Senior Principal Engineer, Water Market Leader, Food & Beverage

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking firm as a Senior Principal Water Market Leader, where you'll lead innovative water and wastewater projects. This role offers the chance to shape market strategies and expand service capabilities in the food and beverage sector. Collaborate with experts and mentor junior staff while driving business growth through strategic planning and client management. With a commitment to professional development and a comprehensive benefits package, this position is perfect for experienced leaders ready to make a significant impact in the environmental consulting field.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Comprehensive benefits package

Professional development opportunities

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Qualifications

• 15+ years experience in consulting, focusing on water supply and treatment.
• Proven leadership in managing multi-disciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop market strategy for water in the food and beverage sector.
• Lead and mentor junior staff while managing high-risk projects.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Client Management

Technical Writing

Business Development

Regulatory Knowledge

Team Management

Fieldwork Oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Advanced degree in Engineering

Professional registration (P.E.)

Job description

Overview

Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better?

Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Principal Water Market Leader, Food & Beverage to help grow our water and wastewater engineering practices. This individual can be based in one of our Oakland, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Syracuse, NY, Washington DC, or Seattle, WA offices or from any of our other Geosyntec based offices throughout the US. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a leadership team actively engaged in growing the water business at Geosyntec. This position will be responsible for developing and implementing a strategy for achieving significant market share for Geosyntec in the Water for the Food and Beverage market area. You will work with leading experts and numerous business contacts currently developing new process engineering opportunities. The position will also support business growth associated with complex drinking water and industrial wastewater projects across the country, including positioning for and expanding capabilities for delivering full-service projects. This position is well-suited for a talented, experienced individual who is interested in winning and leading innovative and challenging water and wastewater projects, and in working with a dedicated team of peers to transform a business.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Collaboration and mentoring are cornerstones of Geosyntec’s culture. You should expect to work closely with experienced professionals who will help integrate you into Geosyntec’s culture as you advance to this next stage of your career.

We operate under a sell-manage-do culture, and so we expect all employees to work on challenging technical projects while leveraging your existing knowledge and experience to help Geosyntec expand its current practices and capabilities through business development and client management. You will be responsible for developing a market strategy for the water for the food and beverage and organizing and leading staff to advance that strategy. You will also be asked to support market development in other sectors and to serve as project director for large and/or high-risk projects. As a Senior Principal, you will also be expected to take on staff leadership and mentoring roles.

Some of the key responsibilities for this client-facing position include:

• Strategic business planning to segment and target specific industrial, commercial and municipal clients for projects such as water supply, water treatment, and water re-use; focused on the food and beverage market;
• Engagement with project and operations staff to align Geosyntec’s full service delivery capabilities with the market demands of the food and beverage industry.
• Participation in the development and implementation of the firm’s strategic plan.
• Implementation of a personal business development plan to expand services and revenue with new and existing clients.
• Serve in the capacity of a Client Account Manager on selected accounts deemed critical to the water market.
• Active participation in professional societies, conferences, and meetings that will increase the visibility of the firm to potential clients and recruits.
• Project directorship, including ensuring client expectations are understood and met, budgets are adhered to, and quality objectives are met.
• Recruiting, managing, and mentoring junior staff and mid-career engineers and scientists.
• Reviewing and leading the preparation of major proposals.
• Preparing for and participating in meetings with clients, regulatory personnel, and other parties.
• Fieldwork including contractor oversight and process troubleshooting tasks as needed.

Training: We offer professional development opportunities including technical conferences, in-house seminars, webinars, and mentoring, that allow our professionals to build the technical and business skills necessary to become successful consultants.

Fieldwork: Sporadic

Overnight travel: Up to 30%

Education and Licensure

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (civil, chemical, or environmental preferred). (required)
• Advanced degree (same as above). (preferred)
• Professional registration (i.e., P.E.). (required)

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• At least 15 years (20+ years preferred) of progressive experience in the consulting industry; or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• Demonstrated experience in industrial and municipal clients with water supply, water treatment, and water re-use projects. (required)
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Federal and State regulations. (required)
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary project teams. (required)
• Demonstrated success in the development and management of clients and growing a practice that sustains a group of professional junior staff. (required)
• Excellent leadership and detail-orientation skills. (required)
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced consulting environment, handling multiple project assignments, meeting strict deadlines, and traveling to client facilities as needed. (required)
• Strong oral and technical writing skills. (required)
• Valid U.S driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel. (required)

This opportunity will be posted for at least five days. Below are the potential compensation ranges that we in good faith believe are applicable for this role at the time of this posting:

• Minimum Salary: $173,175/year / Maximum Salary: $259,765/year (Oakland & Los Angeles, CA)
• Minimum Salary: $158,115/year / Maximum Salary: $237,175/year (Syracuse, NY)
• Minimum Salary: $165,645/year / Maximum Salary: $248,470/year (Washington DC, Seattle, WA)

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to all eligible employees including, 9 paid holidays, 2 floating holidays, 8 sick days, and a minimum of 11 vacation days per year. Employees (and their families) are offered medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, 401(k), a variety of leaves of absences and other benefits to eligible employees.