Engineering Lead

Engineering Lead

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About the role

The Lead serves as the manager and leader of their business unit and is ultimately responsible for the cultural and financial success of the unit. They set the team's goals, delegate tasks, train new team members, and supervise the daily activities of their unit. Their leadership ensures that all their team's objectives are met.

Responsibilities

• Promotes DDG's core values, both internally and externally, and complies with the DDG Company Manual.
• Participate in conferences, trade associates and other community events as primary representative of their respective service lines.
• Oversees successful project delivery for their unit.
• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and the team’s adherence to the schedule and budget on projects.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of team’s work and ensures that quality assurance/quality control standards are followed for all projects.
• Makes sure the unit’s financial targets and performance are monitored and evaluated.
• Leads, manages, and maintains accountability of employees in their business unit.
• Evaluates the unit’s performance and identifies areas of improvement.
• Provides input on recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including performance and compensation reviews and succession planning.
• Identifies staffing needs and actively participates in the recruiting process.
• Participation in internal and external management and leadership training.
• Mentors and empowers employees by displaying high levels of engagement and character.
• Foster a culture around ONE DDG for the business unit; mentoring and encouraging employees to develop this mindset.
• Provides technical direction and professional support as needed.
• Primary public (seller-doer) for all the business development pursuits in their geographic regions.
• Contributes to and actively engages in the refinement and implementation of DDG’s Business Development plan for identified industries in their geographical area.
• Able to interpret and leverage company strengths for cross-selling across service lines.
• Identify opportunities for growth across markets.
• Strengthen and grow existing client base through relationships.
• Ultimately responsible for the new opportunity generation suitable to achieve financial and growth metrics.
• Train and mentor others in team building and leadership.
• Evaluate projected growth over the next three to five years and collaborate with the administrative staff to ensure resources are being allocated to support growth.
• Oversight and support on significant pursuit and proposal opportunities.

Requirements

• Project management experience, including the development of project proposals, scopes, budgets and the successful execution and tracking of projects.
• Problem solving and project management skills.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Excellent ability to work and communicate with clients, colleagues, employees, administration, corporate and upper management.
• Experience monitoring and controlling costs within their unit.
• Ability to identify and solve complex problems with little to no assistance or direction and will be expected to apply new perspectives on existing solutions.
• Proactive, self-starter, collaborate and confident.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to navigate stressful work situations and maintain a positive attitude.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the discipline for the business unit’s related field
• Licensure required.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience; 10+ years preferred.
• Proven skills in the respective discipline for the business unit
• Experience with local jurisdictional governments related to design criteria and permitting.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication skills and design skills.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• Must be able to travel to various project sites.
• Must be able to access and navigate job sites and construction areas.

EEO Statement

DDG is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. DDG makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit and business needs at the time.

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan with a generous company match
• Medical Insurance Plan
• Voluntary Vision Insurance
• Voluntary Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short-term & Long-term Disability Insurance

About DDG

DDG is a comprehensive design firm and is exceptionally experienced in managing all aspects of a development project. In addition to our design services, we also provide clients with conceptual site planning and master planning, site investigation reports, assisting with property acquisitions, representation at public hearings, permitting, entitlements, and construction administration. In the 28 years since our founding, our unwavering commitment to client service excellence has allowed us to grow into a multidisciplinary regional firm with over 150 full-time employees and 8 offices across South Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas – Thibodaux (headquarters), Covington, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Gautier, Mobile, Fairhope, and Houston.