Director of Land Development

Atwell, LLC is a bold leader in the consulting, engineering, and construction services industry, delivering a broad range of creative solutions to clients in the real estate & land development, and energy markets. We have a strong national presence and a diverse, award-winning project portfolio. Atwell is a privately owned company, with 1,800+ passionate team members across 55+ locations and growing!

Atwell, LLC is a proud recipient of the following 2024 awards:

• Nine consecutive years in a row as a “Best Place to Work” (#16) by Zweig Group
• Recognized as #10 in the “Top 100 Fastest Growing AEC Firms” in the U.S. by Zweig Group
• Recognized as #71 in the ENR Top 500 Design Firms, ranked in every region.
• Recognized in Crains “Fast 50” as one of the fastest-growing firms based in Michigan.
• Recognized in Crains Magazine as one of Michigan's largest privately held companies.

Responsibilities:  

As Director at Atwell, you will support and lead a team focused on diverse projects of various size, scope, and detail. You will be in a flexible and entrepreneurial work environment with a vibrant office culture and have a national presence. Atwell is looking for civil engineering leaders who are interested in being subject matter experts in residential, commercial, or industrial land development.

Responsibilities of a Director include the following:

• Business:
  • Develop future business and proactively build and maintain relationships with current and future clients.
  • Manage business operations for your team.
  • Create an annual business plan with your Project Managers, Associate Directors, and present it to the Vice President
  • Establish department objectives by collaborating with team members and management.
  • Oversee business development activities and support internal training.
• Achieve financial objectives:
  • Manage revenue goals.
  • Team utilization and scheduling
  • Management of respective PM projects in terms of AR collections, effort vs contract value, project profitability, change order submission, monthly invoicing.
  • Risk management; contract review, proposal review, licensing review
  • Drive revenue factor / Net pay-roll multiplier
• Establish product objectives:
  • Ensure that current company and service sector standards are met.
  • Ensure company templates are utilized and functional.
  • Ensure operational excellence and a repeatable process for deliverables.
• Develop Staff:
  • Performance Management: Initiate reviews, follow-up on reviews, address compensation of team members, review job titles vs. job duties, support and provide details for performance improvement plans and monitor success.
  • Training: Follow up on any training requested by employees, identify training tools for the team.
  • Mentor staff on industry knowledge, project knowledge, process knowledge, and best practices.
• Manage staff:
  • Requisition: Responsible to identify and communicate needs to Leadership.
  • Support the national talent acquisition team by identifying, interviewing, and hiring key talent.
  • Build a regional organizational chart and hire toward those goals.
  • Onboarding new employees: Complete an onboarding plan, present the onboarding plan, and assist with their first timesheet.
  • Communicate any performance issues to HR for documentation, and termination of employees once approved by HR.
  • Understand the safety manuals and protocols related to onboarding, training, enforcement, and reporting.
  • Awareness of the safety aspects/requirements of projects from a team perspective and appropriate engagement, direction, and training with safety for the support needed.
  • Supervise and direct all members of the team with authority to recruit, interview, hire, on board, train, review, and discipline (up to, and including, termination)
  • Communicate with Human Resources:     
  • Support regional recruiting efforts.
  • Responsible for Health & Safety:
• Approve timesheets and PTO, expense reports, and corporate credit card expens