Senior Water Specialist

 

Do you have a passion for managing budgets, meeting deadlines, and exceeding client expectations? Our delivery management professionals are involved in project delivery from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, and closeout. Each phase requires strong attention to detail while communicating to internal and external stakeholders. Do you have a proven track record in managing goals and objectives? Consider joining our team and work with peers who have vast industry knowledge and experience solving complex problems.

 

Step into Your New Role 

Kleinfelder has a great and unique opportunity for a Senior Water Specialist with significant and comprehensive experience in sewer system evaluation studies-also known as hydraulic infrastructure evaluation.  A major focus of this work is related to condition assessment with the specific condition assessment skill centered around the identification, quantification and intervention needs for addressing sewer system extraneous flows (infiltration and inflow).  This role will be primarily field and remote based-primarily working on projects in the northeastern US as well as other projects across the country.  We are very flexible with remote work arrangements, so it is not necessary for the applicant to be in the office on a daily basis (flexibility is required for travel to a Kleinfelder office or client sites, as needed).  The selected candidate will have the opportunity to develop and lead a pool of technician and field-based professionals in field-based data and inspection services and as needed, lead tasks, projects and push to innovate on these services to support project teams and pursuits related to these services. 
Specific expectations will include: 

• Technical and budgetary scoping for proposals and pursuits in sewer system evaluations and infiltration and inflow studies
• Leading technical efforts for field and office-based needs related to sewer system evaluations and infiltration and inflow studies. This may involve leading the efforts leveraging direct Kleinfelder personnel and/or sub consulting professionals.  As required, provide oversight of the field services in the field
• Supervising staff, and subcontractors to successfully deliver technical projects and build/mentor staff in the group; 
• Responsibility for developing and maintaining health and safety protocols for field based data collection services.
• Maintain field equipment, tools and if necessary, vehicles that Kleinfelder owns related to performing field-based services
• Perform and/or supervise construction inspection related to sewer systems.
• As needed, serve as a project manager responsible for the project performance around sewer system evaluation projects and task orders
• Drive innovation and advance technical excellence in the field of hydraulic infrastructure evaluation
• Coordinate with internal practice and market leaders as directed

Requirements

• S. or M.S/M.Eng. in Civil or Environmental Engineering and/or Environmental Science/Geographics/Geography. M.S. preferred.
• NASSCO PACP, MACP, LACP and ITCP certifications required. Membership in NASSCO is a plus.
• Experience operating CCTV equipment, pole cameras and other sewer investigative tools such as smoke and dye testing equipment.
• Experience with temporary flow measurement of sewers (sanitary, storm and/or combined).  Installation and maintenance of flow metering equipment, experience with direct temporary flow measurement using weirs and flumes.
• Experience with geospatial platforms especially ESRI ArcGIS/ArcGISPro.
• Experience with MS-Office applications, Rainfall Derived Infiltration and Inflow (RDII software packages and analysis) and NASSCO PACP and MACP Software tools.  Ideal candidate will have formalized training and experience in work zone safety.
• Experience with construction cost estimation and proposal preparation
• Experience with the development and writing of technical reports and technical specifications.
• Experience with the development and maintenance of Health and Safety plans for sewer system evaluations including OSHA Confined Space Training (permit required).
• Experience with Deltek systems for CRM and project management
• Must have a strong work ethic with excellent organizational, communication, computer and technical writing skills. Solid written and verbal fluency in English.
• 15 years or more experience with sewer system evaluation studies and projects including raw flow data qa/qc, flow data analysis and interpretation and RDII analysis and calculations
• Ability to work independently and lead a team in such a manner.
• Construction Inspection experience is a must including the ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications, review and help respond to construction RFI’s, review shop drawings and submittals.  Review and calculate construction quantities, review and process payment applications.  Coordinate and chair preconstruction and construction progress meetings.

Move Forward with Kleinfelder 

Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients' transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia.Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver. 

 

Progress with an Employer that Values You 

Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following: 

 

Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays. 

 

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program. 

 

Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules) 

 

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES 

Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder. 
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