Civil Practice Leader - American Structurepoint

Overview

When you join American Structurepoint, you gain more than a career. You become part of a family of talented, passionate, good-hearted people who take pride in going the extra mile for our clients. At American Structurepoint, we are known for making the impossible happen for clients across the world who want help building and bettering their communities. We live by our values—excellence, respect, integrity, innovation, and social responsibility. We encourage our experts to try new things and explore new ideas that turn our client’s dreams into reality, even if those ideas are unconventional. We invest in our people by offering excellent benefits, training and development, and mentorship opportunities that lead to a rewarding career path. If you are ready for more than a career, we invite you to explore opportunities to join our team and help us improve the quality of life for the communities we serve.

Group: Civil Site

Position: Civil Practice Leader

Location: Tampa, FL

The Civil Practice Leader will oversee all aspects of civil/site development projects, while managing current and potential client relationships, driving business development efforts, as well as mentoring and developing staff members. A successful candidate will be a motivated, entrepreneurial minded, hands-on leader who is ready to take the next step forward in their career! 

Responsibilities

Workflow & Staff Management

• Assists the Vice President and Group Leader in the go/no-go process, teaming arrangements, workshare, submittals, presentations, and fee proposals
• Facilitate staff sharing between teams and other production groups
• Oversight of project schedules and profitability
• Monitor revenue, billings, profitability, and staff utilization
• Ensures team members are consistently engaged in projects
• Identify hiring needs and assist with recruiting & interviewing potential candidates
• Effectively deal with personnel issues within the group in conjunction with Human Resources and upper management
• Keep master group proposal tracking spreadsheet updated monthly to monitor workflow trends
• Identify and implement effective strategies to keep staff morale high

Staff Development

• Facilitate skill assessment and goal setting with staff members, including performance reviews
• Guide and mentor staff in creating and monitoring their career development plan
• Ensure proper staff training is provided
• Develop technical skills of Design Engineers, Project Engineers, & Project Managers
• Develop Project Managers to successfully manage all aspects of projects:
  • Prepare proposals, establish fees, bill projects, and to be responsible for the financial success of projects
  • Create and maintain client relationships
  • Delegate design tasks
• Motivate employees and facilitate open dialogue and feedback

Technical Leadership 

• Direct all aspects of the development of civil/site design projects, including but not limited to:
  • Design of site layouts, grading and drainage design, road design, utility design
  • Permitting of commercial & residential site development projects
  • Hydraulic/hydrologic analysis
• Facilitate coordination between groups on multi-discipline projects
• Aid in technical problem solving
• Ensures QA/QC process is adhered to
• Principal in charge of all Florida office civil/site projects

Project Management

• Prepare proposals, attend interviews, fee justifications, and contracts for the practice
• Plan, direct, and coordinate all project activities to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished within budgetary and schedule parameters
• Coordinate with the client, local government agencies, permitting agencies, utility companies, and land acquisition professionals as necessary to drive the project schedule.
• Track financial progress of individual projects and Project Managers
• Takes responsibility for the financial success of the practice
• Responsible for collection of Group AR as well as specific assigned clients
• Serve as representative of the firm at all required project meetings, presentations, and public hearings

Client Management, Marketing & Sales

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with current and potential clients
• Maintaining consistent communication with clients, addressing all project questions such as project scope, design expectations, project development process, schedule, extra work, and billings
• Partners with Business Development team members on marketing, client relationship development and management
• Secures projects from both new and existing clients

Performance Measures:

• Progress of practice’s staff development
• Staff retention
• Quality assurance/claim minimization
• Profitability of practice
• Revenue volume of practice
• Number of client relationships established and maintained
• Growth of Civil Practice throughout Florida

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) license in Florida
• 8 or more years of experience leading diversified site development projects
• Extensive client contacts and relationships with private developers, local municipalities and permitting agencies
• Business development experience: writing proposals, leading presentations with the ability to win work, managing projects profitability, driving client satisfaction
• Able to effectively communicate positively at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor staff members