Bridge Engineering Business Class Leader

About the role

The Northern California Transportation Business Group is seeking 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide Area leadership of technical capabilities within the Bridges and Structures Business Class
• Responsible for managing project staffing/resourcing, workload and resource balancing and BC utilization in coordination with Project Managers (PMs) and the Area Transportation Manager
• Delivery focus of technical skills, be consulted and provide input on project discipline requirements and manage/supervise BC Staff
• Maintain appropriate QA/QC procedures and best practices
• Monitor area performance within BC to achieve defined goals and support operational managers in monitoring project performance and implementation of corrective actions
• Support top line growth across all market sectors in their technical area of focus
• 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
• Planning and management of multiple projects or tasks ranging from small- to large-size environmental planning and compliance projects
• Direct work of others in a team setting to complete required studies, documents and reports in accordance with local, state and federal regulations
• 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
• Serve as client manager, project principal and/or PM
• Actively participate in projects or manage projects to meet assigned utilization rate
• Build and retain strong relationships with Staff, Project Managers, Client Development Managers throughout the Area and within HDR in the SW Region
• Provide strategic and tactical input on business trends to BC and local office planning
• Manage staff workloads and make recommendations for adjustments and recruiting as needed
• Manage training and licensing requirements and identify opportunities for continuing education
• Develop a technical mentoring and employee advancement process to advance staff
• Champion marketing opportunities to grow the practice
• Identify project needs and recruit professionals to join our HDR team
• Demonstrate “can-do” problem solver approach to colleagues and clients
• Able to build positive client relationships, strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills, and the ability to manage and motivate direct reports
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• 10 years of experience leading transportation projects and teams within this market
• Strong structural technical design experience to provide quality control of staff
• Strong project management skills, including experience managing budgets, preparing scopes and developing cost estimates
• Prior experience preparing reports on project financials
• Demonstrated ability to manage the Bridges and Structures program and staff working statewide in multiple offices
• Ability to build, effectively implement and manage training programs; workload and staffing plans; marketing plans and proposal preparation and business group budgets
• Must have experience effectively managing and motivating direct reports
• Excellent written and strong communication and listening skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong leadership and organizational, planning, and prioritization skills
• Able to work efficiently and effectively under tight deadlines, as well as balance multiple projects by prioritizing effectively
• Ability to understand applicable laws, policies, and procedures that each project is governed by
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability of contract development and implementation of capital improvements
• Go getter attitude and self-starter who takes initiative
• Proficient with MS Office Suite, specifically Outlook, Word and Excel, and SharePoint or equivalent database
• Experience in client development, proposal writing, and general marketing is strongly preferred
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand

Preferred Qualifications

• PE registration in CA
• Proven ability to manage Bridges and Structures projects and teams effectively
• Strong project management skills, including experience managing budgets, preparing scopes and developing cost estimates
• Prior experience preparing reports on project financials
• Demonstrated ability to manage the Bridges and Structures program and staff working statewide in multiple offices
• Ability to build, effectively implement and manage training programs; workload and staffing plans; marketing plans and proposal preparation and business group budgets
• Must have experience effectively managing and motivating direct reports
• Excellent written and strong communication and listening skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong leadership and organizational, planning, and prioritization skills
• Able to work efficiently and effectively under tight deadlines, as well as balance multiple projects by prioritizing effectively
• Ability to understand applicable laws, policies, and procedures that each project is governed by
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability of contract development and implementation of capital improvements
• Go getter attitude and self-starter who takes initiative
• Proficient with MS Office Suite, specifically Outlook, Word and Excel, and SharePoint or equivalent database
• Experience in client development, proposal writing, and general marketing is strongly preferred
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand