Mid-Atlantic Transportation Design Division Manager

Job Description

 

Century Engineering, LLC (a Kleinfelder Company) is seeking a highly qualified professional engineer to lead and manage the Mid-Atlantic area (Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia) Transportation Design Division. 

 

The Transportation Design Division includes highway, structures and traffic engineering, water and environmental resources including drainage, SWM, E&SC, H/H modeling, and scour, environmental assessments and permitting, transportation and environmental planning/NEPA, and GIS/application services. The Transportation Design Division Manager will be responsible for all aspects of the division operations including business development, client relations, partnering with other firms, proposal preparation with our marketing department, overseeing technical services, scheduling, coordination with other divisions/ offices, delivering high quality services, hiring talented people, and profitable growth.

 

The Transportation Design Division Manager should have experience leading or participating in various contract types, (design/bid/build, design/build, and P3), and strong experience with regional, state and local business units. Additional experience with other clients/ contracts such as federal, VDOT, or local government is a plus.  The Transportation Design Division Manager must be highly motivated, promote a team approach, have good interpersonal skills (high emotional intelligence), and excellent communication skills (verbal and written).

 

Century’s Transportation Design Division has a significant number of contracts, contract capacity, and workload backlog.  Century also provides comprehensive relevant services which support providing transportation services to clients including, but not limited to: surveys/ plats, geotechnical, landscaping, utilities, water/ wastewater, and construction management/ inspection.  

 

Century became part of the Kleinfelder group of companies in 2021. Century has integrated smoothly and continues to deliver quality transportation services to clients. As part of Kleinfelder (96 offices and over 3,000 people) there are many opportunities for collaboration across offices and being involved in large regional and national contracts and projects.    

 

Seeking an exceptional leader to serve as the Transportation Design Division Manager for the Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia Transportation market, focused on improving performance, streamlining processes, and driving growth. The Transportation Design Division Manager is responsible for profit and loss with the responsibility to hire and fire across the transportation business.

 

The right leader will be someone who can envision the future, stay up to date on the latest technologies, and set internal engineering and project standards that ensure seamless project delivery.  The Transportation Design Division Manager will be responsible for developing and executing a long-term strategy for growth, including the development of the transportation one- three- and five-year strategic plans inclusive of markets and clients. By providing oversight and leadership for the transportation business, this person will lead the group's expansion from strategy to execution, ensuring that the right people are engaged and the right clients and projects are pursued. The responsibility includes client satisfaction and performance evaluation.

 

We seek a leader who will recruit and retain excellent talent, collaborate with other leaders, and ensure that up-and-coming talent is hired and given challenging development assignments. The leader we seek will understand that cultural norms drive outstanding performance, project delivery, and client satisfaction.

 

Specific Duties include:

• Provide oversight and leadership for the existing Transportation Business Line throughout Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia
• Project experience includes traditional and alternate delivery.
• The transportation leader will have complete control of internal resources, marketing budget, and complete support from the MD/VA/DC Area Manager.
• Lead the growth of the group through the pursuit of transportation-related projects in highway design, planning, traffic, water resources, GIS and bridge design/inspection.
• Demonstrate successful experience with MD, DC and NoVA Department of Transportation Business Units, City, County and Local municipalities.
• Develop a strategic plan for longer-term growth, including the development of the Transportation one- three- and five-year strategic plan inclusive of markets and clients with coordination of regional operations managers.
• Provide direction on major transportation pursuits and industry expertise to clients.
• Responsible for maintaining and enhancing rel