Operations Leadership Manager

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Job Description

​​​​​​The Transportation Business Line of AECOM is actively seeking a creative, highly talented and self-motivated Operations Leadership Manager, for immediate employment, in the Louisville, Kentucky office.  The appropriately qualified applicant will be able to demonstrate an established career in Civil Engineering specific to interchanges and interstate design, highway design, pavement design, drainage design, utility coordination, and the preparation of construction documents, including plans, specifications and construction estimates.

The successful candidate will lead a team in Kentucky and within the broader transportation team, serve as business development leader for transportation projects in the region. Incumbent is expected to take part in sales and marketing leadership, project management and client management for transportation engineering projects.

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

• Managing many aspects of transportation business development, operations and engineering for the Kentucky Transportation Business Unit. This includes hiring and managing staff, budgets, and project technical development through preparation of final construction drawings. Provide oversight to ensure consistent product quality and profitability of operation
• Coordinating with transportation business leaders in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky in an effort to share resources, utilize technical strengths, ensure independent reviews of all deliverables, and identify key project opportunities as early as possible
• Managing the financial performance of projects working with project managers and senior managers, including meeting monthly and annual performance goals for the Kentucky Transportation Business
• Identifying, pursuing and winning profitable transportation projects
• Meeting or exceeding predetermined operational metrics and business development targets
• Leading proposal preparation and making presentations to potential large and complex clients
• Developing and maintaining excellent client relationships
• Providing mentoring and technical expertise to employees
• Leading multi-disciplinary projects as Senior Project Manager or Principal
• Ensure the delivery of quality professional services and deliverables by the transportation team
• Maintaining a high local and regional profile
• Identifying market needs and trends
• Provides day-to-day operations management in support of the senior operations manager. 
• Responsible for ensuring the success of the alternative delivery business line in the Kentucky office on national, regional, and local projects from both the technical practice and operational management aspects. 
• Is responsible for project profitability and client satisfaction, as well as managing administrative functions to ensure the office runs smoothly. 
• Works in conjunction with regional management.
• Will be responsible for building a group to support the backlog won by their group.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership

• Must possess a valid driver's license

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience as Project Manager and / or Group Leader with sales, financial, engineering, design, project management, and, client management responsibility on large transportation design and construction projects. Past experience with large highway and expressway engineering projects and/or studies
• Professional Engineer in Kentucky or ability to obtain within 6 months
• Business development experience and a proven track record wi