Dam Safety Practice Leader

Why join us?

It’s an exciting time at AtkinsRéalis! We are rapidly growing in the US. Our company purpose is to build a better world for our planet and its people. We recognize the importance of making sure that our clients and employees, feel this purpose every day. AtkinsRéalis is proud of our company culture that promotes, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our company ethos include collaboration through the connection of people, data, and technology. We are a global firm, who leverages having employees located throughout the world, creating valuable partnerships, and doing our part to make this planet and its people, thrive. We need energetic, passionate, and eager professionals like you to join our team. There has never been a better time to be a part of AtkinsRéalis!

We are hiring! AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Dam Safety Practice Leader to grow our dam practice in the United States. This is a new position in support of our accelerated growth strategy. This position allows for the Practice Leader to work from one of our US hub offices (located in Alexandria, VA, Atlanta GA, Austin TX, Calverton MD, Dallas TX, Denver CO, Houston TX, Las Vegas NV, Orlando FL, Raleigh NC,  San Diego CA, Tampa FL, Tallahassee FL) and to virtually support the nationwide practice.

About Us:

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.

About You:

AtkinsRéalis seeks an experienced dam safety professional with over 15 years’ experience to support our expanding nationwide dam safety practice. This is a key hire in the AtkinsRéalis Water Resources Technical Practice Organization (TPO) that includes over 250 staff engaged in water resources projects for federal, state, and private clients nationwide.

How your experience will contribute to the team:

 This key hire must possess extensive experience in support of state dam safety programs and assisting dam owners regulated by the states. A preference exists for the individual to have educational and work experience in the fields of hydrologic and hydraulic engineering related to dam design and dam safety.

The key hire must possess high technical skills as well as the ability to lead an expanding practice area.

The individual will provide technical support on existing projects, implement a growth strategy to expand contracts, and to hire new staff in strategically located centers of expertise.

AtkinsRéalis is an international engineering design and program management company with over 36,000 professionals worldwide. AtkinsRéalis provides dam engineering as a core service internationally with high accomplished centers of expertise in the United Kingdom and Canada. In the United States AtkinsRéalis focuses on program support for the National Dam safety Program with FEMA, states, and municipal governments.  AtkinsRéalis is expanding our US presence to add a full dam practice and to leverage our international expertise.

For FEMA, AtkinsRéalis staff have supported the National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) as Subject Matter Experts (SME) for the past 15 years. FEMA presently has a 5-year contract with FEMA to support the NDSP.  For FEMA, the individual will have the opportunity to work on the updating of nationwide guidance documents, develop new dam safety training, and participate as a SME for the Dam Preparedness Cooperative Technical Assistance Program in the Western US.

This work for FEMA involves:

• Development of guidance documents and best practices for dam safety. This included FEMA P-946 “Federal Guidelines for Inundation Mapping of Dam Risks Associated with Dam Incidents and Failures.” fema_dam-safety_inundation-mapping-flood-risks.
• SME for the High Hazard Potential Dam (HHPD) Rehabilitation Grant Program.
• SME leading the development of the HHPD non-federal dam risk prioritization methodology and tool.
• SME for the FEMA Dam Preparedness Collaborate Technical Assistance (CTA) Program.
• Lead SME supporting piloting the CTA realistic scenario-base tabletop exercise training.
• SME supporting the evaluation of a depth-velocity loss rate function for dams for consideration by FEMA as an addition to HAZUS.
• SME support for the Future of Flood Risk Data (FFRD)

Role Requirements:

• PE License
• BSCE minimum with 15+ years’ experience with the planning, design of dams and dam safety
• Experience working with state dam safety programs.
• Experienced with dam inspections for regulatory compliance under the National Dam Safety Program.
• Specialty in Hydrologic and Hydraulic (H&H) modeling of dams for state regulatory compliance.
• Experience with GIS platforms using is H&H modeling and mapping.
• Preparation of Emergency Action Plans.
• Expertise with HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS 2D modeling for dams.
• Experience working with state dam safety programs, existing relationship with potential clients and potential hires.
• Experience and desire to expand contracts, hire staff, and to provide leadership nationwide.

It is considered a plus for the candidate to possess the following additional expertise or desire to learn:

• Experience using the DSS-WISE Lite program.
• Experience performing dam risk and consequence assessments.
• Use of the USACE HEC Res-Sim and Life-Sim programs.
• Experience supporting dam breach tabletop exercise.
• Experience in technical document/guidance development and training.
• Experience on federal contracts in support of the USACE, Bureau of Reclamation, US Fish & Wildlife Service. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service

What we offer at AtkinsRéalis:

AtkinsRéalis realizes that health, mental and financial wellbeing, are all equally needed to achieve balance in life. We are pleased to offer a robust rewards package that help our employees have peace of mind in and outside of work.

Our benefit offerings address all of the areas that are part of living a healthy life. We recognize that what is important to people, continues to change. Some of our other benefits to ensure our employees feel supported, include continuing to offer health and dental coverage for domestic partners and a full list below. Our culture is one of providing support and training for our employees to thrive. We offer learning and development programs, training, career pathing opportunities, and a tuition reimbursement plan.

At AtkinsRéalis, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedules
• Group Insurance
• Paid Family Leave
• Two Floating Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave (including maternity and paternity)
• Pet Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Learning and development programs, training, career opportunities and a highly regarded tuition reimbursement program
• An inclusive culture of Employee Resources Groups centered around women, African-Americans, Hispanics, LGBTQ+, Neurodiversity and Emerging Professionals.
• A Foundation that is employee-funded with a 2-to-1 match from the company providing STEAM education for minorities from K-12 to college

If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!

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Expected compensation range is between $180,000 - $225,000 annually depending on skills, experience, and geographical location.

Upon acceptance of an offer, all candidates must go through a drug screen test and background check. AtkinsRéalis is a federal contractor which mandates a satisfactory background screening report and drug test that supersedes state laws.

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