Client Director - Water Business

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Seattle, WA

20h•$137,712 - $234,108•Hybrid

About The Position

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned global engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction company with over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure. The company empowers its 8,300+ employees to grow, explore new possibilities, and use their diverse talents to solve humanity's biggest challenges. Black & Veatch is consistently recognized as a "Best Company to Work For" and "Best Employer for Diversity," with revenues exceeding $3 billion. The company offers competitive compensation, 401K match, and benefits starting on day one, along with a hybrid environment to balance work and personal life. The Client Director position is a high-profile leadership role within Black & Veatch's Water / Wastewater business leadership team. Based in Portland, Oregon, this role is responsible for managing the successful delivery of multi-million-dollar water-related infrastructure projects. Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment, based on manager discretion, job performance, and work assignments. The Governments & Communities market sector focuses on infrastructure needs for municipalities, state and local governments, and federal agencies, providing solutions for community benefit. This team partners with customers to modernize water infrastructure, optimize asset use, meet performance goals, reduce costs, and mitigate risk, and is ranked in the top 10 by ENR for Water Design Firms in Water Supply and Sewer Waste.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Ability to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations

Nice To Haves

15 + years of active water/wastewater experience with demonstrated leadership experience in the Portland market
Professional Engineering License
Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline
Understanding of budgets and financial metrics
Contract negotiation skill including knowledge of terms, risks, pricing and payment terms

Responsibilities

Leading team efforts for marketing
Strategy development
Prospect identification, proposal development, proposal preparation, client presentations, project budgeting and contracting for successful opportunities
Accountable for new business objectives and for overall project performance
External focus to interact with assigned clients, become involved in client activities and promote Black & Veatch through client and community activities
Support development of the overall market business plan, market strategies, client engagement strategies and leverage other Black & Veatch technical and management resources to advance Black & Veatch’s market footprint
Oversight of engineering manager(s)
Development of project performance goals
Accountability for implementation
Active involvement with internal project team and owner project representatives on project activities
Perform or assist with the performance and commercial management of projects including budgeting, invoicing, and payments; lead project performance reviews for assigned project(s)
Team development, mentoring and coaching on performance improvement
Recommendations for training and promotion of assigned professionals as well as identification and development of new candidates to expand the Black & Veatch team