Senior Associate-Maintenance & Reliability Excellence Consultant

Work Setting: Hybrid 

Hazen is seeking a highly experienced Maintenance and Reliability Specialist with 20+ years of experience designing and implementing maintenance and reliability best practice programs for UK water sector clients. This role focuses on driving operational excellence, modernizing maintenance programs, and improving asset reliability through advanced maintenance excellence strategies. You will act as a trusted advisor to water utilities, guiding complex programs across operations and maintenance transformation, while ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices. 

Why Hazen and Sawyer: 

• Founded in 1951 by the son of Allen Hazen (developer of the Hazen-Williams equation), we are an employee-owned company with a singular focus on "all things water."
• Our work includes planning, design, and oversight of construction of environmental infrastructure – for water, wastewater, and stormwater management.
• We foster a work environment low on bureaucracy and high in creativity.
• We recruit talented professionals, provide them with challenging, interesting, and creative assignments, and furnish them with the tools they need to succeed.
• We currently have over 2,000 employees in 70+ offices throughout the United States, Latin America, Canada, and the UK.

Key Responsibilities 

Strategic Advisory & Client Leadership 

• Lead complex consulting engagements across operations, maintenance, and reliability best practice domains including opportunity assessment, roadmap development, and implementation support 
• Define and deliver maintenance and reliability excellence transformation strategies for water and wastewater utilities in domains such as reliability, condition management, work execution management, leadership, and asset management. 
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, asset managers, and operational leaders 
• Lead client workshops, executive briefings, and stakeholder alignment sessions 

Operations & Maintenance Excellence 

• Advise on advanced maintenance strategies (predictive, condition-based, reliability-centered maintenance)
• Drive improvements in asset reliability, uptime, and lifecycle cost optimization 
• Integrate operational data into maintenance and operational decision-making 
• Support development of enterprise asset management and maintenance frameworks

Required Skills & Experience 

• 20+ years of experience in the water sector (utility or consulting) 
• B.S. degree in Environmental, Civil, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering 
• Certified Reliability Manager (CMRP, CRL)
• Extensive knowledge of water and wastewater operations and maintenance practices 
• Deep expertise in maintenance and reliability best practices 
• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation or modernization programs including change management, coaching, mentoring, and training
• Experience with enterprise systems (EAM, CMMS, GIS, data platforms) 
• Project management experience 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and capable of interacting effectively with staff and clients 
• Self-starter with attention to detail 
• Strong organizational skills 
• Proficiency in all MS Office based computer software

Educational Requirements:

• BS degree in environmental, agricultural, civil, mechanical, or chemical engineering (MS or ME preferred)