Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Business Leader
Tech Stack
Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
At Black & Veatch, our employee-owners go beyond the project. For over a century, we have been breaking down social, economic, and geographic barriers by making life's critical resources accessible to all. We are currently seeking a Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Business Leader based in Toronto to join our team. In this role, you will provide leadership for our wastewater collection planning business in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond, including supporting projects and opportunities in the USA.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership for wastewater collection planning business in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.
- Provide technical solutions and differentiation for the Collection System Planning team focused on wastewater infrastructure planning.
- Evaluate wastewater system capacity, condition, resilience, and operating efficiency.
- Analyze and project wastewater flows.
- Use risk-based assessments to develop and prioritize capital improvement programs.
- Integrate condition assessment and asset management data into system master planning and to directly support replacement & renewal planning.
- Use cutting-edge hydraulic modeling, GIS, asset management, and data visualization software to help solve client issues.
- Provide project execution and technical leadership support for planning and asset management projects.
- Provide technical leadership to support marketing and business development in the GTA and beyond.
- Work closely with Client Directors to leverage existing and build new relationships with clients and decision makers in the GTA and beyond.
- Lead and/or support pursuit, proposal, and project interview activities.
Requirements
- Experience with technical and thought leadership surrounding wastewater infrastructure systems.
- GTA experience in client-facing roles and with GTA Wastewater systems.
- 8+ years of infrastructure assessment experience including hydraulic modeling, master planning, condition assessment, asset management, and data analysis.
- Experience managing planning projects, leading technical tasks and project teams, and executing wastewater collection system studies and assessments that involve system operations modeling, optimization techniques, risk & resiliency evaluations, capital and life-cycle cost analyses, CIP prioritization.
- Proficient with data analyses, analytics, and visualization.
- Proficient with report writing and PowerPoint presentations.
- Experience in developing proposals and leading technical discussions during client interviews/projects.
- Experience and/or familiarity with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and software (i.e. ArcGIS).
- Capable in MSWord, MSExcel, PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with dynamic data visualization software such as PowerBI.
- Experience and/or familiarity with hydraulic modeling software such as: InfoWorks ICM, SewerGems, EPASWMM, PCSWMM.
- Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing or equivalent experience in Engineering work.
- Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
- All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
- Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.
We Offer
- Competitive compensation and benefits that start day 1.
- Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance, and work assignments.
- Opportunity to work in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities.
- Opportunity to balance your work and personal life.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Health and welfare benefits that vary based on geographic region and employment status.
About the Company
Black & Veatch is an employee-owned, global leader in building critical infrastructure in the energy, water, telecommunications, and government services markets. Our North American Planning & Asset Management business has seen consistent growth driven by our clients’ needs to address challenges stemming from population growth, aging infrastructure, basement flooding, system reliability and resilience concerns, the need to improve operational efficiency, and the use of “big data” to help guide decision making. This position represents a strategic business opportunity for Black & Veatch’s Distribution & Collection System Planning team to help the company grow its market share by providing world-class wastewater infrastructure planning services.