Director of Design - Water

Haskell is seeking a Director of Design for our thriving Water market. Lead a team that is ranked in Engineering New Record's Top 10 Contractors in Environment for Wastewater Treatment Plants as well as Sewerage & Solid Waste. Join our Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firm where our team members align around our values of team, excellence, service, and trust.

It would be ideal to have this leader present in one of the following offices: Salt Lake City, Dallas (Frisco), Charlotte, or Jacksonville. However, we are open to individuals in other cities with a Haskell presence.

What is in it for you?

Ownership, Compensation, and Benefits - We recognize that excellent compensation and benefits are top considerations for candidates. Haskell is prepared to offer a competitive salary, a bonus program, and self-managed PTO. Additionally, you will have a direct stake in our success through stock ownership.
• Career Growth - This role is not a ceiling. We have a proven track record of promoting from within, and this position is a direct pathway to advancement. Previous leaders in similar roles have ascended into Senior Director, Market Leader, Division Leader, and Vice President positions.
• Meaningful Impact - Step in and become a valuable contributor to one of Haskell's five core markets. Our collaborative, value-focused approach helps municipalities and businesses provide pure, uncompromised water, protect public health and welfare, and ensure vital environmental stewardship.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Strategic Leadership & Design Excellence
  • Own and advance Haskell's design management procedures, continuously incorporating best-in-class technicques and innovations into our process.
  • Champion design quality by overseeing the Haskell Quality Implementation Plan (QIP). You will ensure critical quality elements are integrated into design documents from the start and are successfully executed during construction.
  • Drive the coordination of proposal submissions, shaping our technical and design strategy to win new work.
• Project Delivery & Design Management
  • Ensure the successful design delivery of all projects by leading the design process and all participants, including internal teams and external subcontractors on design-build and other collaborative delivery projects.
  • Lead the proactive management of the entire design process, ensuring fully coordinated documents that achieve project goals for quality, cost, scope, and on-time execution.
  • Establish and own the expectations for design document content and quality at all stages. You will define the key milestones and metrics to verify and report on design progress.
  • Maintain ownership and development of reporting tools and metrics for monitoring and communication of status/progress of project design.
  • Direct the successful integration of Haskell's internal design teams with outside design partners to ensure a seamless and unified project front.

To thrive in this role, you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required (Master's degree preferred)
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
• 10+ years in the Water industry with experience managing design disciplines.
• Good understanding of the technical aspects of all building systems.
• Proven experience working in the design phase of a project.
• Proven experience working with collaborative delivery - Preferably with both the construction and design teams.
• Focus on key design and quality process characteristics.
• Ability to drive communication between teams and effectively communicate with clients and project/market leadership.
• Ability to create accountability for self, teams both internal and external.
• Ability to effectively manage teams, working remotely and in person when appropriate.

Ready to take your career to new heights? Apply now and become part of the Haskell family.

Environmental Factors and/or Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, and arm, hand and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The associate frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.

Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessities. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell is a Drug-Free Workplace.

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