Who We Are

Straughan Environmental, Inc. is a successful, rapidly growing, woman owned business that provides high quality and cost-effective consulting services to a wide variety of clients in the governmental and private sectors. Straughan is committed to advancing sustainable and resilient communities. We are experts in environmental planning, design, assessments, and policy. Our staff consists of wildlife and wetlands scientists; geomorphologists and hydrologists, civil and environmental engineers; inspectors; biologists and botanists; planners; cultural resource specialists; and GIS and CAD professionals. This combination of technical expertise and an understanding of policy make Straughan a highly competitive firm and a great place to advance your career.

Job Purpose

The Stormwater Deputy Director provides senior management support for projects, business development, and staff oversight. This role will report to the Engineering Director and is based at the home office. 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead major projects, including maintaining schedule, budget, client relationships, and managing project elements including tracking project milestones and prepare project manager reports; and supervising preparation of deliverables and ensuring quality control.
• Manage multiple staff and mentor junior staff in technical, administrative, client management, and business development skills.
• Lead business development initiatives, including proposal preparation and facilitating teaming.
• Perform significant client contact and coordination with other consultants, individuals must have demonstrated ability to work towards consensus on difficult issues. 
• Possess strong organizational skills, including the ability to track and manage multiple tasks and priorities, as well as the ability to communicate effectively in both speech and writing. 
• Assist in the development of the Engineering department, fostering professional camaraderie, identifying opportunities for growth/expansion, and leading hiring efforts.
• Attend and prepare for conferences with possible presentations. 
• Maintain significant professional qualifications.
• Perform as acting Director when Director is out of the office, as needed.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil/Environmental engineering

Experience: 

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience 
• Experience managing projects
• Experience managing client relationships
• Experience with proposal development
• Experience with preparing task and labor estimates
• Experience managing staff
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with clients, peers, and other contractor organizations 
• Excellent organization and written communication skills
• Active involvement in professional organizations
• Stormwater management design 
• Erosion and sediment control design 
• Drainage system design experience
• Hydrology & Hydraulics analyses
• Dam Safety and Hazard analyses
• Flood Studies
• Flood Resiliency and Mitigation Strategy experience
• Excellent computer skills are required, including basic knowledge of MicroStation or AutoCAD; Proficient with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Adobe Suite
• Experience using engineering applicable engineering software such as Geopak, InRoads, Hec-RAS, TR-20, and TR-55.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity and project experience with municipalities in the Mid-Atlantic (e.g., Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania)
• Blue-Green Infrastructure experience
• Site design and LEED experience
• Low impact development (LID) and environmental site design (ESD) in Maryland
• Environmental Permitting (Forest Conservation Plans, Wetland Delineations/Wetland Impact Plates, Planting Plans, and similar environmental documents) experience
• Public Outreach experience

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by applicable law. 

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer 
• Physically able to conduct scoping and construction site visits 

Straughan is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.