Job description
Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate diverse teams and encourage collaboration in an equitable and inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. That’s how we make a difference to our clients, people, and the planet.
What’s in it for you: Woodard & Curran is a privately held firm whose values begin with putting Employees first, a Flexible work environment, and competitive benefits. Strong bonus potential. Work with internationally recognized clients. External Association and Committee involvement is encouraged and supported.
Who are we looking for:
In response to our need for growth, Woodard & Curran offers a unique opportunity to support technical delivery and leadership in our Industrial Water Practice, which provides high-quality engineering and design services to industrial and commercial clients throughout the U.S. The selected candidate will have the technical experience to lead water and wastewater system designs while providing technical mentorship to a talented team of engineers. Woodard & Curran is seeking a motivated senior professional with an entrepreneurial spirit, a demonstrated focus on industrial clients and safe practices, and a passion for innovation and technical excellence in the industrial water/wastewater field. The position requires a strong communicator with the demonstrated ability to develop, lead, and mentor project teams.
Location: Wayne, PA - This is a national search
Office Preference: Remote/Virtual
Travel: Up to 25% within the continental US
What You Will Be Doing at Woodard & Curran:
- The ability to grow and succeed as a firm is a direct function of the technical expertise we develop within the firm. As such, our success is directly related to our technical experts’ abilities to innovate and differentiate the firm in the marketplace based on expertise.
- A Senior Technical Manager is responsible for staying at the forefront of technical approaches in their field of expertise and contributing both innovation and project delivery within the areas where the expertise applies.
- Specific areas of focus include: Provide senior technical leadership to staff in the Industrial Water/Wastewater Business, with specific focus on the Industrial Water/Wastewater Practice.
- Experience in the Pharmaceutical/Chemical, Food & Beverage and/or Data Center markets is preferred but not essential.
- Develop and maintain client-advisor relationships that lead to business and repeat business for the firm.
- Assist and or lead on proposal preparation and pursuit of new client and project opportunities.
- Contribute to new and existing Large Account development and management.
- Make national and regional-level technical publications & presentations and serve in professional technical leadership positions in outside organizations.
- Conduct research and innovate within project opportunities to implement new and improved methods to execute solutions for our work.
- Develop and or lead the development of tools to assist in demonstrating Woodard & Curran’s technical leadership.
- Ensure the technical quality of the work product delivered.
- Mentor staff in technical and project management skill areas.
- Provide input to the business planning process.
What You Will Need To Succeed:
- M.S. (P.E. or other certification/advanced degree preferred) in Engineering.
- 15+ years of professional experience with an engineering consulting firm.
- Demonstrated experience serving industrial clients.
- Strong appreciation of and commitment to safe work practices is mandatory.
- Industrial client engineering and/or design build expertise, preferably in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical/chemical and/or data center markets. life sciences, and / or consumer products markets.
- Strong written and verbal skills and demonstrated track record of publishing technical work
$120,000 - $175,000 a year
This role has the option for remote work, and the anticipated pay range is flexible, depending on factors such as the employee’s primary work location, skills, experience, and education. The following examples illustrate how the pay range for the same role can vary based on different locations.
Bangor, ME: $120K - 130K
Pittsburgh, PA: $125K - $140K
San Francisco, CA: $155 - $175K
This position’s anticipated pay range is provided above; final exempt salary or non-exempt hourly pay will depend on experience level and considering a % based geographic differential based on where the final candidate will be working. Geographic differentials are used to recognize and reflect cost of labor differences between geographic markets.
Benefits & Wellbeing
Retirement Savings:
• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: Company will match equal to 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed, All employees are eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan and are 100% vested in the value of own contributions and any employer matching contributions.
Time away from work:
• Vacation time is provided to full and part-time regular employees. Vacation is accrued, based on number of hours worked per week as well as prior years of experience.
• Woodard & Curran offers paid sick time to eligible employees who are absent due to their own non-work related, illness, injury, or medical procedure.
• Woodard & Curran provides up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding in a 12-month period.
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance from Sun Life to assist with replacing a portion of your income in the event of non-job-related illness or injury. Eligible employees are automatically enrolled and eligible immediately.
Coverage and support for your needs and wellbeing:
Personal and Family health: Company offers three medical plan options based on geography; plus HSA and PSA plans are available based on eligibility, additional options include dental and vision plans.
Company provides basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employee and family are available through Sun Life.
WayForward powered by Dario: EAP Program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing coaching.
LiveWell wellbeing program: credit incentive is available, up to $600 annually – nutrition and fitness reimbursement, and access to the Virgin Pulse wellness platform.
Education: Tuition assistance offers eligible employees up to 100% reimbursement of tuition, books and fees up to $5250 per year, for courses related to the employee’s job or planned career development.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement
Woodard & Curran is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. We are committed to ensuring our employment practices are non-discriminatory and based solely on job-related factors. To read our entire Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement, click here. To view the Workplace Discrimination Is Illegal poster and supplement, click here.
If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to apply, please contact Beth Sweitzer.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We value diversity, equity and inclusion and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
Woodard & Curran believes that complex teams working together in an equitable, inclusive space provides the best opportunity for achieving our vision of clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. Our success is tied to a culture that embraces our differences so that everyone can bring their whole, authentic selves to work. When our people are supported to reach their full potential, we provide the most innovative, sound, and effective solutions.
