Transportation Group Leader

About the role

The Transportation Group Leader oversees a team on high-profile transportation projects across Minnesota, working closely with decision-makers and influencing strategy. Key responsibilities include managing a team, mentoring, and collaborating with project managers.

Responsibilities

• Manages, supervises, and evaluates the employees in the transportation production group.
• Provides frequent and candid coaching, performance feedback, and mentorship to assigned group members.
• Makes staffing adjustments in their practice/service area with concurrence from the Senior Transportation Group Leader and Human Resources.
• Ensures adherence to company standards and practice design/production standards, procedures, and policies.
• Buils project teams by assigning group production employees/resources to project managers.
• Aids project managers by developing and reviewing scopes, schedules, and time budgets for work to be executed in their group.
• Maintains accurate deliverables by adhering to all QA/QC procedures for all work products developed in their group.
• Mentors group production employees to develop efficient and effective design solutions.
• Maintains regular communication with other Group Leaders in their office and other Group Leaders in other offices to balance workload and share expertise and resources.
• Maintains regular communication with the Practice Leader to improve project execution and delivery.
• Serves as Lead Engineer/Technical Project Lead, as needed, on a project-by-project basis.
• Maintains regular communication with the Chief Production Officer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field.
• 10 years of engineering experience in their practice area, preferred.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State where the office is located, or ability to obtain within six months, as applicable.
• Complete and thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of engineering as it relates to their practice area.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully supervise and mentor employees.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

• Retirement benefits include an employer-funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401K options.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Company-paid holidays, PTO based on years of experience, and paid parental leave.
• Tuition assistance, professional certification reimbursement, and talent development programs.
• Wellness programs, flexible spending benefits, dependent care account, employee assistance program, and more!