Structural Practice Lead - Hydraulic Structures

Structural Practice Lead
- Hydraulic Structures

Primary

Location:

US-NY-Syracuse

Category:
Dams & Levees

Position Type:
Regular Full-Time

Remote:
No

Additional Locations: US-NJ-Bloomfield, US-MA-Boston, US-CA-Davis, US-CA-Los Angeles

Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better?

Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for a Structural Practice Lead
- Hydraulic Structures to assist in growing our practice, to be based in our Boston, MA, Syracuse, NY, Bloomfield, NJ, Davis, CA, Richmond, VA or Los Angeles, CA office, or any of our other Geosyntec offices throughout the United States. This position may offer the flexibility to work a hybrid or fully remote schedule at the discretion of the company.

This position will provide technical expertise and collaborate with our existing network of dam engineering professionals to help grow our national Dams and Hydraulic Structures Engineering practice and contribute to innovative and challenging projects involving heavy-civil works and hydraulic structures such as embankment and concrete dams, retaining structures, spillways, outlet works, conveyance systems, appurtenant structures, shoring systems, river navigation locks, flood walls, pump houses, and powerhouses.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

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• Work in collaboration with the Geosyntec Dams and Hydraulic Structures practice and other key engineering staff across the country to lead business development activities:
  • Develop and coordinate a regional business strategy for Dams and Hydraulic Structures.
  • Establish relationships with potential clients.
  • Identify and track clients and opportunities.
  • Assist with recruitment of top talent to assemble a talented, multi-disciplinary team.
  • Leverage existing and establish new relationships with potential teaming partners.
  • Work with marketing staff for the preparation of marketing materials.
  • Lead the preparation of technical proposals.
  • Participate in professional organizations and activities.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight for Dams and Hydraulic Structures projects in one or more of the following technical areas:
  • Dam safety inspections and engineering assessments of concrete dams and their appurtenances and structural aspects of embankment dams, levees, and other water management structures.
  • Structural evaluations and stability analyses of concrete dams, spillways, outlet works, and other ancillary structures.
  • Performing potential failure modes analyses and SQRA and QRA risk analyses.
  • Alternatives analyses to evaluate and compare rehabilitation options for embankment and concrete dams.
  • Analysis, design, and detailing of rehabilitation schemes for dams and appurtenances, foundations and anchoring systems, reinforced concrete and structural structures, roller‑compacted concrete (RCC) dams, chute spillway structures, energy dissipation structures, aprons; and channels.
  • Preparation of construction plans and specifications.
  • Design services during construction.
• Leading dam safety reviews for both mining and water…