Director of Engineering

Description

The Director of Engineering for our 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.

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

Requirements

• 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
• Master’s degree in Business Administration encouraged
• 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.
• Professional credentials associated with the practice preferred, such as Professional Engineer (PE), BICSI RCDD, or approved Commissioning Certification
• Successful track record in building, nurturing and fostering new client relationships.
• 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.
• Ability to apply established protocols and practices in a timely manner. and follow safety guidelines for both company and clients.
• Ability to gather, organize and evaluate information related to strategies, including long-range and short-range plans, objectives, staffing, innovations, and compensation.
• 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.
• Reliable transportation required.
• Successful track record in directing and providing leadership for design teams from business development through successful completion of design concepts to thrill our clients.
• Ability to communicate in person, electronically and via phone with other individuals.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance