Regional Global Practice Manager - Water (Brea)

Description

The Regional Global Practice Manager provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and business direction for Burns & McDonnell's California Water practice. This executive leader is responsible for the overall performance, growth, and development of a multidisciplinary engineering and construction organization serving water clients throughout California and the Western United States.

Leading a team of engineering and construction professionals, this role is responsible for establishing the vision for the practice while ensuring operational excellence across project execution, resource management, financial performance, quality, and employee development. The WTR Regional Global Practice Manager fosters a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and client service while developing future leaders and supporting the continued growth of the practice.

In addition to leading operations, this individual serves as a strategic market leader, building executive-level client relationships and partnering with business development and construction leadership to expand Burns & McDonnell's presence across the water and wastewater markets. The Regional Global Practice Manager plays a key role in identifying and pursuing integrated engineering, design-build opportunities, helping clients successfully move projects from planning and design through construction.

• Practice Leadership
• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Burns & McDonnell's California Water practice, establishing the vision, priorities, and long-term growth strategy for the business.
• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering and construction organization supporting water and wastewater projects.
• Drive operational excellence across project delivery, staffing, resource planning, financial performance, quality, and employee engagement.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing employee-owners while building a strong leadership pipeline and supporting succession planning.
• Foster collaboration across engineering, construction, environmental, and other technical disciplines to deliver integrated solutions for clients.
• Communicate organizational goals, business priorities, and strategic initiatives while promoting Burns & McDonnell's culture of employee ownership, collaboration, and client service.
• Business Growth & Client Development
• Develop and execute long-term business strategies that expand Burns & McDonnell's presence within California's water markets.
• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with water and wastewater utilities, municipal leaders, industrial water clients, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Partner with regional and national business development teams and construction leadership to identify, pursue, and secure engineering, design-build, and EPC opportunities.
• Lead major pursuits, proposal strategies, contract negotiations, and interview presentations for complex, high-profile programs.
• Achieve annual sales, revenue, profitability, and backlog objectives while ensuring sustainable growth of the practice.
• Project & Financial Leadership
• Ensure successful execution of projects by meeting or exceeding client expectations for quality, schedule, budget, safety, and technical excellence.
• Oversee project portfolio performance and provide guidance to project managers and engineering leaders to mitigate risk and maximize client satisfaction.
• Present financial performance, forecasts, and strategic updates to executive leadership while ensuring responsible fiscal management of the practice.
• Maintain compliance with Burns & McDonnell's Quality Control Program, Safety Program, and all applicable company policies and Equal Employment Opportunity initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related field from an accredited program and 10 years of relevant consulting or project management experience required, preferably within the engineering industry.
• Candidates with 20 years of leadership experience supporting water markets are strongly preferred.
• Candidates with EPC experience in the market are strongly preferred.
• Expert experience in client and business development.
• Expert…