Senior Water Resources Engineer (Office Lead)

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Job Description

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

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We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

AECOM is seeking a Senior Water Resources Engineer to be based out of New Orleans, Louisiana to lead the water resources efforts of the area.

The Senior Water Resources Engineer (Office Lead) will support and lead projects for water in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and may also work on regional or national projects including planning, designing, and preparing plans related to water resources planning and infrastructure.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Technical oversight of design staff and team members for water resources projects including but not limited to floodplain modeling and mapping studies, LOMRs/CLOMRs, municipal water resources projects, and transportation drainage design.
• Identifies new business opportunities for AECOM, coordinates and participates in project presentations to clients and other external groups, and promotes AECOM’s capabilities, marketing its services among existing and prospective clients.
• Participates in project opportunity evaluation, consultant selection, and the preparation of AECOM's qualification/experience statements.
• Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors and drafts complex professional service agreements and addenda for review by senior management.
• Directs project team and client compliance with contract terms and monitors subcontractors' compliance with contractual commitments.
• Prepares project work plan, scope, schedule, and budget, and communicates these to project team members; monitors/manages project production for compliance with schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• May supervise technical professionals, associate project managers, and design staff including workload and staffing management.
• Monitors and reports financial status of projects to technical managers.
• Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ten (10) or more years of related experience

• Three (3) or more years performing project management and/or business development.

• Professional Engineering (PE) license