Senior Manager

About Exponent

Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges. We are committed to engaging multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, and more sustainable world.

Our Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Senior Manager for our Construction Consulting Practice in Los Angeles, CA. In this role, you will work as part of a dynamic and diverse team advising and assisting utility clients on large and complex projects. We are looking for experienced consultants to lead and further expand our services to utilities in California and elsewhere in the US.

Key Statistics

• 950+ Consultants
• 640+ Ph.D.s
• 90+ Disciplines
• 30+ Offices globally

Responsibilities

• Grow our utility consulting business with a particular focus on expanding and managing client relationships
• Identify, develop, and secure new business opportunities and promote Exponent’s service offerings
• Serve as main liaison between clients and Exponent
• Manage performance of Exponent’s team and quality of our services and deliverables
• Advising and assisting utility clients in areas of construction advisory, including but not limited to: portfolio, program, and project management; project controls and scheduling; process improvements; risk and performance management; data analytics and information management; change management; and dispute avoidance
• Recruit, develop, and mentor staff in the areas of utility advisory consulting
• Promote Exponent's expertise in utility advisory by meeting with potential clients, presenting at conferences, writing thought leadership articles and white papers, and conducting seminars

Qualifications

• B.S. in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or other relevant field
• Advanced degree(s) and registration are desirable
• Minimum 15 years of experience in utility advisory
• Significant experience in utility advisory, including but not limited to: Portfolio, program, and project management; Project controls and scheduling; Risk management and performance monitoring; Process improvements, data analytics and information management; Change management, dispute avoidance, and other areas of utility consulting services
• Proven business development and client management track record, and the ability to attract projects to support full-time staff

Skills

• Business development and client management
• Utility advisory
• Portfolio, program, and project management
• Project controls and scheduling
• Risk management and performance monitoring
• Data analytics and information management
• Change management, dispute avoidance, and other areas of utility consulting services

Benefits

• Access benefits information on our Life@Exponent page
• Equal opportunity employer
• Accommodations for individuals with disabilities