Director of Engineering

Overview

Lead strategic growth, client engagement, and team development for education engineering practice.

Key Responsibilities

• strategic growth
• resource planning
• project oversight
• client engagement
• innovation
• financial management

Tasks

The Director of Engineering - Education Practice leads the strategic growth, client engagement, and market leadership of their practice area, serving as a nationally recognized expert and trusted resource to colleagues and clients. Reporting to the Chief Strategy Officer, this role drives sales, develops service offerings, and fosters colleague development while ensuring operational excellence and financial sustainability in partnership with Operations Managers and Design Managers. -Represent HEAPY externally through industry engagement, thought leadership, publications, and presentations. -Support practice culture by modeling leadership principles and enabling colleague empowerment. -Drive innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement—while shaping the next generation of learning environments -Optimize financial performance of the practice by setting appropriate fees, monitoring budgets, invoicing, and profit/loss results. -Lead strategic growth by developing and executing market strategies across higher education and K-12 -Collaborate with Operations Managers and Technical Leaders to plan and allocate resources effectively across projects. -Ensure exceptional client satisfaction and retention through proactive engagement and superior project delivery. -Cultivate a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the practice team. -Ensure best practices in pursuits, including client vetting, capture planning, go/no-go process, RFP/RFQ responses, interviews, and proposal writing. -Mentor and empower project managers and team members to deliver exceptional outcomes -Lead and develop project managers and practice team members, fostering career growth and professional development. -Lead performance evaluation processes, including recruiting, promotions, merit increases, and workload planning. -Serve as a nationally recognized expert and trusted resource within the practice and industry. -Oversee project execution to ensure adherence to quality standards, milestones, and service procedures. -Achieve sales goals through client development, thought leadership, and enduring partnerships -Represent HEAPY externally through industry engagement, presentations, and publications -Achieve practice sales goals by fostering client relationships, retaining and expanding existing accounts, and developing new clients. -Maintain alignment with HEAPY’s Vision, Mission, Core Values, and firm-wide initiatives in all responsibilities and decisions. -Drive strategic growth through development and execution of market strategies and service offerings, incorporating all HEAPY services. -Serve as a nationally recognized expert and trusted advisor to clients and colleagues -Travel to offices to support client engagement, colleague development, and regional sales goals. -Encourage adoption of best practices and process improvements to enhance efficiency and client outcomes.

Requirements

• engineering degree
• 15+ years
• professional engineer
• mba
• client engagement
• team leadership

What You Bring

-4-year degree in Engineering, or 15+ years of experience in design or process engineering with a strong focus on client engagement and serving as a trusted advisor or owner representative of the specific market -Professional credentials associated with the practice preferred, such as Professional Engineer (PE), BICSI RCDD, or approved Commissioning Certification -Ability to communicate in person, electronically and via phone with other individuals. -Successful track record in directing and providing leadership for design teams from business development through successful completion of design concepts to thrill our clients. -Capable of working in physical positions that may include maneuvering self into different positions traditionally positions, traditionally is achieved by kneeling, sitting, standing, squatting, bending over, etc. -Reliable transportation required. -Master’s degree in Business Administration encouraged -Ability to gather, organize and evaluate information related to strategies, including long-range and short-range plans, objectives, staffing, innovations, and compensation. -Ability to remain sedentary at desk for long periods of time while operating a keyboard, mouse, stylus and using a computer screen. -Ability to work in all elements of indoor and outdoor environments which include the heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, etc. -Successful track record in building, nurturing and fostering new client relationships. -Ability to apply established protocols and practices in a timely manner. and follow safety guidelines for both company and clients. -Ability to access all areas of the jobsite with activities that include ascending and descending stairs, scaffolding, ladders, navigating elevation changes, etc. -Ability to move, transport, or position items weighing up to 25 lbs.

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About Heapy

-Delivers mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, technology, and commissioning solutions. -Executes projects across multiple industries including aviation, healthcare, education, federal, industrial, life sciences, sports, arts, and utilities. -Engineer-led design-build model provides turnkey solutions for complex, mission-critical environments. -Completed over 1,000 MEP, technology, commissioning, and sustainability projects in 2023. -Approach includes advanced energy modeling, intelligent building systems, retro-commissioning, and capital financial consulting. -Combines technical expertise with creative problem-solving to create inspiring built environments.

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