When you join Ayres as our next operational vice president, you’ll become the leader of a diverse team that spans across all four time zones in the United States. You will have operational control of the consulting services we provide to private and public clients locally, regionally, and nationally and provide administrative leadership to our Engineering Services division.
At Ayres, we enjoy the unique challenges each project brings. Our civil/municipal team delivers innovative, client-focused solutions for community infrastructure, from planning and design through construction, helping shape resilient and thriving communities.
We’re seeking a vice president with an entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative mindset to lead a strategic approach to further grow our division. Your collaborative interactions across a multi-disciplined company, proven relationships with external clients, and ability to lead will gain you a seat at the table, where you’ll play an integral role on our company’s leadership team.
On any given day, you’ll:
- Create a divisional vision in alignment with the firm’s strategic plan.
- Collaborate and lead the Engineering Services team through the execution of the divisional strategic plan.
- Foster a work environment that is rooted in collaboration, transparency, work quality, and client service.
- Prepare the annual divisional budget, complete quarterly forecasts, oversee monthly revenue recognition, and report on financial performance.
- Grow the division in and beyond the existing footprint in the various Wisconsin markets along with St. Paul, Minnesota and Raleigh, North Carolina.
- Pursue opportunities for business development in the division, including client contact, marketing initiatives, and client and partner satisfaction.
- Engage in local, state, and/or national professional organizations.
- Champion and support staff development/mentorship, allowing staff to feel competent, supported, and driven toward career development.
- Understand and adhere to Ayres policies and procedures while preparing and overseeing quality assurance and quality control measures.
- Build and maintain respectful working relationships with fellow managers and leaders that allow you to engage in decision-making.
- Approve/oversee the preparation and negotiations of contract documents, including scope of work, project schedule, and fee estimates.
- Provide leadership to the team on the production of project work, ensuring that the work is produced on schedule, profitably, and in conformance with the firm’s quality standards and the contract’s requirements.
- Make strategic hires in our core focus areas, growing our team and helping develop a bench of talent in the company, division, and group.
Required Qualifications:
- Consulting experience in the A/E industry
- A minimum of 10 years of combined experience in the following:
- Strategic planning: leading a business unit toward a clear vision
- People development: proven leadership, collaboration, and growth
- Market Growth: building relationships, leveraging data, and building a winning strategy to secure projects
- Ability to delegate appropriate responsibilities to others to handle multiple priorities
- Willingness to travel to any company location on a regular basis
- Valid driver’s license with a good driving record
Desired Skills and Experiences:
- A bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, civil engineering, or other related fields. A master’s degree in business is a plus.
- Hold a professional engineering license
- Ability to work and communicate effectively through the division, across divisions and administrative groups, and with staff companywide.
- Proven success in collaborative leadership with the ability to work with other leaders and service lines in the company to promote cross-selling.
- Ability to grow the division geographically through expansion of existing service lines.
- Proven success in meeting goals and objectives of annual business plans and budget, including revenue and profitability, staffing, workload backlog, billing, accounts receivable, return on investment on capital purchases, and image development.
- Desire to build the Ayres brand at local, state, and national professional meetings/conferences.
- Ability to delegate appropriate responsibilities to others to handle multiple priorities.
- Ability to think outside the box to generate creative ideas for capturing new clients and market share.
- Excellent communication skills, client service focus, and business development and marketing experience.
Benefits of being part of the Ayres team:
- Health, dental, and vision Insurance.
- Short and long-term disability and life insurance.
- Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and 401K with company match.
- PTO, paid holidays including two floating holidays, and a flexible work schedule.
- Professional development opportunities.
Please note, benefits vary depending on job status. To learn more about our great benefits, visit our website at https://www.ayresassociates.com/careers/the-ayres-advantage/
Our good-faith compensation approach is fair and equitable, and takes into consideration only permissible factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, training, skills, and experience, and geographic location where the work is performed. A salary range for this posting is $180000 - $215000. The foregoing salary range represents what the company believes, in good-faith, it will pay for the posted opportunity. The individual selected for this role will be evaluated with the compensation factors in mind and placed appropriately.
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