Solids/Energy Midwest Area Practice Leader

at Brown and Caldwell in ChicagoChicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Description

Brown and Caldwell has an exciting opportunity for an Area Practice Leader (APL) to help lead major projects and deliver exceptional service to our well-established wastewater/biosolids clients. The APL will drive growth in the Solids/Energy practice to advance the Midwest business unit's strategic goals. The APL will be responsible for understanding the unique trends in the area and using that knowledge to create technical differentiation from our competitors while serving as an important conduit between the National Practice Leaders, Specialty Leaders, and the practice staff in the Business Unit.
Detailed Description:
In this position, you will help win and deliver wastewater and solids/energy projects in the Midwest and will be part of the Solids/Energy Practice's leadership team.
Specific Midwest wastewater and solids/energy roles and responsibilities will be determined by alignment of strategic needs and candidate strengths but would likely include acting as a project manager for WWTP projects, client service manager (CSM) for new strategic clients, and/or sales leader for strategic pursuits.
Responsibility of the Solids/Energy APL is detailed below.
Practice Leadership
Be a visible leader within the industry to represent BC's Solids/Energy brand within your market.
Inform the development of technical practice vision and strategy (led by the National Practice Leader) including market-specific trends, clients, needs, and opportunities for the area.
Understand area market potential, drivers, and technical challenges. This will include helping Area Managers, Local Leaders, and CSMs develop business plans (sales, revenue, and investments) and set priorities for the practice area.
Inform the development of the Business Unit technical focus by working with the Area Manager, Local Leaders, Client Service Managers/Teams, and practice members to identify emerging trends and opportunities in the Practice and geographic area.
Develop connectivity and collaboration between affiliated staff in the area/region
Collaborate with National Practice and Innovation Leaders to support the connection of technical differentiators, innovative solutions, and R&D for clients and advance goals set for your area or region by business and practice leadership.
Partner with Specialty Leaders to ensure Subject Matter Specialists are developed and assigned to ensure quality delivery and appropriate governance.
Inform technical workforce deployment strategically to support technical differentiation on projects.
Engage as a visible leader in the Practice Portal connecting technical staff with resources, solutions, standards, and best practices.
Project Delivery Quality and Efficiency
Ensure quality delivery of relevant technical project elements on strategic regional projects.
Support national sharing of resources to match top talent with strategic projects. Work with BU leaders, Practice Leaders, and other regional/area practice leaders to provide qualified resources in the practice (from across the country if necessary) in support of strategic projects and pursuits within and outside of your area.
Inform Practice Leaders of project resource needs.
Coordinate with Practice and Specialty Leaders to ensure the application of standards during the project Support NSLs in directing appropriate resources to develop standards.
Client Development and Sales
Collaborate with Practice and BU Leaders to develop technical strategy and participate in annual business planning for the area. Drive implementation of the technical strategy including funnel development, capture of key pursuits, project staffing, and talent development.
Coordinate with area/regional business development partners to drive the expansion of the funnel with projects and pursuits associated with the Solids/Energy technical practice area.
Participate in go/no-go decisions on local projects associated with the technical practice area.
Act as sales leader for strategic pursuits or CSM for new strategic clients in the area as needed.
Understand our competition in terms of strategic direction of their approach to the regional practice area, and their technical focus, staff, strengths, and weaknesses. Equip business units with winning technical strategies.
Work to build capacity to deliver on business unit strategic goals for capturing and delivering work related to the specialty and area.
Knowledge and Technical Standards
Support Practice and Specialty Leaders by identifying needs for standards including tools, content, and practice best practices based on client/project demand.
Enable engagement of regional and local workforce to support application and development of standards to enable local staff to gain knowledge.
Oversee implementation of standards on local... For full info follow application link.

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