The Thermal Processing National Specialty Leader (NSL) will set the vision and strategy for their specialty while ensuring alignment to the company strategy, national practice, and business units. Thermal process is a specialty within the solids and energy practice that includes incineration, thermal drying, gasification and pyrolysis. In this role, you will also be responsible for driving market growth, developing talent, and delivering high-quality solutions in a way that continues to drive our technical differentiation from that of our competitors.

The NSL role is designed to be coordinated with your other current roles and responsibilities such as Project Manager, Client Service Manager, Subject Matter Expert, Supervisor, or operations leader in the market.

Detailed Description:

Who you are:

• You consistently demonstrate strong leadership, coaching and communication skills.
• You excel in strategy development, including project management, business analysis, problem solving, consensus building, and talent development.
• You are a results-orientated leader with the ability to bring cross-functional partners together and quickly shift course as necessary to achieve goals.
• You are confident, yet humble and can effectively consult and partner with multiple business partners with varying needs.
• You are able to marshal resources and convey a clear vision across an enterprise in order to meet or exceed objectives.
• You enjoy mentoring and promoting talent development.
• You have strong system and organization skills to promote Specialty engagement communications and processes.

What you will do:

Practice Specialty Leadership

• Create a vision and priorities for specialty area in alignment with and to inform national practice strategy.
• Ensure the collective knowledge of specialty is technically rigorous, effectively documented, regularly updated, and disseminated across the company.
• Develop a communication outreach plan for the specialty and hold regular meetings.
• Become familiar with the staff in the specialty area and work with supervisors in career and SMS planning.
• Coordinate with Design Services to support project staffing and career development for design engineers.
• Invite/recruit interested staff from across all business units.
• As member of national practice leadership team, work closely with the National Practice Lead (NPL), Regional Technical Services Directors (RTSDs), Area Practice Leads (APLs), and other NSLs to advance the practice strategy nationally and working with regional and area practice leads to promote technical differentiation and advance practice-wide initiatives.
• Support development and application of innovative solutions, including strategic research and development efforts and engagement with the National Technical/Innovation Leader (NTIL) in the practice.
• Organize a team of leaders to support the specialty
• Drive the consistent use of internal tools including the Practice Portal and Teams Channels to ensure active communication and collaboration within the specialty while maintaining oversight and guidance as an active leader.

Project Delivery Quality and Efficiency

• Oversee prioritization and development of national technical standards (guidelines, best practices, tools, content), governance, and consistent usage by CoP members for efficient, high-quality execution of specialty elements.
• On strategic and complex projects, engage directly with delivery team throughout project life cycle, including early concept development, solution selection, project design, execution, and risk mitigation.
• Ensure relevant Subject Matter Specialists (SMS) engage effectively with project teams to applyconsistenttechnical approaches,risk management,and quality delivery.
• Support sharing of resources across specialties, practices and Business Units to match top technical talent with strategic projects, working closely with national and Regional Practice Leaders - getting the "right people" on the "right projects" through collaboration with Regional Practice Leaders.

Client Development and Sales

• In close association with Client Service Teams (CSTs) and Private Sector Business Unit (PSBU) Market Area Directors and East and West Business Unit Area Leaders,assumeClient-facingTechnical Leadership roles with strategic clients, including trusted advisorfor clients and Client Service Teams (CSTs).
• Directlyengagewith clients to buildrelationships, assessneeds, anddeveloptechnical solutions.
• Bring technical insights from engagement with client peers/network and professional activities.
• Understand our competition in terms of strategic direction of their approach to the specialty area, and their technical focus, staff, strengths, and weaknesses. Equip business units with winning technical strategies.
• Understand our Strategic Arenas and how they integrate with the specialty.
• Work to build capacity and capability to deliver on business unit strategic goals for capturing and delivering work in priority services related to the specialty.

Knowledge & Technical Standards

• Create efficient, high-quality practice execution through development and consistent application of national technical standards including process and design guidelines, best practices, tools, model work scopes, and governance. Encourage consistent usage by practice members.
• Oversee implementation of Quality Fundamentals and Subject Matter Specialists (SMS) governance, in partnership with Specialty Leaders responsible for SMS badging and performance.

Talent Development

• Lead implementation and adjudication of SMS governance, systems (i.e., "badging ") and plans for talent development to ensure a high performing "bench" of technical practitioners.
• Work with the Market Area Directors, Area Leaders, RTSDs, and APLs to understand and support staffing, technical bench strength, and talent acquisition.
• Set a foundation for SMS engagement in projects to develop staff by direct mentoring and training on the project.
• Lead initial formulation of Specialty team, identifying membersand their current Subject Matter Specialist Level.
• In association with the Market Area Directors, Area Leaders, and RTSDs, support recruiting (identifying needs and candidates, informing decisions), communicate perceived gaps and needs with BU operational leads, and support hiring plans into business planning efforts.
• Responsible for development of technical training, mentoring, and succession planning within the specialty.

BC Brand and Industry Leadership

• Expand recognition in the industry for relevant specialty. Lead representation of the BC brand as industry thought-leader, including strategic messaging, peer-reviewed and other publications, and team member visibility.
• Work with practice leadership team and operations leaders to develop national and regional conference plans. Champion strategic national conferences, presentation strategies, and selection of technical attendees.
• Support local conferences, workshops, and other means of visibility in strategic geographies, in coordination with RTSDs, APLs, operations leaders, and CSTs.
• Work closely with Corporate Communications on internal and industry communications, digital media, and branding.
• Stay current with technology and market trends, inform annual State of the Industry Report, and inform strategic planning process.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Engineering, Science, Geology, or a related field with an emphasis related to specialty role required
• Professional registration is preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of increasingly responsible professional, experience in the environmental services and/or consulting industry required
• Extensive experience in serving clients, collaboration and building consensus, working with stakeholder groups, sales and marketing, branding, and business growth
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) for technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong project management skills
• Proven success in technical presentation, proposal writing, and public

Salary Range:Theanticipatedstarting payrange for this position is based on the employee's primary work location and maybemore or lessdependingupon skills, experience,and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Location A: $141,000- $193,000
Location B: $155,000- $212,000
Location C: $169,000- $231,000

You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.

Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.

About Brown and Caldwell
Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction firm with 50 offices and 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice-to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.

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