Structural Practice Leader - BES

Overview

Leads team delivering engineering/architectural services, ensuring quality, profitability and results.

Key Responsibilities

• project lead
• technical review
• budget tracking
• client development
• staff training
• team supervision

Tasks

-Develops and trains Senior Consultants and above staff to conduct outreach to clients and prepare proposals for projects to be handled by, or that will include, their team. When needed, the Practice Leader will prepare proposals. -Coach, mentor, discipline, and terminate employees as needed. -Supervise the operations and productivity of their team. -Assigns technically qualified staff to incoming projects. -Conducts interviews and assessments of job candidates. -Responsible for the revenue generation and profitability of assigned staff. -Takes the Lead Role on large, or particularly complex, projects in their practice. Whenever possible, use these projects as a training opportunity for the junior staff. -Provides guidance and oversight for large, complex, or long-term assignments. -Will perform technical reviews of verbal and written deliverables. -Performs employee annual performance reviews. -Develop relationships with new clients. Maintain and expand relationships with existing clients. Where possible, this will involve Senior Consultant and higher staff under their supervision. -Develop annual budgets, track progress compared to the budget, and provide status updates as required throughout the year. -Supports company business development efforts through continuing education presentations and sales calls. -Develops individualized training programs for all assigned staff, including new hires using the training curriculums set forth by the Technical Directors as the primary source. -Coordinates with and supports corporate practice directors as needed. -Works with other practice leads to coordinate and ensure consistent work product throughout the company in accordance with the established standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years
• pe
• engineering degree
• project management
• communication
• travel

What You Bring

-Past supervisory or management experience helpful, but not mandatory. If no prior experience, must successfully complete a personnel and operations leadership curriculum as set forth by the Director/VP of their Service Line within 6 months of appointment. -10+ years’ experience. -Must be able to travel. -Superior verbal and written communication skills. -Travel Requirements - This position requires up to 25% travel. Some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required. -Professionalism and ability to handle details of a confidential nature are mandatory. -Engineering/Architectural Degree required (depending on service line) -Clear vision and depth perception are also necessary. -Strong critical-thinking and interpersonal skills are mandatory. -Time management, project management, and organizational abilities are mandatory. -Construction supervisory work experience, foreman, superintendent, project engineer, etc. preferred, but demonstrated work as an architect of engineer at construction sites may be substituted. -P.E., S.E. or Registered Architect (depending on service line) -Physical Demands - While performing this job, employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, climb, bend, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, and drive a motor vehicle to client sites or job sites. Employee may lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. -In addition to physical requirements, employee must be sharp, focused, and alert when conducting inspections, speaking, and interacting with clients, preparing written reports of findings, and testifying in deposition or trial. This includes possessing the mental aptitude, cognition, concentration, and state of mind necessary to perform his or her job duties, with negligible distractions that could jeopardize employee’s work productivity, quality of work, and safety to self and others.

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Benefits

-Overtime - This position is classified as salaried with an exempt FLSA status. Regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with one hour for lunch. There will be periods where overtime will be required, which the employee will need to comply with to meet the demands of the position. Rush and unplanned assignments may require occasional weekend work to best serve the client’s needs case by case.

About Rimkus

-Began as a home-based forensic engineering consultancy by chemical engineer Robert E. Rimkus. -Over four decades, expanded into a global network. -Financially backed by private equity partner HGGC since 2024. -Typical projects include double-deck tunnel assessments, run-of-river hydro plants, and other engineering challenges. -Core specialisms include forensic analysis of failures, built-environment consulting, expert witness services, and laboratory testing. -Standout capabilities include human performance labs, materials failure labs, forensic meteorology tools, and product safety testing. -Strategic acquisitions—like CCi in 2021—broadened its reach into building consulting and claims support. -Noteworthy for its in-house WeatherPath™ app, wildfire preparedness guidance, and forensic fire & explosion investigation teams. -Work bridges technical consulting, legal dispute resolution, construction oversight, and scientific testing, serving insurers, law firms, governments, and corporates.

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