Water Conveyance Practice Leader

Engineering Rancho Cordova,California
Salary: USD 150000.Annually

We’re seeking an established California Water Conveyance Practice Leader to support delivering world‑class water storage projects for our municipal, private, and agricultural clients and may report to any of our California offices (Carlsbad, Pasadena, Bakersfield, Davis, Sacramento, or Oakland). This successful candidate will have entrepreneurial skills and abilities that are aligned with GEI’s Strategic Plan.

As a California Water Conveyance Practice Leader, you will work in collaboration with our Western Region Growth Leader and Marketing team to develop and implement a water conveyance growth strategy for California. This effort includes retaining and building a team of water conveyance engineers and planners to deliver our clients’ most challenging projects and to foster the growth of our California water conveyance team.

You will also be responsible for understanding the unique trends in the market and using that knowledge to work with our team to create technical differentiation from that of our competitors while serving as an important conduit between our National Water Leaders, Operations leadership and practice managers and staff in the western region of GEI.
We’ll also rely on you to lead business development activities with key clients resulting in acquisition of new projects as well as perform the role of Project Manager supporting various projects and programs within a defined client portfolio. You’ll effectively lead and manage project teams throughout all phases of project planning, execution, and closeout; consistent with established project delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements stated in each contract.
Using your water conveyance technical expertise, you’ll play an integral role inleading and mentoring staff, forming long‑term relationships with clients and pursuing new work, including strategy development, positioning, proposing, and negotiating contracts.

• A Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience related to water industry in a civil engineering role focusing on pressurized and non-pressurized pipeline systems.
• Licensed Professional Engineer.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering multiple water conveyance related projects.
• Proven ability to manage and motivate a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to lead the design and preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, studies, proposals and reports.

• A Master's degree in Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience serving various clients involving a wide variety of fields including water conveyance (inclusive of large diameter pipelines, i.e. 48-inch diameter and above) pipeline design, tunnel design, water pump station design, tank design, and project management.
• Preferred 20+ years of experience related to water industry in a civil engineering role.
• A desire for both personal and team growth.
• Ability to serve as the technical liaison/leader between the project owner and the design team.
• Business development, interpersonal, and networking skills that can be combined with the significant resources that we have available across GEI to gain market share.
• Experience supporting business development activities with local municipalities.
• Comfortable working both collaboratively and independently.

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