Hydraulics and Hydrology Practice Manager
About The Position
Ramboll is seeking a Hydraulics and Hydrology Practice Manager to join their Water Infrastructure & Climate Adaptation group. This role involves contributing to innovative and high-quality design solutions in climate adaptation, water resources, sustainability, and resiliency. The ideal candidate will have advanced technical hydraulics and hydrology (H&H) experience supporting sustainable stormwater, flood resiliency, and watershed management projects, with an interest in growing H&H skills regionally. The position will be responsible for technical, project delivery, and financial oversight, providing H&H practice area leadership, identifying opportunities for business process improvement, fostering repeat business, coaching team members, and leading business development efforts. The role also includes directing and managing the quality assurance of hydraulic studies for drainage basins, watersheds, and stormwater systems.
Requirements
- Professional Engineer certification/registration
- B.S. Degree or higher degree in Water Resources, Civil, or equivalent engineering field
- 15+ years in consulting experience
- Expert knowledge of hydraulics and hydrology and demonstrated ability to advise and review attribute data and results for various open channel, surface flow, and closed-conduit hydraulic models, including but not limited to: Infoworks ICM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and SWMM
- Experience with local, state and federal stormwater and floodplain permitting programs
- Experience in H&H teams and providing H&H expertise in support of sewer conveyance and separation, stormwater management, green infrastructure, inland/riverine/coastal flood resiliency, floodplain restoration, watershed management, water quality, and sediment transport and management studies and projects
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across diverse planning and engineering project teams
- Ability to apply comprehensive knowledge in the specialty areas (CSO control and general municipal engineering) to manage technically complex or specialized projects or activities, which have a significant impact on the local department and often a direct impact on the local market
Responsibilities
- Provides technical, project delivery, and financial oversight/guidance to project team
- Provides hydraulic and hydraulic practice area leadership and vision for staff
- Finds opportunities for continual improvement in our business processes
- Demonstrates ability to obtain repeat business from existing clients and performs as trusted client advisor
- Coaches project team members to develop their project performance and technical skills, in collaboration with Division/People Managers
- Proficient at developing project scope, schedule and budget, and assembling and managing project team/resources that are proficient in the technical aspects of the project
- Leads or assists in identifying and pursuing business development opportunities within service lines, spearheads, sectors, key accounts and/or growth initiatives
- Actively engaged in client development, cross market, cross service line/spearhead and/or cross geography collaboration
- Directs or manages the development, planning, execution and provide quality assurance of medium to large hydraulic studies of varying complexities, focusing on drainage basins, watersheds, and stormwater systems
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package that supports well-being, professional development, and work-life balance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
