Land Development Practice Leader

Description

• Establish department objectives by collaborating with team members and management. Working with staff and management.
• Maintain an Open Door Policy.
• Participate in applicable professional societies and trade associations.
• Create an annual business plan with your Project Managers and present it to the Area Manager - Vice President. The plan will focus on qualitative and quantitative aspects.
• Manage all members of the team with authority to recruit, interview, onboard, train, evaluate, promote, and discipline.
• Identify, interview, and hire key talent.
• Training: monitor and guide implementation of training program.
• Maintain awareness of the safety aspects/requirements of projects from a team perspective and appropriate engagement, direction, and training with safety for the support needed.
• Support regional recruiting efforts. Working with regional in-house recruiters:
• Approve timesheets and PTO, expense reports, and corporate credit card expenses.
• Consistently update the department’s financial forecast
• Risk management; contract review, proposal review, licensing review.
• Build an organizational chart and hire towards those goals.
• Review professional and market segment publications.
• Communicate with Human Resources regarding hiring, review, promotion, retention, and termination of employees.
• Mentor staff on industry, project, process knowledge, and best practices.
• Performance Management: Initiate and follow-up on reviews, support and provide details for improvement plans, and ensure successfully development of staff.
• Promote an entrepreneurial growth environment.
• Cultivate key client relationships.
• Oversee business development activities, including coordination with BusDev team and promoting your technical team to engage in BD.
• Promote internal communication and encourage dialogue within project teams, across market sectors, and throughout the organization.
• Establish team’s BD plan:
• Communicate employee and company objectives and goals.
• Develop growing pipeline and proactively build and maintain relationships with current and future clients.
• Engage Health and Safety to educate, as needed.
• Monitor compensation requirements for staff and adjust accordingly.

Requirements

• AR collections, effort vs contract value, project profitability, change order submission, monthly invoicing.
• Proven ability to lead teams, develop talent, and lead business development efforts.
• current company and departmental standards are met.
• KPI: revenue, team utilization, net revenue multiplier, DSO, profitability, etc.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Typically, a minimum of fifteen (15) plus years of experience in civil engineering - land development
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Understand the safety manuals and protocols.
• operational excellence and a repeatable process for deliverables.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance