Climate Adaptation Technical Leader

Company Description

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it's improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We're one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let's get started.

Job Description

At AECOM, with our clients and partners, we have one goal: to leave a positive, lasting impact on people and our planet. We'll do this by delivering Sustainable Legacies, our ESG strategy and services offering. AECOM is a leader in climate adaptation and sustainability and we currently have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Climate Adaptation Lead for our East Water Region employment in one of our Florida or North Carolina offices.

The selected candidate will join the Water Business Line as a Sustainability and Climate Adaptation Project Technical Lead reporting directly to the East Water Regional Business Line Leader. The primary emphasis of the position is to promote resilience, socioeconomic and environmental sustainability in design, planning, and policy projects. We are looking for a technical expert with strong business development, design, and resilience strategy development skills to work with our multidiscipline teams and develop approaches to address issues related to natural disasters, climate change, and stormwater management. This position will focus on climate adaptation and resilience solutions for local, state, and federal government and other public sector clients. The intended induvial will cover the Eastern United States from Maine to Florida. The position will require travel to meet with clients and project teams.

The individual will support a client-facing team in the design, implementation, and management of organizational sustainability and resilience programs This is accomplished through employing climate assessment, rigorous economic and strategic planning techniques and developing innovative analytical approaches to providing solutions for delivering sustainability in varied domestic and international contexts.

Qualified candidates will have excellent oral and analytical and writing skills with a professional consulting background in climate change adaptation and experience in an planning, policy modeling and design. The candidate must have a demonstrated expertise in sustainability, with a particular emphasis on climate change.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Leading business development opportunities and general growth of AECOM's climate adaptation and resilience services
• Generate business growth and achieve annual business targets with clients
• Deliver marketing plan and work together with marketing manager to implement plan throughout the year
• Contribute to winning large scale opportunities
• Conduct and lead regular business development meetings
• Participate in building up business development community within the region
• Represent AECOM with potential clients, government agencies, potential and current partners, and competitors
• Leading resilience strategy development and concept, preliminary, and final design of nature-based solutions and hardscape features to provide flood control
• Coordinating with our multidiscipline teams consisting of planners, scientists, and engineers on projects that include coastal studies, hydrology and hydraulics, flood risk management, coastal restoration, and design.
• Coordinating state and federal agencies to gain consensus and approvals for work in jurisdictional areas and on designated facilities
• Civil engineering capabilities associated with the civil design for resiliency projects
• Coordinating with clients and internal staff to identify critical planning issues
• Preparing and delivering presentations

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS degree in a relevant field (e.g. Environmental, Civil, Coastal Engineering) from an accredited university
• Professional Engineering License
• 10 years of related experience or demonstrated knowledge of local government climate change/sustainability policy and program development.
• 10 years of experience at a planning consulting firm, or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience managing projects, conducting and/or overseeing analysis, Proposal writing, project wins; client management, along with experience in managing a team
• Experience on adaptation planning, particularly policy and program design
• Experience on climate change vulnerability and risk assessments that consider an array of climate impacts, including sea level rise, precipitation, and temperature and development of adaptation strategies to reduce impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Environmental, Civil, Coastal Engineering) is highly preferred
• Previous experience in client account management, customer development or marketing
• Expertise in relationship building that increases account expansion and leads to increased revenue opportunities with existing clients
• Success in working closely with service line leaders, partners, practitioners, and other sales executives to develop strategies and tactics that drive targeted programs and win business
• Experience navigating a complex ecosystem of stakeholders with demonstration of creating and maintaining relationships internally and externally
• Excellent quantitative skills;
• Excellent project management skills;
• Detail-oriented: Strong sense of commitment, a willingness to learn more and a desire to work in a dynamic, deadline driven team environment.
• Excellent communication and writing skills are critical.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

This position does not offer relocation assistance.

This position does offer sponsorship

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there's never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

Join us and let's get started.

ReqID: J10084691

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid