Bridges & Structures Engineering Business Class Leader

Description

The primary duties of the NorCal Bridges and Structures BCL include: responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of BC staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers all within the direction and goals of BC plans; participation in delivery of project services to meet client expectations; collaboration on BC efforts with area operations, marketing and project management; participation in BC practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices; implementation of effective quality assurance and quality control reviews; participation in regional and area BC strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation; tracking staff workloads and utilizations; establishing internal and external training programs and training schedules; assist with business development efforts and provide support on proposal preparation; plan for project needs and recruit/hire staff accordingly, and drive the BC to meet project goals for growth, client satisfaction, and service diversification.

Facilitate BC teamwork, communication and work sharing between Area offices, business classes, management, marketing, and staff.

• Responsible for managing project staffing/resourcing, workload and resource balancing and BC utilization in coordination with Project Managers (PMs) and the Area Transportation Manager
• Maintain appropriate QA/QC procedures and best practices.
• Prioritize BC activities across Northern California to best implement Market Sector and Business Group objectives and promote technical services of their section in the Area.
• Facilitate BC teamwork, communication and work sharing between Area offices, business classes, management, marketing, and staff.
• Direct work of others in a team setting to complete required studies, documents and reports in accordance with local, state and federal regulations
• Planning and management of multiple projects or tasks ranging from small to largesize environmental planning and compliance projects
• Actively participate in projects or manage projects to meet assigned utilization rate.
• Provide strategic and tactical input on business trends to BC and local office planning.
• Support Area pursuits and actively participate in and support proposal development.
• Responsible for the technical sector growth in the Area
• Delivery focus of technical skills, be consulted and provide input on project discipline requirements and manage/supervise BC Staff
• Monitor area performance within BC to achieve defined goals and support operational managers in monitoring project performance and implementation of corrective actions.
• Serve as a senior technical resource on projects and programs.
• Provide Area leadership of technical capabilities within the Bridges and Structures Business Class
• Build and retain strong relationships with Staff, Project Managers, Client Development Managers throughout the Area and within HDR in the SW Region
• Serve as client manager, project principal and/or PM.
• Manage staff workloads and make recommendations for adjustments and recruiting as needed.
• Develop a technical mentoring and employee advancement process to advance staff.
• Champion marketing opportunities to grow the practice.
• Support top line growth across all market sectors in their technical area of focus.
• Manage training and licensing requirements and identify opportunities for continuing education.
• Identify project needs and recruit professionals to join our HDR team.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand

Requirements

The Northern California Transportation Business Group is looking to hire an energetic and experienced Bridges & Structures Business Class Leader (BCL) to manage our transportation bridges and structures team and to help grow our technical expertise. This position will report to the NorCal Transportation Professional Services Leader. This is an exciting leadership opportunity to join a growing transportation practice and to lead and mentor a group of motivated and highly talented engineers.

Ability to understand applicable laws, policies, and procedures that each project is governed by.

• Demonstrate ability to facilitate, coordinate and present project elements and issues with multiple agencies, stakeholders and the public in efforts to educate and assist with consensus building
• Excellent written and strong communication and listening skills.
• Proven ability to manage Bridges and Structures projects and teams effectively.
• Proven ability of contract development and implementation of capital improvements.
• Strong project management skills, including experience managing budgets, preparing scopes and developing cost estimates.
• PE registration in CA.
• Demonstrate “cando” problem solver approach to colleagues and clients.
• Perform complex assignments with ability to make independent decisions on problems and methods
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively under tight deadlines, as well as balance multiple projects by prioritizing effectively.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the Bridges and Structures program and staff working statewide in multiple offices.
• Strong structural technical design experience to provide quality control of staff.
• Ability to understand applicable laws, policies, and procedures that each project is governed by.
• Experience in client development, proposal writing, and general marketing is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience preparing reports on project financials
• Ability to build, effectively implement and manage training programs; workload and staffing plans; marketing plans and proposal preparation and business group budgets.
• Strong leadership and organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
• Must have experience effectively managing and motivating direct reports.
• Advanced analytical and problemsolving skills
• Proficient with MS Office Suite, specifically Outlook, Word and Excel, and SharePoint or equivalent database.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience leading transportation projects and teams within this market.
• Ability to build positive client relationships, strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills, and the ability to manage and motivate direct reports.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance