Southeast Planning Lead - Water Supply
Black & Veatch
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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation
Req Id : 114906
Opportunity Type : Staff
Relocation eligible : No
Full time/Part time : Part-Time
Project Only Hire : No
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Why Black & Veatch?
Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation, 401k match and benefits that start day one.
Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.
The Opportunity
Black & Veatch has an exciting opportunity for a Regional Planning Lead based in Florida for our Water Supply team.
As an employee-owned, global leader in building critical infrastructure in the energy, water, industrial, and government services markets, Black & Veatch has a long-standing reputation for providing world-class service to our clients.
Our U.S. community planning and water resources business has experienced consistent growth due to our clients' needs to address challenges such as population growth, water stress, groundwater depletion, water quality, drought resilience, climate variability, water rights, permitting issues, and evolving reuse regulations. We expect a focus on integrated water resource management, including surface water, groundwater, aquifer storage and recovery, conservation, demand management, and reuse solutions as population increases and water resiliency issues become more pressing. This position is designed to support the company in executing projects in Florida and nationwide by providing world-class water planning services.
The Team
Black & Veatch Operations develops, deploys, and maintains global resources and capabilities that guide execution and process excellence across the organization. The foundation of Black & Veatch Operations provides the ability to move where your skills are needed and allows for a collaborative and innovative culture offering greater challenges and career development opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop water management strategies and planning assessments.
- Support innovative water planning services, including integrated supply planning, master planning, potable reuse, and brackish water desalination.
- Provide water demand estimates and conservation assessments.
- Support planning-level estimates of project costs.
- Support water supply marketing efforts and build relationships with key water leaders and decision makers throughout the US.
- Support permitting of water supply and water reuse projects.
- Interpreting federal, state, and local codes, rules and regulations.
- Preparing work plans, reports, and proposals.
- Working with clients, business developers, and delivery teams to ensure that deliverables meet client needs.
- Assisting with project management duties including preparation, development and tracking of project scopes, budgets and schedules, determination of required resources and project risks.
- Assisting with managing, evaluating, and interpreting collected data for water resources, supply and hydrogeologic projects.
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Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of work in the water field, including water supply planning.
- Bachelor of Science and/or Master of Science Degree required.
- Licensed PE.
- Experience in developing comprehensive reports and client-facing presentations.
- Experience leading project tasks and executing water planning projects.
- Experience with planning and permitting water reuse projects, including potable reuse.
- Strong data analysis skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent computer skills.
- ArcGIS skills preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
- 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.
Certifications
- Holds an active engineering registration or licensure to support engineer of record (EOR) requirements for BV projects in applicable countries, and supports where necessary.
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.
- Office environment: sitting/standing computer usage for extended periods of time. Ability to utilize audio/video conferencing software for internal/external communication. May include project site work, outside of office.
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