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Water/Wastewater Section Manager
ChicagoHybridFull-time
AI Summary
Manages a water/wastewater engineering section, providing technical and administrative supervision, coordinating project priorities, staffing, budgets, and schedules to meet client and professional standards.
About this role
Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices.
With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success.
Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of community, and the chance to build a meaningful, long-term career!
Job title - Water/Wastewater Section Manager
Location - Chicago, IL
Job type - Hybrid
Requisition ID - 11306
JOB SUMMARY:
Provides both technical and administrative supervision to the section to ensure the technical, administrative, direct labor and schedule targets of the section are met in accordance with applicable professional standards, design control procedures, company procedures and technical design guides. Coordinates project priorities, staffing schedules, budgets and staff assignments to ensure clients are provided the best design capabilities to meet their needs.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Supervises all staff activities within an engineering section.
- Assigns priorities and balances workloads among staff members.
- Coordinates and monitors direct/indirect labor utilization among section staff members. Ensures that section loading calendars are completed on a timely basis.
- Responsible for quality control of work produced by the section.
- Recommends hiring, salaries, promotion, transfer, demotion and termination of section members.
- Oversees staff development within the section. Ensures section members are provided ample opportunities to participate in training and career development activities.
- Ensures that project assignments for the section are completed on schedule and within budget parameters.
- When applicable, serves as the Project Manager for key department or section projects.
- Performs other functions delegated by the Department Manager.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors of Science in engineering from an accredited college or university
- Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in discipline
- PE
Performance Standards:
Skills
Budget ControlBusiness DevelopmentDesign Control ProceduresEngineering DesignLabor UtilizationP.E. LicensureProject ManagementQuality ControlStaff SchedulingWater/wastewater Systems
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