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Water/Wastewater Section Manager

$122.3k - $160.85k
Full-time

Stanley Consultants

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.

\n 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:
  • Performance on client engagements, including discipline management and results.
  • Utilization and development of human and other resources.
  • Quality control
  • Support of business development and marketing.
  • Relationships with and support of other departments and groups, the technical organization and project team organization.
  • Financial performance including budget control of project assignments and indirect costs.
  • Interpersonal skills and teamwork.
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$122,300 - $160,850 a year

(Salary range for IL location)

Stanley Consultants is committed to maintaining transparency in our hiring process, including providing information about compensation. The starting salary for the successful candidate in this position is competitive and will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, geographic location, internal equity, company policy and practices. In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are disclosed for positions and locations where required.

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MANAGERIAL SCOPE LEVEL :

Responsible for the supervision, development, evaluation and recommending the hiring and termination of staff members, as well as developing section budgets for Department Manager’s approval. The number of employees directly supervised is typically 3 to 6.

Work-Life Balance
We realize there’s more to life than just work. We help you meet the demands of work, family and personal life through several flexible options.

What we offer:

Member-Owned . Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.

Paid Time Away . Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.

Health Insurance . We provide a comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.

Financial Health . We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.

Professional Growth . When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.

Financial Rewards . We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

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