Surface Transportation Group Leader - Idaho

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a creative, highly talented, and motivated Surface Transportation Group Leader for immediate employment in the Meridian / Boise office. Responsibilities will include the oversight and management of active project and program tasks and teams, business development, and support for other Transportation projects, programs, and pursuits. Projects may include planning, preliminary engineering, final engineering, construction support services and program management for transportation or infrastructure projects for a range of active and prospective clients. The projects and programs will involve various market sectors including but not limited to surface transportation, transit, rail, bridges and structures, utilities, and misc. facilities.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Formulate and execute project opportunity capture strategies, including teaming and positioning for strategic pursuits and identification of required staff resources to win and effectively deliver projects and programs
• Establish relationships with both external and internal clients
• Be a visible leader and trusted advisor to clients by promoting AECOM’s values both internally and externally
• Proven track record with client account management, project pursuit execution, and engineering staff development
• Provides management and guidance to staff, enforces company and project policies, and serves as a primary liaison between AECOM and clients and stakeholders.
• Manage and mentor staff to facilitate effective project and program delivery and to promote staff development.
• Responsible for administering projects and programs from inception through contract closeout, including establishing specific objectives and policies, adherence to the scope, schedule and budget, risk management, and change management.
• Demonstrated analytical skills, technical skills, and communication (oral and written) skills
• Business Development including prospecting and proposal development with established relationships with local clients· including ITD and local agency specifications, policies, and procedures.
• Approves and signs off on work.
• Provides technical expertise for studies and design efforts.
• Presents complex technical solutions to clients.
• Performs quality control reviews of work developed by others.
• Participates in development of technical proposals. 
• Strong technical resource to serve as technical advisor.
• Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise.
• Ability to lead and manage a Project.
• Ability to lead and manage a Team.
• Excellent people management skills
• Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high-quality cost-effective work by others.
• Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
• Uses expertise in all steps of completing discipline components of PA/ED and PS&E package.
• Prepares technical specification sections.
• Provides input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS + 10 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Transportation Engineering
• Professional Engineer in the State of Idaho or ability to obtain one within 6 months
• 15+ years of progressive experience designing and delivering projects  
• 5 years’ experience with proposal and business development, client presentations and relationship development
• Project Management experience in transportation