Kleinschmidt Associates
Your
Development
Matters
Kleinschmidt is dedicated to the personal and professional growth of our employees. As a Kleinschmidt team member, you will have the opportunity to work directly with our senior staff to do meaningful work that focuses on solving client problems, while growing yourself, and others, and achieving the firm’s strategic objectives over the longer term. You control your destiny by doing good work, engaging in our Talent Management program, and by focusing on primary and secondary career tracks.
Technical Development is at the Core of Who We Are
At Kleinschmidt, we recognize that a critical component of a successful firm is having a pipeline of leaders at all levels and in all areas of the business. We identify 4 primary career opportunity paths in our firm—Technical Discipline leaders, Project Delivery leaders, Client Relationship & Business Development leaders, and Firm leaders. To support our Talent Management needs, we employ a variety of programs to grow leadership talent and to keep our pipeline of effective leaders full through a suite of leadership development programs that help staff discover their leadership style and apply that learning to their current and future career opportunities.
Technical Development Programs
- Kleinschmidt University Leadership Academy
- Principal Consultants, Technical Disciple Leaders, and Technical Advisor Roles
- Corporate Retreat and Learning
- Industry Association Participation including Committee Memberships, Board Participation, Conference Attendance, and Speaking at Conferences
- Leadership Pipeline Training
- Specialist Pipeline Institute
- Quarterly Check and Adjust Meetings
- Yearly Technical Development Plans
- Management Support for Innovation and New Ideas
Leading Industry Experts
We are honored to have numerous industry experts on our team who help build the next generation of industry leaders! One example is Chris Goodell who is a Principal Consultant and leads our Hydraulics & Hydrology Team. Chris is well known in the H&H and HEC-RAS sectors across the globe and leads webinars to train others on the use of HEC-RAS, a water modeling software program. He and Ben Cary also developed a vodcast to help HEC-RAS users with tasks they need to perform. Chris' blog, the RAS Solution is the go-to for thousands of HEC-RAS users worldwide. We love to help our team members build and expand their industry reputation and fully support them in their endeavors.
Industry Associations
We encourage and support participation in Industry Associations and are active in those depicted below. Technical Development can be obtained through active participation in industry conferences and events. We encourage and support employees to engage through committee memberships, board participation, conference attendance, and speaking at conferences, industry events, and webinars.
