Design Build – Senior Drainage Manager

3 weeks ago


Santa Ana, United States HNTB Full time

What We're Looking For

The time is right to join HNTB’s growing Design Build (DB) Organization We are seeking a Design Build – Senior Drainage Manager. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience leading teams on fast-paced transportation projects, with subject matter expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and stormwater management.

This individual is a key team member, responsible for producing high-quality drainage deliverables on projects and pursuits and leading teams to achieve HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance goals: delivering quality work on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction on every project.

This successful candidate will proactively manage the budget, schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, and client communications to support each project’s objectives. Also, providing high-level technical direction, while managing and reviewing design-related specifications, calculations, reports and plans. Coordinates with internal and external partners to address and solve design-related problems and issues. The candidate will typically manage the drainage component for several mega ($5M to < $25M) or super mega (> $25M) projects.

At HNTB, you can create a meaningful career while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the country's largest, most complex infrastructure projects. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

What You'll Do:

  • Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).

  • Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Leads client contract scoping and negotiations.

  • Performs technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.

  • Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.

  • Responsible for/oversees project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, development, retention and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.

  • Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for mega and super mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic, mini-mega or mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.

  • May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

  • 4 years of successful management of engineering projects

What You'll Bring:

  • Leading a drainage team for delivery of design plans on complex, transportation infrastructure projects

  • Leads project teams in the development of design modeling, calculations, plans, specs and quality control.

  • Works with other disciplines to assure a fully integrated design.

  • Works with project management team and contracting partners to ensure an efficient, constructable design.

  • Works with project managers, other discipline leads and contracting partners to provide engineering to develop cost estimates and identify risks for job pursuits.

  • Develops scopes, fees and workplans to execute projects on aggressive schedules.

  • Assigns tasks and directs the design to provide quality deliverables and meet project schedules.

  • Acts as a subject matter expert and provides senior review of designs, proposals, fee estimates, scopes of work for projects across the nation.

  • Hydrology and hydraulics design of surface water runoff collection and conveyance systems, stormwater management design, open channel modeling, scour analysis and mitigation measures.

  • Proficient with common industry software (Microstation, InRoads Drainage, GEOPAK Drainage, OpenRoads, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Storm CAD, HEC-RAS 1D & 2D, SWMM, PondPack, Culvert Master, Flow Master, etc.)

What We Prefer:

  • Master’s degree in Engineering

  • 15+ years relevant experience in design of hydrology, hydraulics and stormwater management on fast-paced transportation infrastructure projects, including progression to task and project management.

  • Professional Engineer (PE) certification, and the ability to obtain PE in multiple states

  • Excellent communications skills

  • Familiarity with construction methods and the ability to optimize designs accordingly.

  • Familiarity with permitting on the federal, state and local level.


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