Project Manager and Texas Sub-Region Environmental Solutions Leader

 

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

 

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.  

 

Company : Black & Veatch Corporation  

Req Id : 112041 

Opportunity Type : Staff 

Relocation eligible : No 

Full time/Part time : Full-Time  

Project Only Hire : No 

Visa Sponsorship Available: No 

Why Black and Veatch

Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. 
 
Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use. #LI-MG1

The Opportunity

Black & Veatch is looking for an Environmental Leader to help build our Environmental Practice in Texas. This key leadership position reports directly to our Environmental Solutions Group Portfolio Leader.  The leader will work on building an industry leading environmental practice focused on both private and governmental clients in Texas. 

This is an impactful role to help Environmental Solutions scale. Championing Environmental Solutions in Texas, involves significant complexity. In addition to understanding the Texas market, the solution leader needs to be highly sophisticated in client needs, client communication, connecting complex service offerings and topics, regulatory drivers, and navigating multiple groups to integrate the offerings into client value. The leader needs to drive a science-based and business culture and attract professionals beyond our historically engineering and design focused services.  

Our clients are seeing challenges related to air, land, water quality, ecosystem impacts, water scarcity, groundwater depletion, climate variability, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, and evolving regulations, which are driving innovative environmental and water resource projects across the country. We anticipate an increased demand for visionary solutions that support resilient communities and ecosystems. This role will support growth areas beyond conventional Environmental core service areas and will think bigger picture with related subject areas such as resilience, sustainability, climate vulnerabilities and ecosystems. You would also bring an Environmental Community of Practice mindset to collaborate and achieve solution scalability goals. 

The leader will work with our governmental, power, fuels and natural resources and industrial client facing teams to build a funnel of prospects and help capture work. Activities include developing strategies and go-to-market plans that link existing and new BV Solutions to market needs. The role will collaborate across the Solutions team, the Governments & Environment sector, and other company Business Sectors as needed. 

Key Responsibilities

The role is a seller-doer (50%-50%) and has responsibility to drive strategy and developing/ implementing Solution growth campaigns and managing awarded work as a project manager, including the following.

 

Driving Sustained Growth Strategy Development 

• Builds Environmental Solution opportunities with Texas region clients and initiates all strategic activities to achieve scale. Evaluates markets arising from client needs and considers growth and profitability potential. Initiate and incubate future growth. Nurture alliances. 
• Works with the Environmental Solution group Portfolio Leader and with other Solution Leaders and initiative personnel to develop and implement growth initiatives. 
• Help facilitate work sessions to identify client needs and develop service strategies, and to launch and drive go-to-market activities. 
• Advances sales enablement to the local sales team by working with marketing teams and equipping them with tools, information, and resources th