projects as a technical lead. Collaborate with other engineering disciplines, project leadership, and client teams to guide alternative definition towards project goals. Develop design criteria and guide client decision making. Engage deeply with the key project success criteria to inform the technical approach of alternatives development.
- Drive H/H modeling and collection system planning success. Engage in scope and fee development, set standards for delivery and QA/QC, guide project-based modeling plans, mentor modeling and planning staff in delivery and client engagement. Build your professional network within BC’s Western Business Unit offices to be the go-to resource for technical excellence in modeling and planning.
- Direct the work of junior engineers and scientists, coordinate with other engineering disciplines and subcontractors to meet, or exceed the project success metrics and client expectations.
- Prepare reports, planning documents, preliminary designs, and cost estimates for various multi-disciplinary planning and design projects.
- Lead business development activities including the preparation of proposals and engineering fees for solicited work from various clients. Drive the growth of project funnel, staffing, and skills for the Water Resources, Wet Weather, and Infrastructure practices.
- Engage with BC’s Master Planning and Modeling practice and Wet Weather practice to build a network of peers to support local project work.
Minimum Qualifications:
- B.S. degree in Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering.
- Specialist-level (20+ years of experience) knowledge in modeling and planning.
- Specialist-level technical understanding of combined sewer, sanitary sewer, and stormwater collection system function and regulatory frameworks.
- Specialist-level experience in hydrologic and hydraulic model development, calibration, and analysis in platforms such as PCSWMM, InfoSWMM, Mike+.
- Professional Engineer (PE) License required or the ability to obtain within 6 months.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to conduct effective presentations and prepare written reports and documents.
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
- Proposal writing experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- M.S. degree in Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering.
- Practitioner-level (5+ years of experience) knowledge of wastewater treatment plant hydraulic capacity and operation (as it relates to overall collection system capacity).
- Competitive pursuit interview experience.
- Experience in integrated/multi-criteria planning efforts.
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: $145,000 – $199,000
Location B: $160,000 - $219,000
Location C: $174,000 - $238,000
You can view which BC location applies to youhere.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. Clickhereto 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 firm with 52 offices and 1,800 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For 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, visitwww.brownandcaldwell.com
This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.
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