Senior Dams Practice Leader

Role Overview

GEI's California Water Resources practice is growing, and our Oakland, CA office is seeking a Senior Dams Practice Leader to assist with complex and challenging projects in Northern California and throughout the United States. This position will lead and support ongoing engineering planning, design, and construction management for these projects. The individual will lead inspection, evaluation, design, and construction observation of dam and hydroelectric facilities, including spillways, outlet works, gates, water conveyance structures (tunnels, pipelines, and canals), penstocks, powerhouses, and pump stations.

• Reporting to the Branch or Regional Manager, coordinate technical services and staff within the assigned practice to foster collaboration across the region; manage projects and clients within the practice; focus on practice and regional needs with senior leadership in GEI’s California Oakland office and elsewhere.
• Contribute to setting the overall strategy and vision to reinforce and expand the West Region Dams Practice.
• Identify, develop, and pursue opportunities with new and existing clients within the West Region and nationwide.
• Lead proposals to provide professional services and support other GEI offices with proposal development and service delivery.
• Plan, coordinate, direct, and supervise design teams in the design, scheduling, and budgeting of water infrastructure projects such as dams, spillways, outlet works, hydroelectric facilities, and other water supply and flood control structures.
• Develop construction drawings, technical specifications, and bid documents related to dams and appurtenant facilities.
• Provide technical input and oversight in geotechnical engineering design of embankment and concrete dams and foundations, foundation design, structural design of concrete hydraulic structures, open channel/spillway hydraulics, embankment dam design, and design of roller compacted concrete dams.
• Prepare technical reports, letters, memoranda, and presentations.
• Collaborate with senior project managers and technical staff across the company.
• Travel to project sites and other offices as required, including overnight travel.

• B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering or Geology, with a M.S. Degree preferred.
• 15 years’ experience in planning, design, project management, and construction of dams and/or hydropower projects.
• Registered professional Civil Engineer in California (other states a plus).
• Ability to work with limited supervision; organized; energetic and enthusiastic; and ability to build productive working relationships within the firm and with project teams.
• Qualified applicants will have experience managing projects with $1M‑$20M contract value (