Description
Civil Engineering Vice President and Managing Principal
Role Description: The Managing Principal (MP) will serve as a licensed Civil Engineer functioning as a Principal-in-Charge (PIC) or as a Project Manager (PM) on key civil engineering projects, while also operating as the Lead Principal for our Denver office and region. This position holds a Vice President title.
A Managing Principal at shall be responsible for the Company’s Brand, People, Project Delivery, Quality, and Administrative activities in a specific location/geography working alongside other PICs and PMs within the office. First and foremost, this candidate will function as Principal-in-Charge, with some additional responsibilities tied to being Managing Principal of an office.
Title: Vice President
Location: Denver, Colorado (In-office. No remote options.)
Reports to: Practice Area Leader
Employment Type: 40 FT Hours
Compensation Type: Salary
Registration: Professional Licensed Engineer (PE)
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering (BSCE) or similar
Duties:
- Leads the Practice Area in a local geographic market.
- Serves as a successful PIC on civil engineering projects.
- Serves as a mentor and resources to other Principals in a geographic market.
- Competent, knowledgeable, service leader in the market(s) they service.
- Promotes and engages in culture/morale, trainings, policies & procedures, and operations within the firm, and throughout the local community and industry.
- Takes active steps in the pursuit of winning new business or additional opportunities with existing clients and is responsible for assigned portion of office/practice sales goal and individual sales goal (if applicable). Assists and/or leads team in pursuit of new work (repeat work, SOQ and Proposals). Develops and/or executes project Win strategy.
- Understands and follows QMS and Quality initiatives. Ensures quality control measures are being adhered to on projects and daily operations within the office.
- Understands, follows, and enforces business process including weekly rhythm.
- Responsible for overall office target utilization, including facilitating workshare between practices and offices. Also, ensures proper staff is assigned to projects within the office.
- Reviews project reports and performance metrics to track project progress and budget. Leads successful projects (profit, on-schedule, quality, satisfied client). Verifies client satisfaction routinely and shares feedback with team.
- Proactively works with PM to strategize resolving issues that impact project performance. Reviews progress with PM at least monthly (including & completes vs. % spent) and that PM is adhering to weekly rhythm.
- Successfully contributes to the overall profitability and financial performance on projects.
- Oversees staff deliverables and production assigned to their projects to ensure client, legal, and company requirements are met.
- Instill the corporate culture into the local office, lead by example, and serve as a role model.
- Identify short and long-range new opportunities for the firm within the geographic market outside and/or in addition to the identified current markets being practiced in the office and stay informed of local economic trends.
- Leads the Practice Area in a local geographic market.
- Participate in local (non- specific to a particular practice area) business development activities, i.e. Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development, etc.
- Lead internal and external administrative communications.
- Ensure all communications/deliverables are compliant with our Brand Identity Guide.
- Enforce company policies in local office.
PEOPLE/HUMAN RESOURCES
- Manage and oversee staff utilization to meet or exceed office’s utilization goal.
- Manage indirect labor activities (to include expenses) to benefit the firm.
- Provide leadership, oversight, and guidance to PICs by mentoring and motivating staff on issues such as performance feedback, technical guidance, financial management, and client relations.
- Facilitate local interviewing, hiring and terminations, training employees, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing issues/complaints, and resolving problems in close coordination with PICs and Practice Area Leaders (PALs).
PROJECT OVERSIGHT
- Ensure responsible parties are undertaking appropriate action to collect ARs while documenting activities.
- Review project close-outs and take appropriate corrective actions within the office to improve performance.
QUALITY
- Ensure corporate quality management processes are implemented and followed throughout the office.
- Prepare “Office Initiatives” and assure their successful completion.
ADMINISTRATIVE
- Oversee administrative operations within the local office.
- Evaluate needs and prepare capital requests necessary to support local resources.
- Conduct operations and business development meetings at appropriate frequencies with PICs and PMs in office.
Qualifications for MP
- Professional Licensed Engineer (PE)
- Must currently be operating as a Principal in Charge, and will continue to operate as a PIC
- Proven PIC performance – have excelled as an acting PIC within operations, sales, project teams
- Commitment to being active within the community to foster and cultivate new/existing relationships
- Proven track record of profitable, high-performing operations
- Drive and influence a positive, engaging corporate culture
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Minimum 10 years A/E experience
- Ability to influence effectively communicate both written and orally
Managing Principal (MP)Role Annual Performance Goals & Expectations:
- Having a deep understanding of how your work and contributions as a co-owner add to mission and core values.
- Maintaining expected Effective Labor Multiplier (ELM) on sum of all associated projects.
- Ensure direct reports meet established utilization targets.
- Consistently upholds business processes including timely monthly A/R’s, invoicing, timekeeping, resource forecasting, percent completes, etc.
- Achieves personal sales goal.
- Achieves stated target personal utilization goal for MP.
- Understands, follows and ensures quality control measures and risk management measures are being applied and adhered to projects and daily operations.