Operations Manager / Regional Deliverables Alignment Driver - Merrick & Company

Do You Love Delivering High Quality Contract Documents to your Clients in the Clean Water Industry?

Do you Love Driving Teams by providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done?

Do you pride yourself on making sound, yet timely, decisions that keep projects moving forward on time, on schedule, and in alignment with quality goals?

Do you hold yourself and others accountable to meet commitments?

Are you often dreaming of new and better ways to produce quality and efficient deliverables?

Are you able to make sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to align resources and deliver to multiple objectives?

Do you learn quickly when facing new problems and analyze both successes and failures for clues to improvement? 

Would people say you are a relentless and versatile learner who is motivated by efficient quality?

If so, the Merrick Clean Water Infrastructure Team Wants YOU!

Merrick & Company is seeking a Regional Deliverables Alignment Driver (DAD) with twelve (12) or more years of experience in the clean water infrastructure consulting engineering market for a key position in our growing Clean Water Infrastructure Engineering team. The individual in this position oversees, coordinates, and drives the on budget, on time, on-quality implementation of all Contract Document Deliverable Production (CDDP - Plans, Models, Drawings, Specifications, and Reports) for our projects in one region of Merrick’s water, wastewater, and reuse market.

This position will be located in our Boise, ID office; however, other locations may be considered (Lewiston, ID; Coeur de Laine, ID; McCall, ID).

Typical salary range for this position is $145,000.00 - $153,000.00 per year. Base pay offered may vary depending on job related knowledge, skills, and experience. 

The Regional Deliverables Alignment Driver (DAD) oversees all contracted deliverables produced by the 40+ water, wastewater, and reuse professionals located in Idaho.

The Regional Deliverables Alignment Driver (DAD) oversees all contracted deliverables produced by the 40+ water, wastewater, and reuse professionals located in Colorado.

The primary responsibilities of the Regional DAD are to plan, prioritize and orchestrate work to meet contracted commitments aligned with organizational goals. The Regional DAD provides direction, delegates, and removes obstacles to get work done.  The Regional DAD drives workload distribution, supports project delivery across multiple teams, facilities standards improvement, and institutes training required to successfully drive all aspects of Regional Contract Document Deliverable Production (CDDP).  The role has heavy coordination with existing Technical Editing, Administrative, Quality Control, CADD, Graphic Storytelling, and Technical Practice Leaders, but is focused on aligning and orchestrating the resources needed to efficiently produce the project specific contracted deliverables in a region and across multiple clients and project teams.

The essential duties and responsibilities regularly performed and normally assigned to this position are as follows:

• Analyze and configure CDDP systems, processes, and standards with the goal of improving efficiency of production teams.
• Implement and support corporate/Water Resources Team CDDP standards, organize and maintain CDDP files.
• Assist corporate CDDP team with implementing training curriculum
• Promote corporate CDDP standards, procedures and technology.
• Coordinate new software implementation.
• Collaborate with other design disciplines and Community of Practice (COP) Leaders.
• Ability to interface with clients and contractors, to follow schedules and budget commitments, to work independently and within a team.
• Meet expectations for attendance and punctuality and can problem solve.
• Train and support office CDDP staff.
• Troubleshoot and address issues with CDDP and project files.
• Manage and mentor other CDDP engineers, designers, technicians, and other production staff.
• Provide support for both hard copy and electronic submissions of contract document deliverables.
• Coordinate customization of CDDP Continuous Improvement Programs.
• Perform Quality Control reviews for CDDP related submittals to assure compliance with standards.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and on the job technical training.
• Minimum of twelve (12) years of experience in the water civil/environmental engineering market.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience working in a water civil/environmental consulting engineering firm.
• Strong Knowledge of the water civil/environmental engineering industry, regulatory, codes and standards and how those are translated into CDDP.
• Client projects for this position require U.S. citizenship. 
• Plans and prioritizes work to meet contracted commitments aligned with organizational goals. Provides direction, delegates, and removes obstacles to get work done.
• Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
• Knows and implements the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, courage, and judgment.
• Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently.

• Employee Owned - all eligible U.S. employees have an Employee Stock Ownership Account.
• Robust Employee Referral Program.
• Annual performance and compensation reviews.
• Professional Training and Development.
• Employee Recognition Awards.
• Peer Mentor Program
• And Much More!

• Apply online only. No e-mail, hard copy or third-party resumes accepted.
• Merrick & Company offers a competitive compensation and benefits package which includes health insurance, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), and paid time off (PTO).
• Merrick is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.
• Employment with Merrick is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment background check and drug screen.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.