Lead Climate Adaptation Planner for Water Resilience

Brown and Caldwell seeks a Lead Climate Adaptation Planner for Water Resilience in San Diego, CA. This senior role involves leading projects focused on climate adaptation strategies for water-related businesses, supporting Climate Readiness plans, and enhancing client operations. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing strategic plans, and facilitating stakeholder engagement. The position requires strong leadership in project delivery and business development, with minimal supervision.
Job Summary The Senior Planner, Climate Adaptation and Resilience role is responsible for leading projects that include comprehensive assessments, analyses, development and implementation of strategies and implementation plans for our clients' water-related businesses. The role will support ongoing Climate Readiness and OneWater plans with emphasis in the Pacific Area and broader Western Business Unit, as well as supporting company-wide opportunities that advance BC's Climate Strategy. Project elements can include strategic and adaptive planning, organisational development, long‑term and scenario planning, policy and procedure development, business process mapping, evaluation, and development, and change management efforts with an emphasis on stakeholder engagement and facilitation.


This role focuses on leading overall project delivery teams, solving complex problems, and providing guidance and training to less experienced colleagues, with minimal direct supervision and limited oversight from management. The position plays a vital role in contributing to the advancement of BC's Climate Strategy, Business Consulting, and Planning business through business development pursuits, industry groups and conference involvement, and contributions to standards and best practice content development. This role leads pursuits and projects of strategic importance, and balances risk and opportunity in client business plan decision‑making processes.


Responsibilities Lead targeted and/or comprehensive business assessments and development of implementation strategies and plans for our clients to enhance their operations and efficiency. Develop client strategic plans and decision‑making processes directly tied to the successful achievement of overall organisational and functional area goals. Lead organisational development and management services for clients to achieve organisational excellence.


Lead development and implementation of stakeholder engagement and communications pl