Senior Water Practice Leader

Company: Comprehensive Recruiting
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: February 3, 2025

Job Description:

Senior Water Practice Leader

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San Francisco, Concord, or Sacramento, CA
(185K - 230K, salary negotiable DOE)

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Tremendous Career Opportunity. Our client is most interested in motivated individuals that are in pursuit of professional fulfillment with a passion for client satisfaction and an investment in the sustainability of our communities.

We're interviewing Sr. Water Practice Leader Candidates to be an integral member of our client's team located in Senior Water Practice Leader.

The position can be based in any of the Northern California offices (San Francisco, Concord, or Sacramento), however, it will serve across the Region depending on the expertise and the needs on projects and pursuits.

Job Description:

This role is a senior water treatment leader with strong project management experience, strong process capabilities and understanding, and strong relationship building capability to support the firm's West Regional Manager and local Operations Managers in developing water treatment business in Northern California and Oregon. The position can be based in any of the Northern California offices (San Francisco, Concord, or Sacramento), however, it will serve across the Region depending on the expertise and the needs on projects and pursuits.

Responsibilities:

Assist the Operations Managers from the northern California and Oregon offices in strategic business planning and development of the annual office business plans for identifying strategies to grow the local market share and technical capabilities, identifying annual goals for improving the water treatment resume of the office, Region, and the firm.

The position will support the West Region and National Water Practice leadership in strategic business planning, strategic technology initiatives, identifying research and study areas, identifying strategies to grow the drinking water capabilities in the Offices and the Region.

Assist the Regional Manager and Operations Manager with identifying, pursuing, selling and delivering water treatment projects.
Developing technical treatment strategies, selecting treatment processes, developing process design criteria, and delivering projects.
Identifying key opportunities and supporting and developing proposals.
Helping the operations managers to identify, hire, supervise and mentor junior water staff.
Holistic problem solving for clients considering their water supplies, water demands and uses, water production capabilities, business operations, regulatory constraints, and financial expectations.
Direct coordination and collaboration with clients.
Coordination with internal technical specialists in all practice areas and discipline design professionals for project delivery.
Managing projects to meet client expectations, budgets, and quality requirements.
Following internal processes to ensure quality delivery of engineering projects for clients.
Full technical responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating assignments on small to large projects
Performing planning, studies, design, and support of projects through design, construction, and operation.
Assisting with review and negotiation of contracts
Assisting in the mentoring of junior staff to ensure they meet their career goals and objectives
Evaluate progress of the project staff and results obtained and recommend changes to achieve overall project objectives

Qualifications and Skills Required:

Must be a proven project manager with drinking water quality, process and project experience.
Experience working on all phases of water projects from concept development, project planning, applied research, study, advising through detailed design, construction, and operations.
Experience working in municipal water treatment, water quality, water treatment technology, or manufacturing.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential as this role involves a high degree of client engagement.
Must be able to present complex issues to nontechnical people.

Preferred Background:

(15) fifteen + years of experience managing drinking water quality, process and treatment projects for clients is preferred.

Education/License Required:

Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental, Civil, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
Master's Degree or PHD in Civil/Environmental Engineering is a plus
Professional Engineer (P.E.) License in California (civil engineering preferred).

Send us your resume in confidence. We'll call you to discuss the details.

Then we'll schedule a "confidential" interview for you and the hiring Manager..
Pretty simple.
EEO/AA employer. New hires must have documents that indicate they are eligible to work in the USA.
Our clients pay all fees. There is no charge to applicants. Plus it's a confidential search.
Submit your resume, in confidence, to david@comprehensiverecruiting.com
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