Company Description About Veolia North America A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website
Job Description
BENEFITS Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.
Position Purpose :
Reporting to the VP Engineering & Capital Investments, the Sr Director, Capex Delivery will be responsible for and provide leadership and direction to staff in the areas of capital portfolio management and large project management. The role will develop and deliver a medium-term capital investment strategy to prolong asset life, maintain level of service goals, promote innovative and sustainable solutions, and optimize the multi-faceted performance of $3.4B of assets. Budget Responsibilities – $400 M per year of capital investments. Veolia Utility Parent, Inc. with 15 Business Units and fixed asset value of $3.4B.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities: Medium-term Asset Renewal Planning Oversight of the medium term capital plan preparations and ensure the alignment with asset management policies, strategic plans, climate resiliency and multi-faceted performance. Collaborate with Veolia technical teams to integrate expert advice related to capex plans. Corporate Capital Governance & Portfolio Management Develops, communicates, and implements capital governance policies, procedures and standards to ensure effective and consistent operations in line with shareholder objectives. Oversight of the medium-term and annual budget preparations and prioritization of the projects in accordance with the capital governance, asset management policies, and strategic plans. Business Owner for project and portfolio management tools and processes, including planning and oversight for enhancement projects. Responsible for monitoring and management of annual, and quarterly capital investment among Utility Regions in accordance with Governance framework and shareholder objectives. Support the Board or executive level reporting for capital investment portfolio. Organize the development of design standards for the Company and optimization of the capital investment program. Major Project Planning & Delivery Accountable for Major Project (greater than $20M or high-risk) planning & delivery, ensuring an effective and technically outcomes. Provide technical leadership for technical and delivery strategies for Large Projects (greater than $2.5M or high risk), including proposed emerging contaminant regulations such as PFAS. Leverage alternate delivery methods (EPC, Design-Build, CMAR) and innovative bidding strategies to optimize risk management and project performance. Partner with Utility Region leaders to ensure that Region goals are aligned with engineering projects. M&A / Due Diligence Support the monitoring and management for acquisition budget, including initial capital investment or enhancements to acquired water or wastewater systems. Provide leadership for technical strategies and support performing due diligence reviews or transition of new tuck-in acquisitions. Leadership Direct engineering and project management functions (planning, design and delivery), ensuring an effective and technically qualified engineering organization. Collaborates with the Company's executive leadership to develop and meet organizational goals while supplying expertise and guidance on projects, operations, and systems. Motivate staff and provide performance feedback and guidance, recognizing the role as that of both manager and support resource / mentor. Identifies and organizes implementation of new technologies and systems to improve organizational processes and decision-making. Represents the company as a subject matter expert in testimonies, conferences, seminars, etc. Qualifications
Education/Experience/Background: Bachelor's Degree – Environmental, Civil, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering. Registered Professional Engineer, required. Ability to interact effectively with multiple organizational levels including the c-suite and board. Minimum 10 years' experience in the water/wastewater business, in design and engineering. Minimum 5 years' experience in a senior leadership role. Experience working with a large multi-jurisdictional/state and/or large multi-national water company. Extensive experience planning, engineering, and delivering water supply/treatment/distribution projects; experience in wastewater field is a plus. Managed an engineering organization responsible for capital execution in excess of $50 million per year involving diverse types of projects across multiple business units. Experience with environmental regulatory framework and permitting, including water quality standards and compliance requirements. Proven asset management experience in the regulated water operations is a plus. Experience with utility regulators including support to rate cases and providing expert testimony is a plus. Master's Degree – Engineering or Business Administration, preferred. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Team leadership and experience building and developing teams. Demonstrated ability to establish and foster productive relationships with operational leaders and other key stakeholders. Ability to interact effectively with senior management including presentations, written communications, and internal relationship building. Judgment and decision-making abilities that facilitate the ability to achieve goals with a high degree of independence. Knowledge of Google Suite, proficiency in MS Excel, Project Portfolio Management software skills are preferred. Required Certification/Licenses/Training: Project Management certification or Asset Management certification, a plus. Physical Requirements: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal and reading. Sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. Ability to travel within service territories as needed. Additional Information
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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