Hydraulics and Hydrology Practice Manager

Ramboll • Arlington, VA

73d • $130,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Ramboll is seeking a Hydraulics and Hydrology Practice Manager to join its Water Infrastructure & Climate Adaptation group. The role provides regional technical, project-delivery, and financial leadership for hydraulics and hydrology work, while helping grow the practice and develop staff capabilities. The position supports sustainable stormwater, flood-resilience, and watershed-management projects and contributes to climate adaptation, water resources, sustainability, and resiliency solutions.

The manager leads or supports business development and client relationships, delivers repeat business, and collaborates across service lines, markets, sectors, accounts, and geographies. The role also directs or manages the planning, execution, and quality assurance of medium-to-large hydraulic studies of varying complexity, with a focus on drainage basins, watersheds, and stormwater systems. Work may address climate resilience and cloudburst planning; flood reduction and risk mitigation; blue-green infrastructure and nature-based solutions; watershed management; and integrated infrastructure planning and design.

The position may be based in Syracuse, Rochester, or New York City, New York, or Arlington or Richmond, Virginia. The anticipated base salary range is $130,000–$180,000 per year. Actual compensation may vary by location, skills, experience, education, and internal equity. The role may also be eligible for bonus, overtime, or other compensation. Ramboll describes its culture as collaborative, inclusive, flexible, and supportive of professional development.

Requirements

• Professional Engineer certification or registration.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Water Resources, Civil Engineering, or an equivalent engineering field.
• At least 15 years of consulting experience.
• Expert knowledge of hydraulics and hydrology.
• Demonstrated ability to advise on and review attribute data and results for open-channel, surface-flow, and closed-conduit hydraulic models, including InfoWorks ICM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and SWMM.
• Experience with local, state, and federal stormwater and floodplain permitting programs.
• Experience working in H&H teams and providing H&H expertise for sewer conveyance and separation, stormwater management, green infrastructure, inland, riverine, or coastal flood resilience, 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 of specialty areas, including CSO control and general municipal engineering, to manage technically complex or specialized projects or activities with significant local-department and market impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, project-delivery, and financial oversight and guidance to project teams.
• Provide leadership and vision for the hydraulics and hydrology practice area and its staff.
• Identify opportunities for continual improvement in business processes.
• Develop repeat business from existing clients and serve as a trusted client advisor.
• Coach project team members to develop project-performance and technical skills in collaboration with Division and People Managers.
• Develop project scopes, schedules, and budgets, and assemble and manage project teams and resources with appropriate technical capabilities.
• Identify and pursue business-development opportunities within service lines, spearheads, sectors, key accounts, and growth initiatives.
• Participate in client development and collaboration across markets, service lines, spearheads, and geographies.
• Direct or manage the development, planning, and execution of medium-to-large hydraulic studies of varying complexity, focusing on drainage basins, watersheds, and stormwater systems.
• Provide quality assurance for hydraulic studies.
• Support projects involving climate resilience and cloudburst planning, flood reduction and risk mitigation, watershed management, and integrated infrastructure planning and design.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting well-being, professional development, and work-life balance.
• Flexibility in where, when, and how much employees work.
• Support for personal and professional development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager