Job Information
Geosyntec Consultants Hydraulics Practice Lead in Greenwood Village, Colorado
Hydraulics Practice Lead Primary Location
US-CO-Greenwood Village ID
2024-2136
Category Dams & Levees
Position Type Regular Full-Time
Remote No Overview
Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better? Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for anHydraulics Practice Lead for our growing Dams and Levees practice in Denver, CO, you will serve in a key leadership role and build out our hydraulic engineering capabilities, leveraging existing staff resources and collaborating with other senior dam practitioners across the firm. You will have the opportunity to establish national dams and levees-focused hydraulic engineering group that works on complex projects involving hydraulic structures and other flood risk management infrastructure. Projects span hydraulic modeling of various complexities, spillway, and other hydraulic structure evaluation and design, supporting probabilistic risk analysis, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling for large riverine systems, flood modeling, and dam breach consequence assessment studies. 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 se We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offercompetitive pay and benefits, and well-being programsto support you and your family. To Learn More Visit:http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/.
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 of leading and growing a practice. We operate under a sell-manage-do culture, and so we expect that you'd 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. Some of the key responsibilities for this position include: Provide technical leadership and guidance directed at growing a hydraulic engineering practice within Geosyntec's Dams and Levees high-growth area business line; Pulling together resources from our existing network of hydraulic and hydrologic engineers to support dam and levee projects across the country, and fostering their professional growth while also recruiting additional technical team members; Past experience with hydraulic analysis and modeling (1-D and 2-D, and 3-D) utilizing various hydraulic modeling software. Ability to scope, lead, and serve as a technical advisor on modeling projects; Rehabilitation and design of existing/new spillways, outlet works, and other appurtenant dam hydraulic structures; Flood hazard assessment and dam breach modeling for inundation mapping and support of direct and indirect economic consequence estimation. Familiarity with HEC-FIA and HEC-LifeSim software is a plus; Serving as H&H Subject Matter Expert on probabilistic risk assessment and risk evaluation teams; Serving as H&H Subject Matter Expert and providing a senior review for Independent Technical Review Boards on dam safety modification studies and design projects; Inspections of existing hydraulic structures and dam safety review of previous analyses and studies against the current state of the practice and design criteria; Interacting with client representatives; Task and project-level responsibility for scoping, perform ng, managing, and delivering multiple concurrent project assignments; Consistent with our sell-manage-do business model, play a role in lead generation, business development, staff development, and mentoring; Help broaden our reputation and visibility via publishing and presenting at prominent industry conferences such as USSD, ASDSO, CEATI, and NHA; Task and project management, including planning and directing staff, budgeting and budget management, adherence to schedule, quality, client satisfaction, and profitability; Recruiting, supervising, and mentoring junior staff; and Preparing technical reports, letters, memoranda, plans, specifications, and proposals. Here are some other things you should know about this position: Training: We also 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: Up to 5% Overnight travel: Up to 20%
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