Road & Highway Team Lead

Description

• Consult with other leadership to ensure alignment of corporate goals and effective use of resources and knowledge.
• Collaboration with other engineering disciplines and supporting technical/drafting staff, coordinating the efficient production of deliverables workplan within budgets.
• Consult and network with key clients and contribute to client account planning as required.
• Manage the workload and resource planning for the Roads & Highway team, maximizing productivity and ensuring team utilization is reasonable, and tasks are distributed fairly amongst the team.
• Oversee and manage multiple projects, managing a variety of multidisciplinary engineering design projects including preliminary to detailed design, and when applicable the preparation of tender/bidding documents and engineering support through the construction phase of projects.
• Lead a team of highly skilled engineers, engineers in training, technologists, designers, and interns to successfully execute projects of varying sizes and complexity.
• The Roads & Highway Team Lead will have a degree of autonomy, entrusted to oversee more complex engineering design projects, working with the client and team resources for the preparation of engineering deliverables, such as design drawings, cost estimates, construction specifications, engineering reports and support to required applications to regulatory agencies.
• Provide internal leadership in design excellence, coaching, engagement, and retention.
• Responsible for ensuring quality plans/reviews under undertaken and when appropriate, sealing of projects as Engineer of Record, for projects they directly supervise.
• Grow the Roads & Highway engineering and management business practice within the US Pacific (Alaska, California, Washington, Hawaii, Nevada) business center.
• Provide mentorship, ensure the technical development of junior designers and EIT’s.
• Facilitates resources to support the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, reviewing agency personnel.
• Recommend and participate in the hiring process and decision making of new team members, with the support of Human Resources.
• Coordinates with clients and Regulatory Agencies, for reviews and approvals.
• Coordinate with other discipline leads to ensure resources are allocated properly and projects are executed.
• Conduct staff performance reviews and support career development.
• Provide input and recommendations on compensation for direct reports, including promotions.
• Participates in business development and project pursuits, leading, or contributing to preparation of work proposals to clients.
• Track and drive team performance against established key performance indicators (KPIs).

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive and collective experience, including project management, project and construction engineering including roads and highway experience
• Thorough understanding of project scoping, identification of deliverables, tasks, scheduling, resources and levels of effort, and project budgeting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related professional degree.
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Excellent timemanagement skills and ability to work independently.
• Experience with technical guidelines, codes and construction standards of key public authorities such as State Department of Transportation(s).
• Strong communication and problemsolving skills, and aptitude for leadership, managing people and delivery of infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of the functionality of relevant design software, including AutoCAD, Civil3D and AutoTurn.
• Ability to effectively discuss project issues with clients and stakeholders.
• Comprehensive technical understanding of various phases of infrastructure projects, including conventional and alternative delivery methods.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance