Community Resilience Subdiscipline Leader

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Paramus, NJ

7d•$169,512 - $302,750

About The Position

The Community Resilience Subdiscipline Leader manages a team focused on resilience for communities and ecosystems, integrating hazard mitigation, disaster preparedness and recovery, climate adaptation, and resilience. The practice is US-based, with potential to explore international impact. The leader supports resource management and business development, provides technical expertise and project guidance, and sets a vision for growing the team. The role partners with the Community Resilience Sub-Portfolio Lead to shape the solution’s growth strategy and track progress, consults directly with new and existing clients, and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to develop solutions for municipal, utility, state, and governmental clients. The leader leverages familiarity with state and local programs and federal agencies. Given the existing team size of 30 and the seller-SME structure within Specialized Services, resource-management duties are complemented by seller-SME responsibilities, such as local business leadership or resilience planning leadership; these responsibilities may change as the team grows. The role leads Community Resilience team resource management, including workload tracking, conflict resolution, performance support, recruitment, mentorship, succession planning, staff forecasting, and management of team administration and information. It also serves as a business leader responsible for supporting financial earnings and growth, coordinating business development, engaging clients, leading proposals, and providing thought leadership. The leader manages multidisciplinary project teams in coordination with a traditional BV Project Manager, providing scope, budget, schedule, risk, quality, and safety oversight, and provides technical and execution leadership alongside subject-matter experts and engineering managers. The role is full-time. Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days, at manager discretion and based on performance and assignments. Annual compensation ranges vary by office location: Colorado $177,584–$266,420; New Jersey $201,800–$302,750; Minnesota $169,512–$254,310.

Requirements

15 or more years of planning, design, or implementation experience.
Bachelor’s degree in natural science or engineering from a recognized accredited program.
Experience in a client organization and/or a client-facing role.
Experience supervising and managing a team.
Ability to complete applicable pre-employment onboarding requirements, which may include criminal/civil background checks, a drug screen, and a motor vehicle records search.

Nice To Haves

Community Resilience or Water Resources Planning project execution experience.
Strong knowledge of Water Resources, Community, or Infrastructure Planning engineering tools and processes.
Experience in supervision and resource management.
Familiarity with Black & Veatch clients, markets, and solutions.
Strong interpersonal, team-building, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated success in business development.
Proven leadership of teams of 15 or more people.

Responsibilities

Lead the Community Resilience team’s resource management, including workload tracking, conflict resolution, advocating for promotion and equity, and meaningful performance reviews.
Guide recruitment, mentorship, and development of capabilities in ecosystem restoration, hazard mitigation, disaster preparedness and recovery, and resilience planning, in collaboration with the Community Resilience Sub-Portfolio Lead.
Advise the Specialized Services Global Discipline Lead on recruiting, hiring, and onboarding.
Drive succession planning and staff forecasting; support chargeability, exportability, and overhead efficiency.
Coordinate with group supervisors to track performance and address staff needs; manage team administration, operations, qualifications, and resource information.
Communicate and enforce company policies; support performance reviews, merit, and AIP decisions; provide performance feedback and course correction.
Serve as a business leader within the Community Resilience team, supporting financial earnings and growth and contributing to Project Gross Margin and New Business goals.
Coordinate business development and strategy with Client Account Managers, Client Directors, Project Managers, and solution leads across Planning, Environmental, Federal, Civil Infrastructure, and Alternative Funding.
Engage directly with new and existing clients to develop business.
Lead proposals or develop other professionals to lead and support proposal efforts.
Provide thought leadership, engage with the external community, and serve as a subject-matter expert.
Manage multidisciplinary project teams and project scope, budget, and schedule in coordination with a BV Project Manager; manage changes and risks related to scope, cost, schedule, quality, and safety.
Provide technical and execution leadership on projects with BV subject-matter experts and engineering managers.
Lead client, contractor, stakeholder, and regulatory agency meetings.
Engage with and guide the development of solutions, studies, and projects.
Develop innovative partnerships to leverage new technologies and approaches.
Supervise the work of others and support projects as a technical lead.