Woodard & Curran is hiring a
Water Resources Senior Practice Leader

Summary

Join Woodard & Curran as a Water Resources Senior Practice Leader, focusing on advancing the capabilities and market exposure of the Water Resources Practice. This role involves understanding national markets, drivers, and trends in water resources, business development, sales & marketing, project management, quality assurance, internal technical support, and resource identification. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or science with at least 20 years of related experience. Offers competitive salary, benefits, and remote work options.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or science
• Minimum 20 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience in the execution and management in the marketplace

Responsibilities

• Business Development
• Support the Practice's bookings and partner with the business development team on client pursuits and market strategies in water resources sectors
• Identify business needs across water resources markets and collaborate with Clients, Managers, and business Development Leaders to pursue opportunities
• Develop and maintain strong client-advisor relationships, leading to repeat business
• Educate Client Managers, with support from the Director of Practice, on effective strategies to advance business development in water resources
• Identify growth areas for the Water Resources Practice across national geographies and markets
• Work with the Director of Practice to identify specific Client Managers and Service Line Technical Staff to collaborate with the Business Development Leader on particular pursuits
• Develop discrete practice offerings like flood control plans, water supply studies, or stormwater management systems
• Conduct marketplace technical capability differentiation by making national and regional-level technical publications & presentations and serving in professional technical leadership positions in outside organizations
• Develop and maintain marketing material for their specific area of Practice
• Advise and assist in developing proposals and projects based on technical expertise
• Advise PMs & TMs on technical resources, both external and internal, for the company
• Performs QA/QC procedures (e.g., TATs, formal project reviews, PIC, etc.) for discipline areas identified or required by the Practice
• Supports Project Manager in lessons learned/technical debrief as part of the closeout of a project
• Maintain an internal knowledge-sharing feed within the community of Practice
• Support technical initiatives
• Work with Practice Leadership to set technical direction or review the scope of significant projects in the Practice area
• Identify opportunities for innovation within projects
• Maintain the Utilization goal as set by the business unit
• Develop an annual budget for technical needs (i.e., training & Software) for their specific practice areas
• Coordinate with BU Leadership to expand the practice resources to meet the identified demand for technical service
• Work with the director of Practice on Preparing a Strategic Plan for Practice
• Annual business planning for Practice
• Identify, lead, and participate in business development, bid, and proposal efforts
• Provide indirect supervision for the technical practice teams

Benefits

• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: Company will match equal to 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed, All employees are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan and are 100% vested in the value of own contributions and any employer matching contributions
• Vacation time is provided to full and part-time regular employees. Vacation is accrued, based on number of hours worked per week as well as prior years of experience
• Woodard & Curran offers paid sick time to eligible employees who are absent due to their own non-work related, illness, injury, or medical procedure
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance from Sun Life to assist with replacing a portion of income during a disability
• Personalized mental health and wellbeing coaching through WayForward powered by Dario
• LiveWell wellbeing program: credit incentive is available, up to $600 annually – nutrition and fitness reimbursement, and access to the Virgin Pulse wellness platform
• Tuition assistance offers eligible employees up to 100% reimbursement of tuition, books and fees up to $5250 per year, for courses related to the employee’s job or planned career development
• Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employee and family are available through Sun Life
• EAP Program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing coaching (WayForward powered by Dario)
• Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement