Client Director - Water Business

About the Position

We are seeking a Client Director for our Water Business in Seattle, WA, to lead and manage water infrastructure projects. As an employee-owned company, Black & Veatch empowers its people to grow, explore new possibilities, and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world.

Responsibilities

• Business Development:

  • Leading team efforts for marketing
  • Strategy development
  • Prospect identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting, and contracting for successful opportunities
  • Accountable for new business objectives and for overall project performance

• Project Management:

  • External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities, and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities
  • Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies, and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch’s market footprint

• Project Execution:

  • Oversight of engineering manager(s)
  • Development of project performance goals
  • Accountability for implementation
  • Active involvement with internal project team and owner project representatives on project activities
  • Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s)

• Staff Management:

  • Team development, mentoring, and coaching on performance improvement
  • Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team

Requirements

• Preferred Qualifications:

  • 15+ years of active water/wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership experience in the Portland market
  • Professional Engineering License; Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline
  • Understanding of budgets and financial metrics
  • Contract negotiation skill including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing, and payment terms

• Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• 401K match and benefits that start day 1
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid vacation and holiday time
• Sick time and dependent sick time
• Company matched 401k plan
• Adoption reimbursement
• Vendor discounts
• Employment referral program
• AD&D insurance
• Pre-taxed accounts
• Voluntary legal plan
• B&V Credit Union
• Performance-based bonus program

About the Company

Black & Veatch is a leading employee-owned global engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction company. Consistently recognized as “Best Companies to Work For” and “Best Employers for Diversity.” One of the biggest Water & Wastewater Civil Design Firms with 8,300+ employees. Our revenues exceed $3 billion.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance, and work assignments
• Sitting/standing/computer usage for extended periods of time
• Ability to utilize video/audio conferencing software tools for internal/external communication
• Travel to client sites

Salary Plan

PMT: Project Management

Job Grade: 020

Compensation Range: $137,712.00 - $234,108.00 (USD, annually)

Nearest Major Market: Seattle

Job Segment:

• Water Treatment
• Wastewater
• Architecture
• Engineer
• Engineering

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