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Drainage & Water Resources Section Manager

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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 - Drainage & Water Resources Section Manager
Location - Chicago, IL
Job type - Hybrid
Requisition ID - 11261

Are you motivated, energetic and connected with clients, contractors and subconsultants in the A/E/C industry? Is your passion for leading transportation projects contagious? Do you enjoy executing winning strategies for pursuits? Is work/life balance important to you? If this describes you, we are looking for a talented and ambitious Transportation Drainage and Water Resources Section Manager in our Chicago, IL office to lead our technical staff and project managers. This position offers an exciting opportunity to lead and grow a transportation design team for an ENR Top 100 Design Firm. The successful candidate will be well versed in transportation design and project management with entities throughout the state of Illinois. The Section Manager role will require mentoring young engineers and engineering interns, leading senior level engineers and designers, and growing and developing a passionate engineering team. Project planning, workload distribution, and effective communication skills are essential.

This entrepreneurial individual will provide engineering and project management expertise on highway and drainage projects including roadway studies and design, drainage and utility systems, preparation of construction documents, cost estimates, project scheduling, and overall project management. The successful candidate must be able to work effectively and communicate regularly with internal leadership; municipal clients; and federal, state, and local agencies. This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities for managing all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resource management, leading a team of engineers with varying levels of experience, assisting in transportation and water market business development, and participating in professional organizations and technical committees.

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Serve as the drainage and water resources technical lead on projects, providing oversight of design, analyses, and deliverables.
  • Serve, as needed, as Project Manager, Project Lead, or Task Lead on transportation and site civil projects.
  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of project managers, engineers, and interns to support growth in the Illinois transportation drainage market.
  • Manage the preparation of drainage designs and construction documents, including storm sewer systems, detention facilities, flood control, open channels, and erosion control.
  • Lead the development of drainage studies and reports, including drainage studies, hydraulic reports, and conceptual drainage evaluations.
  • Develop and evaluate drainage alternatives and recommend preferred solutions based on technical, regulatory, and cost considerations.
  • Lead regulatory coordination and permitting efforts, including stormwater, floodplain, and agency approvals.
  • Manage project delivery, including scope development, fee estimating, budgeting, scheduling, staffing, and subconsultant coordination.
  • Support business development through client relationship management, marketing strategy, proposal preparation, and interviews.
  • Establish and maintain project quality through QA/QC oversight and adherence to company and agency standards.
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for clients and represent the firm in meetings, presentations, and industry engagement.

    • This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities to grow the Illinois program while managing all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resources; mentoring young staff engineers, assisting in transportation market business development, and participating in professional organizations and technical committees.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from an accredited program.
  • Minimum 10 years of drainage and water resources experience.
  • Illinois Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain within 6 months.
  • Experience with Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois Tollway, and county/local drainage and transportation standards and procedures.
  • Demonstrated experience producing roadway drainage design, including plans, profiles, calculations, drainage reports, and estimates.
  • Experience preparing drainage studies and reports, including hydraulic analyses and Phase I deliverables.
  • Proven experience using drainage design and hydraulics/hydrology modeling software, including Open Roads Designer & StormCAD, PondPack, HY-8, HEC-RAS, XPSWMM, and other industry-standard tools.
  • Ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor staff, and support project scoping, proposals, and delivery.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with alternative delivery projects.
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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