Arcadis is looking to hire a Water Planning Manager to support our National Resilience Water Planning Practice! This position can be performed remotely or at any Arcadis office location in WI, IL, IN, MI, OH or KY.

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Role description:

As the Midwest Water Planning Manager, you will have a key role in establishing our market position and value proposition to grow our Water Planning business across the Country. You will be responsible for collaborating with national and regional leaders to develop and implement winning strategies that drive business development and enhance delivery capabilities for drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and intelligent/one water planning and research-related projects and programs.

Role accountabilities: Provide national perspective to understand current conditions, emerging client needs, regulatory drivers, technology advancements and other factors influencing the market. Collaborate with global, national and regional leaders to develop and execute strategic plans to grow Arcadis's Resilience Water Planning Practice. This includes current focus areas around the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) / Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), PFAS, Water Supply Planning, and Intelligent/One Water services. Develop and execute client account relationship plans focused on bringing new and expanded services to designated clients. Contribute to innovative approaches and lead development of value propositions to accelerate growth of our Resilience Water Planning programs and look at continuous process improvements to enhance Arcadis' offerings to the market and to further meet the needs of our clients. Support project execution in collaboration with our account leaders, project managers and local technical teams. Continually refine project execution strategies based on program successes and challenges encountered. Serve as a project/program manager and/or technical advisor on water planning, quality and treatment pursuit initiatives, projects and programs, including, but not limited, to master planning, regulatory compliance, treatment selection and optimization, desktop, bench-scale, pilot-scale, and/or full-scale studies, public education and outreach, utility strategy and collaboration, process design and site investigations. Serve as a principal investigator on key water research projects. Collaborate with clients and partners to execute said research. Serve as a technical advisor to utility leaders and regulatory agencies on Water Planning services. Lead teams in the preparation of winning proposals and successful presentations. Research, review, and analyze water quality policy and regulations. Prepare project scope of services, work plans, budgets, schedules and staffing plans. Communicate technical information and/or provide technical training to colleagues and clients. Provide technical support to marketing and client management teams for business development. Maintain active participation in key Water conferences/associations at the state and/or national level via committee memberships, presentations, and/or association leadership roles. Identify regional staffing gaps within the Planning Practice and support others in recruiting, interviewing, hiring and onboarding staff. Mentor and/or supervise staff while managing tasks of varying sizes and complexity and supporting staff development and retention. Travel (up to 25%) is anticipated regionally and nationa