# Senior Technical Manager - Drainage and Stormwater

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Herndon, VA, Virginia
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $143,600 - $213,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Technical Manager - Drainage and Stormwater to join our Mid-Atlantic Civil and Drainage Team. As a Senior Technical Manager, you will manage the delivery of multiple drainage and stormwater design projects and hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) studies for stormwater management, conveyance systems, resilient infrastructure, and flood control in Virginia and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

**Responsibilities:**

- Manage projects and provide engineering services and project/task management of drainage design, stormwater management, flood control, and H&H modeling.

- Coordinate complex multi-disciplinary traditional design and alternative delivery projects.

- Coordinate, review, and approve design plans, ensuring data integrity and compliance with applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.

- Mentor younger staff in design skills, including the latest drainage and stormwater design focused on Virginia and local requirements.

- Permitting, public participation, and coordinating/interacting with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients.

- Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing projects, including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.

- Collaborate with professionals from various disciplines to provide future-ready solutions for clients.

- Remain current in the latest drainage and stormwater standards and water resources engineering techniques.

- Support business development activities in the region, including contributing to proposals, interviews, and other pursuit activities.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering or closely related discipline.

- Professional Engineer license required; Virginia, Maryland, and/or District of Columbia P.E. licenses preferred.

- 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in the A/E/C industry with a technical client-facing background in the water resources sector.

- Experience in water resources engineering, including hydraulic modeling of open-channel and closed conduit systems.

- Ability to manage several projects concurrently, provide senior-level input and evaluation on projects, and serve as technical manager.

- Proficient knowledge of related engineering principles, practices, process, and application to permitting and project work-related issues.

- Well-defined knowledge with Stormwater Management, Drainage, Hydrology & Hydraulics Design, Watershed Studies, Floodplain Delineation, etc.

- Experience with project and client development/relationship management.

- Proficient ability to coordinate with agency regulators and understand requirements.

- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.

- Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.

- Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to junior team or project members.

- Proficient understanding of and well-defined experience with surface water analysis, hydrologic methodologies/models, hydraulic models, and software tools for project delivery, including AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation, OpenRoads, PondPack, HEC-RAS, project collaboration software, Bluebeam, and ArcGIS software.

**Benefits:**

- Comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

**Compensation:**

- Expected Salary: $143,600 - $213,200

## Skills

### Required
- Civil Engineering
- Water Resources Engineering
- Hydraulic Modeling
- Stormwater Management
- Drainage Design
- Project Management
- AutoCAD
- Civil 3D
- MicroStation
- OpenRoads
- PondPack
- HEC-RAS
- ArcGIS

### Nice to have
- Master's Degree or additional certifications in Civil or Water Resources Engineering
- Experience working with state/county/local/municipal clients in the Northern Virginia region
- Virginia DEQ plan reviewer certification for stormwater management and/or erosion control
- Working knowledge of roadway and utility design principles, practices, and processes

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