Construction Services Program Lead

Randolph, VT - Salary Range 90-120k

Job Brief

This position will oversee construction phase services, resident and inspection staff, and coordinate with engineering divisions to provide construction adjacent tasks during non-construction months, managing the workload for the entire Construction Group. This includes internal and external business development, and alignment of Group goals and tasks to our engineering division’s differing needs.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a solid working relationship with clients, including former clients and municipalities’ region-wide.
• Perform networking activities.
• Prepare agreements for construction phase services including determination of labor and reimbursable expense cost; Including fee development and negotiation of fees.
• Prepare proposals in response to RFP’s for construction phase services
• Contact and market construction phase services to communities, private enterprises, state and federal agencies.
• Maintain and/or improve procedures/protocol for managing the construction services department.
• Hire and supervise construction observation and field office staff
• Develop and maintain team construction observation standards
• Develop staffing plans and schedules to meet workload requirements, delivering quality service in compliance with client requirements and expectations
• Be able to follow and adhere to all local, state and federal OSHA requirements
• Provide advice to in-house design staff regarding constructability
• Work collaboratively with other D&K staff, mentoring and training of junior staff to encourage involvement with design reviews, cost estimating, specification preparation, and promotion of construction phase services
• Manage sub-consultants

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience managing construction projects
• Strong preference for experience in Consulting Engineering, or similar fields
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher preferred, but not required
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time
• Connections to New England with an understanding of local construction and geologic conditions