Branch Manager

Overview

Lead branch operations, business development, client management, and P&L for geotechnical services

Key Responsibilities

• geotechnical testing
• quality control
• operations management
• budgeting
• client relations
• business development

Tasks

-Business Management: Manage all branch resources to maximize growth and profitability. Our Branch Managers have full P&L responsibility for their business units, including budgeting/forecasting, staffing, and margin and cost control. -Operations Management: Lead all day-to-day branch operations, including direct supervision of project management, dispatch, laboratory, administrative, and support staff. The primary focus of this Branch is Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Materials Testing (CMT) and inspection. -Quality Control: Oversee the technical excellence of all branch service providers and ensure that the highest levels of quality and integrity are the standard deliverable to our clients. -Client Management: Enhance our client satisfaction ratings by providing thorough, professional service and maintaining continuous communications to build long-term relationships. -Business Development: Primary focus is to strategically capture and maintain profitable revenue streams for your branch. Establish and maintain effective relationships with local client base with particular emphasis on Architects, Civil Engineers, Commercial & Residential Developers, General Contractors, Health Care & Educational Institutions; Participate in networking events, trade shows, and local community organizations; Gather competitor information and market intelligence.

Requirements

• pe license
• civil engineering
• 10+ years
• communication
• leadership
• team management

What You Bring

-Professional Engineering (PE) license in Virginia or ability to obtain within three months via reciprocity. -B.S. Civil Engineering or similar. -Minimum of 10 years' experience in the Construction Industry with an emphasis on management and/or quality control. -Excellent oral and written communication skills. -Solid Management/Leadership skills to interface with Staff, Management, and Clients -Experience with strategizing, managing, and growing an internal team of professionals as well as creating and maintaining business relationships

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About Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates, Inc.

-From the outset, its approach treated every project 'as if they were the owners', earning long-term developer relationships. -They expanded in the 1990s into geostructural design and specialty geoconstruction, establishing design-build capabilities. -They tackle projects across sectors—schools, stadiums, highways, housing, industrial and more—often in complex soil conditions. -Their services span geotechnical, environmental consulting, specialty construction, testing and third-party inspections. -Senior engineers frequently work onsite, ensuring designs are grounded in real conditions rather than assumptions. -With around 20 offices—including in the Caribbean—the firm combines local expertise with wide regional reach. -Notably, they operate their own fleet of drill rigs and labs, enabling in-house subsurface investigations and testing. -Their geoscience arm uses methods like ground-penetrating radar and seismic surveys to uncover hidden subsurface issues. -Philadelphia office is licensed for deep foundations, structural steel, masonry inspections and underpinning among other specialties.

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