Assistant Technical Director

GAI Consultants is seeking a seasoned Assistant Technical Director to lead and deliver complex industrial water and wastewater design projects. This role is ideal for a dynamic professional with a passion for water infrastructure and a proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and client relationships.

Your next career move should challenge you, support you, and elevate you. If you're looking for a place where your expertise makes a real difference, this is it.

 Key Responsibilities:

•  Lead the planning, design, and construction services for industrial water and wastewater projects.
•  Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and quality across multiple disciplines.
•  Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with both established and new clients.
•  Develop and implement sales strategies for services. 
•  Mentor and develop a team of talented engineering professionals.
•  Ensure technical excellence in advanced treatment facilities and process engineering.

Qualifications:

• B.S. Engineering or other technical degree, Master's Degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred 
•  Minimum 20 years of experience in process engineering and consulting.
•  Demonstrated success in delivering water and wastewater treatment projects.
•  Strong leadership and communication skills.
•  Deep technical knowledge of advanced treatment processes and facility design.

General Characteristics:

Technical Responsibilities: 

• Performs advisory or consulting work for the organization across broad program areas or within a specialized area with innovative/complex aspects. 
• Assesses practices and requirements to achieve sustainable performance of complex engineering projects from a systems perspective. 

• Evaluates project management plans for complex engineering projects. 
• Develops risk mitigation plans to address project risks. 
• Evaluates effectiveness of leaders and teams while advancing concepts of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the solutions of engineering problems. 
• Advocates for teamwork, leadership, diversity, and inclusion within the organization.

 Communication, Teamwork and Leadership: 

• Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership of other organizations. 

• Represents their organization at important functions or conferences, including media interviews as . 
• Leads conversations that shape public, environmental, and infrastructure policy. 
• Champions justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization and the communities in which they work. 

Management, Supervision and Guidance: 

• Leads an entire program of critical importance. 
• Develops programs needed for accomplishing the objectives of the organization. 
• Receives general administrative direction from a board of directors or regional council. 
• Develops organizational strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development. 
• Instills and fosters professional attitudes within the organization. 
• Sets organizational policy to develop leadership skills of others, to improve teamwork, and to advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion programs. 

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