The Industrial Water Technical Practice Physical/Chemical Treatment National Specialty Leader (NSL) will set the vision and strategy for their specialty while ensuring alignment to the company strategy, national practice, and business units. In this role, you will also be responsible for driving market growth, developing talent, and delivering high quality solutions in a way that continues to drive our technical differentiation from that of our competitors.
The National Specialty Leader role is designed to be coordinated with your other current roles and responsibilities such as Project Manager, Client Service Manager, or Project/Process Engineer.
NOTE to internal applicants: This position will close on Friday February 2nd. Please submit in advance of that date. All interviews will occur in February.
Detailed Description:
Who you are:
- You consistently demonstrate strong leadership, coaching and verbal and written communication skills.
- You have a positive, can-do attitude.
- You are self-motivated and organized
- You are confident, yet humble and can effectively consult and partner with multiple business partners with varying needs.
- You excel in strategy development, project management, problem solving, consensus building, and talent development.
- You are a results-orientated leader with the ability to bring cross-functional partners together and quickly shift course as necessary to achieve goals.
- You are able to marshal resources and convey a clear vision across an enterprise in order to meet or exceed objectives.
- You have excellent process engineering skills and experience in physical/chemical water and wastewater treatment processes and water chemistry and can use industry-common tools and models.
- You have hands-on full-scale system conceptual design, detailed design, treatability, operations and troubleshooting skills related to physical/chemical treatment of industrial wastewaters
What you will do:
Practice Specialty Leadership
- Create a vision and priorities for the Physical/Chemical Treatment specialty area in alignment with and to inform the Industrial Water national practice strategy.
- Ensure the collective knowledge of the specialty is technically rigorous, effectively documented, regularly updated, and disseminated to Industrial Water practitioners across the company.
- As member of the national practice leadership team, work closely with the National Practice Leader (NPL) and other NSLs to advance the practice strategy nationally and working with regional and area practice leads to promote technical differentiation.
- Support development and application of innovative solutions, including strategic research and development efforts and engagement with the National Technical/Innovation Leader (NTIL) in the practice.
- Organize efforts to support the specialty and drive use of the Industrial Water Practice Portal to ensure active communication and collaboration within the specialty while maintaining oversight and guidance as an active leader
Project Delivery Quality and Efficiency
- Oversee prioritization and development of national technical standards (guidelines, best practices, tools, content), governance, and consistent usage for efficient, high-quality execution of specialty elements.
- On strategic and complex projects, engage directly with delivery team throughout project life cycle, including early concept development, solution selection, project design, execution, and risk mitigation.
- Ensure relevant Subject Matter Specialists (SMS) engage effectively with project teams to apply consistent technical approaches, risk management, and quality delivery.
- Support national sharing of resources to match top technical talent with strategic projects, working closely with national and regional practice leaders - getting the “right people” on the “right projects” through collaboration with Regional Practice Leaders.
Client Development and Sales
- In close association with Client Service Teams (CSTs), assume Client-facing Technical Leadership roles with strategic clients, including trusted advisor for clients and CSTs.
- Directly engage with clients to build relationships, assess needs, and develop technical solutions.
- Bring technical insights from engagement with client peers/network.
- Understand our competition in terms of strategic direction of their approach to the specialty area, and their technical focus, staff, strengths, and weaknesses. Equip business units with winning technical strategies.
- Work to build capacity and capability to deliver on business unit strategic goals for capturing and delivering work in priority services related to the specialty
Knowledge & Technical Standards
- Create efficient, high-quality practice execution through development and consistent application of national technical standards including process and design guidelines, best practices, tools, model work scopes, and governance. Encourage consistent usage by practice members.
- Oversee implementation of Quality Fundamentals and Subject Matter Specialists (SMS) governance, in partnership with Specialty Leaders responsible for SMS badging and performance.
Talent Development
- Lead implementation and adjudication of SMS governance, systems (i.e., "badging “) and plans for talent development to ensure a high performing “bench” of technical practitioners.
- Set a foundation for SMS engagement in projects to develop staff by direct mentoring and training on the project.
- Oversee stewardship of the Physical/Chemical Treatment Specialty team, identifying members and their current Subject Matter Specialist Level.
- Support recruiting (identifying needs and candidates, informing decisions), communicate perceived gaps and needs to NPL and BUs, and support hiring plans into business planning efforts.
- Actively engage and be responsible for development of technical talent within the Physical/Chemical Treatment Specialty, including training and mentoring programs within the specialty.
BC Brand and Industry Leadership
- Expand recognition in the industry for Physical/Chemical Treatment specialty.
- Lead representation of the BC brand as an industry thought-leader, including strategic messaging, peer-reviewed and other publications, and team member visibility.
- Work with practice leadership team and operations leaders to develop national and regional conference plans. Champion strategic national conferences, presentation strategies, and selection of technical attendees.
- Support local conferences, workshops, and other means of visibility in strategic geographies, in coordination with Regional Practice Leaders, operations leaders, and CSTs.
- Work closely with Corporate Communications on internal and industry communications, digital media, and branding.
- Stay current with technology and market trends, inform annual State of the Industry Report, and inform strategic planning process.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- B.S. or M.S. degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental or Chemical) with an emphasis related to specialty role required
- PE license preferred
- Minimum of 10 years of increasingly responsible professional, experience in the environmental services or water utility and/or consulting industry required
- Foundational knowledge of industrial water and wastewater treatment principles
- Excellent process engineering skills and experience in physical/chemical water and wastewater treatment processes and water chemistry
- Proficient in use of industry-common tools and models
- Good technical skills with the ability to articulate ideas and concepts both visually and contextually are essential.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) for technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to work well independently and in team environments
- Extensive experience in serving clients, collaboration and building consensus, working with stakeholder groups, sales and marketing, branding, and business growth
- Strong project management skills in industrial water projects is preferred
- Proven success in technical presentation, proposal writing, and public presentations
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: $127,000- $174,000
Location B: $140,000- $191,000
Location C: $152,000- $208,000
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 1,900 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, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com
This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.
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