Director of Civil Engineering – Land Development

Director of Civil Engineering – Land Development

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Typically, a minimum of fifteen (15) plus years of experience in civil engineering land development.
• Proven ability to lead teams, develop talent, and lead business development efforts.

Responsibilities

• Manage business operations for your team
• Create an annual business plan with your Project Managers, Associate Directors, and present it to the Vice President
• Establish department objectives by collaborating with team members and management
• Oversee business development activities and support internal BD training
• Maintain key client relationships
• Develop future business and proactively build and maintain relationships with current and future clients
• Manage revenue goals
• Team utilization, invoice ratio, EM, profitability
• Management of respective PM projects in terms of AR collections, effort vs contract value, project profitability, change order submission, monthly invoicing
• Risk management; contract review, proposal review, licensing review
• Manage invoices/subcontractors as needed
• Ensure that current company and service sector standards are met
• Ensure company templates are utilized and functional
• Ensure operational excellence and a repeatable process for deliverables
• Maintain an Open Door Policy
• Communicate company objectives, reports, and data
• Performance Management: Initiate reviews, follow-up on reviews, address compensation of team members, review job titles vs. job duties, support and provide details for performance improvement plans and monitor success
• Follow up on any training requested by employees, identify training tools for the team
• Mentor staff on industry knowledge, project knowledge, process knowledge, and best practices
• Supervise and direct all members of the team with authority to recruit, interview, hire, on board, train, review, and discipline (up to, and including, termination)
• Responsible to identify and communicate need to the Talent Acquisition Team
• Support regional recruiting efforts
• Support the national talent acquisition team by identifying, interviewing, and hiring key talent
• Build a regional organizational chart and hire toward those goals
• Complete an onboarding plan, present the onboarding plan, and assist with their first timesheet
• Communicate any performance issues to HR for documentation, and termination of employees once approved by HR
• Understand the safety manuals and protocols related to onboarding, training, enforcement, and reporting
• Awareness of the safety aspects/requirements of projects from a team perspective and appropriate engagement, direction, and training with safety for the support needed
• Approve timesheets and PTO, expense reports, and corporate credit card expenses
• Attend educational workshops
• Review professional and market segment publications
• Participate in applicable professional societies and trade associations
• Promote internal communication and encourage dialogue within project teams, across market sectors, and throughout the organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• JD, MBA, or other advanced degree may be preferred.