Area Water and Wastewater Utility Planning Lead
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The primary duties of the Area Water and Wastewater Utility Planning Lead include the technical leadership, planning, leading and managing of Utility Planning projects, working with teams on various utility planning and utility management service-related projects for federal, state and local agencies throughout Southern California.
In the role of Area Water and Wastewater Utility Planning Lead, we'll count on you to:
Management Responsibilities
Plan, lead and manage Utility Planning projects, working with teams on various utility infrastructure planning and utility management service-related projects for federal, state and local agencies.
Responsible for all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity, involving a large project staff
Deliver technical products that meet client expectations. Responsible for workload, financial performance, schedule and quality aspects of the projects.
Prepare or oversee preparation of technical reports and master planning studies.
Primary tasks may include: developing and calibrating water, wastewater, recycled water and storm water hydraulic models, performing GIS data analysis, developing maps and figures, alternatives analysis, system water quality, energy and operations optimization and rehabilitation studies, and developing capital improvement recommendations and plans.
Responsible for local and regional utility planning business development, including generating leads, preparing proposals, and leading interviews for new work.
Support Regional Water Business
Group marketing team in strategic efforts to grow Utility Planning and Utility Management Services programs in the region.
Mentor, coach, and train junior staff to improve utility planning-related technical competencies in the region. Implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
Participate in local and national professional organization(s) and internal practice groups. Participate in practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices.
Technical Responsibilities
Mentor, coach, and train junior staff to improve utility planning-related technical competencies in the region. Implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
Participate in local and national professional organization(s) and internal practice groups. Participate in practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices.
Provide local leadership of infrastructure planning, modeling, identification of capital improvements, and distribution/collection system operational optimization technical capabilities within the Utility Planning practice area in support of the regional and area Utility Planning leads client development leads.
Serve as client manager and project manager on utility planning projects.
Build local technical expertise and production capacity through recruitment and training.
Participate in support of client development and project pursuits.
Facilitate lessons learned for project delivery, processes, trends, successes, strengths and weaknesses.
Identifies technical market trends in the local markets.
Works with local Water Business Group marketing staff to develop a strategy to capture key types of projects.
Works with Water Business Group Marketing Managers to identify and screen key clients with high probability pursuits that align with the Utility Planning strengths and the business trends in the area.
Keywords: Area Water and Wastewater Utility Planning Lead, master planning, utility master planning, hydraulic modeling, and utility management services
Preferred Qualifications A Master’s degree is desired.
Experienced in technical writing for report preparation.
Demonstrates willingness to learn and grow skills into new areas.
Self-motivated, able to work independently and with a project team to completion of a task or project.
Strong communication, tech
