Florida Transportation Leader
About the role
Pape-Dawson is seeking a Transportation Leader – Florida to help lead and grow the firm’s transportation practice across the state. This role is designed for a senior transportation professional who can operate as a practice builder, client relationship leader, project delivery advisor, and business leader.
Responsibilities
Develop and execute a Florida transportation market strategy aligned with Pape-Dawson’s growth objectives.
Identify priority clients, geographies, service lines, and project opportunities across Florida.
Build and expand Pape-Dawson’s transportation presence in key Florida markets.
Lead business planning efforts for the Florida transportation practice, including sales goals, revenue targets, backlog growth, and staffing needs.
Monitor transportation funding, state work programs, municipal capital improvement plans, regional mobility priorities, and market trends.
Position Pape-Dawson for long-term growth in transportation planning & design, traffic operations, and related infrastructure services.
Represent Pape-Dawson at industry events, conferences, client meetings, professional associations, and community forums.
Lead and support strategic transportation pursuits, including go/no-go decisions, capture planning, teaming strategy, proposal development, interviews, and contract negotiations.
Provide senior-level technical guidance and project delivery oversight for transportation projects.
Support project risk reviews, scope development, staffing plans, schedules, quality control, and client communication.
Recruit, mentor, coach, and develop transportation staff, project managers, technical specialists, and emerging leaders.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Licensed Professional Engineer in Florida.
Typically 20 years of progressive transportation engineering, planning, design, or infrastructure consulting experience.
Strong Florida transportation market experience.
Demonstrated success developing client relationships and winning transportation work.
Experience working with or for FDOT, counties, municipalities, MPOs, tolling agencies, transit agencies, or other public infrastructure clients.
Experience with transportation services such as: Roadway design, Drainage design, PS&E, Transportation planning, Corridor studies, IT, Traffic operations, Traffic engineering, Final design, Safety and mobility improvements, Multimodal and intermodal planning.
Proven ability to manage or support complex transportation projects.
Experience leading or developing teams, groups, offices, or practice areas.
Strong business development, marketing, proposal, and interview experience.
Strong understanding of project delivery, quality expectations, budgets, schedules, and client satisfaction.
Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and executive communication skills.
Ability to lead collaboratively across offices, disciplines, and regions.
Qualifications
20+ years of transportation experience in Florida.
Established relationships with FDOT, Florida municipalities, counties, MPOs, or regional transportation clients.
Prior experience as a Transportation Practice Builder, Office Leader, Group Director, Program Manager, Market Leader, or similar senior leadership role.
Experience managing roadway and drainage design projects, PD&E studies, planning studies, ITS, and traffic operations projects.
Experience leading office or practice-level business planning, sales, revenue growth, and profit/loss performance.
Experience growing a transportation office, group, or practice.
Experience managing award-winning transportation planning, ITS, or final design projects.
Active involvement in professional organizations such as ACEC, ASCE, ITE, FES, APWA, WTS, or related transportation organizations.
Involvement in community based leadership roles.
Strong reputation for technical excellence, client service, integrity, and team development.