Wastewater Practice Leader – Mid-Atlantic & Northeast

Brown and Caldwell has an exciting opportunity for an Area Practice Leader (APL) to help lead major projects and deliver exceptional service to our well-established wastewater clients. The APL will be responsible for driving growth in the Wastewater practice to advance the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Area’s business unit’s strategic goals. The APL will be responsible for understanding the unique trends in the area and using that knowledge to create technical differentiation from our competitors while serving as an important conduit between the National Practice Leaders, Specialty Leaders, and the practice staff in the Business Unit.

This APL role is designed to be coordinated with your other role as a Project Manager, Client Service Manager, or operations leader in the market. It may be a remote position, based near any of our Mid Atlantic or Northeast Local offices, and with the ability to travel as needed to meet client and project commitments.

Detailed Description:

In this position, you will help win and deliver wastewater treatment projects in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Areas and will be part of the Wastewater Treatment Practice’s leadership team. This team focuses on the design, construction, start-up, and optimization of wastewater process improvements. This practice focuses on the liquid treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater including preliminary, primary, secondary, tertiary treatment, and odor control, with particular emphasis on designs to minimize operating costs and capital expenditures while meeting discharge regulation requirements.

Specific Mid Atlantic and Northeast wastewater roles and responsibilities will be determined by alignment of strategic needs and candidate strengths but would likely include acting as a project manager for WWTP projects, client service manager (CSM) for new strategic clients, and/or sales leader for strategic pursuits.

Responsibility of the Wastewater APL is detailed below.

• Be a visible leader within the industry to represent BC’s Wastewater brand within your market.
• Inform the development of technical practice vision and strategy (led by the National Practice Leader) including market-specific trends, clients, needs, and opportunities for the area.
• Understand area market potential, drivers, and technical challenges. This will include helping Area Managers, Local Leaders, and CSMs develop business plans (sales, revenue, and investments) and set priorities for the practice area.
• Inform the development of the Business Unit's technical focus by working with the Area Manager, Local Leaders, Client Service Managers/Teams, and practice members to identify emerging trends and opportunities in the Practice and geographic area.
• Develop connectivity and collaboration between affiliated staff in the area/region.
• Collaborate with National Practice and Innovation Leaders to support the connection of technical differentiators, innovative solutions, and R&D for clients and advance goals set for your area or region by business and practice leadership.
• Partner with Specialty Leaders to ensure Subject Matter Specialists are developed and assigned to ensure quality delivery and appropriate governance.
• Inform technical workforce deployment strategically to support technical differentiation on projects.
• Engage as a visible leader in the Practice Portal connecting technical staff with resources, solutions, standards, and best practices.
• Partner with APLs in other geographies to support nutrient removal pursuits and projects nationally by providing details on Mid-Atlantic and Northeast nutrient removal experience.

Project Delivery Quality and Efficiency

• Ensure quality delivery of relevant technical project elements on strategic regional projects
• Support national sharing of resources to match top talent with strategic projects. Work with BU leaders, Practice Leaders, and other regional/area practice leaders to provide qualified resources in the practice (from across the country if necessary) in support of strategic projects and pursuits within and outside of your area.
• Inform Practice Leaders of project resource…