Deputy Directors

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Stormwater Deputy Director

10245 Old Columbia Road, Columbia, MD 21046

Straughan Environmental, Inc. is a successful, rapidly growing, woman‑owned business that provides high‑quality and cost‑effective consulting services to a wide variety of clients in the governmental and private sectors. Straughan is committed to advancing sustainable and resilient communities. We are experts in environmental planning, design, assessments, and policy. Our staff consists of wildlife and wetlands scientists; geomorphologists and hydrologists, civil and environmental engineers;

inspectors; biologists and botanists; planners; cultural resource specialists; and GIS and CAD professionals. This combination of technical expertise and an understanding of policy makes Straughan a highly competitive firm and a great place to advance your career.

The Stormwater Deputy Director provides senior management support for projects, business development, and staff oversight. This role reports to the Engineering Director and is based at the home office.

• Lead major projects, including maintaining schedule, budget, client relationships, and managing project elements such as tracking milestones, preparing project manager reports, supervising deliverables, and ensuring quality control.
• Manage multiple staff and mentor junior staff in technical, administrative, client management, and business development skills.
• Lead business development initiatives, including proposal preparation and facilitating teaming.
• Perform significant client contact and coordinate with other consultants, demonstrating ability to work toward consensus on difficult issues.
• Possess strong organizational skills, track and manage multiple tasks and priorities, and communicate effectively in speech and writing.
• Assist in the development of the Engineering department, foster professional camaraderie, identify opportunities for growth/expansion, and lead hiring efforts.
• Attend and prepare for conferences with possible presentations.
• Maintain significant professional qualifications.
• Act as the Director when the Director is out of the office, as needed.

Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil/Environmental engineering.

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience.
• Experience managing projects.
• Experience managing client relationships.
• Experience with proposal development.
• Experience with preparing task and labor estimates.
• Experience managing staff.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with clients, peers, and other contractor organizations.
• Excellent organization and written communication skills.
• Active involvement in professional organizations.
• Stormwater management design.
• Erosion and sediment control design.
• Drainage system design experience.
• Hydrology & hydraulics analyses.
• Dam safety and hazard analyses.
• Flood studies.
• Flood resiliency and mitigation strategy experience.
• Excellent computer skills, including basic knowledge of Micro Station or AutoCAD; proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Suite.
• Experience using engineering software such as Geopak, InRoads, Hec‑RAS, TR‑20, and TR‑55.

• Familiarity with and project experience in municipalities in the Mid‑Atlantic (e.g., Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania).
• Blue‑Green Infrastructure experience.
• Site design and LEED experience.
• Low Impact Development (LID) and environmental site design (ESD) in Maryland.
• Environmental permitting experience (Forest Conservation Plans, Wetland Delineations/Wetland Impact Plates, Planting Plans, and similar documents).
• Public outreach experience.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by applicable law.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Physically able to conduct scoping and construction site visits.

Straughan is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. If you require alternative methods of application or screening, you must approach the employer directly to request this as Indeed is not responsible for the employer’s application process.