Oklahoma Roads & Highways Director
- Transportation
- Oklahoma City
Why join us?
It’s an exciting time at AtkinsRéalis! We are rapidly growing in the US. Our company purpose is to build a better world for our planet and its people. We recognize the importance of making sure that our clients and employees, feel this purpose every day. AtkinsRéalis is proud of our company culture that promotes, diversity, equity and inclusion. Our company ethos include collaboration through the connection of people, data and technology. We are a global firm, who leverages having employees located throughout the world, creating valuable partnerships and doing our part to make this planet and its people, thrive. We need energetic, passionate and eager professionals like you to join our team. There has never been a better time to be a part of AtkinsRéalis!
We are hiring! AtkinsRéalis is seeking an Oklahoma Roads & Highways Director to join our Oklahoma City, OK office.
About Us
AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.
Major role:
Under general direction of the Central Region Roads & Highways Senior Technical Manager, manages the Oklahoma Roads & Highways team. The team presently has a staff of six including Project Managers, Quality Manager, EITs, and Technicians supported by business development, administration and construction management staff. The position provides leadership, direction, and technical guidance to staff to ensure that quality technical services are provided to clients and that the technical work unit meets its operating performance targets. Manages project production, project acquisition/client relations, and financial management of the work unit to ensure quality, client satisfaction, continued production backlog, and profitability of all projects within the work unit. Responsible for project delivery for programs and projects across multiple Business Units and local Clients including ODOT, OTA, Oklahoma City, Counties, and municipalities across Oklahoma. Other duties include coordinating regional and national workshare on major projects across the central region and nationally. Typically responsible project delivery for projects with annual revenues from $100,000 to $2,000,000. This position will have the opportunity to expand and grow projects and annual revenues by helping grow and expand clients and client business.
How will you contribute to the team?
- Staff Administration: With Senior Technical Manager, BU Directors and Project Managers, identifies current and future staffing availability based on technical and budgetary requirements of future workload and manpower projections. Recommends salary levels for new hires and initiates salary and position adjustment actions for staff, subject to senior management review and approval. Conducts semi-annual performance reviews and annual career planning sessions with direct reports. Provides staff with ongoing performance feedback and counsel to promote improved performance and career development. Helps staff identify and pursue technical and professional development activities consistent with their career development goals and work unit objectives/company needs. Ensures staff compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Project Production and Management: Ensure appropriate staff allocation to projects in consideration of project schedules, budgets, key milestone dates and work products. Monitors and enforces compliance with established quality control standards, ensuring that appropriate quality assurance activities are being performed throughout the operating unit. Reviews project QC plans and periodic QA compliance audits on current or recently completed projects. Assists staff in resolving problems concerning work with the various business units.
- Technical Excellence: Maintains visibility and professional currency by actively participating in professional and civic organizations and encourages staff to do the same. Works with Practice and Technical Directors to design and implement development tracks for technical staff, with a focus on building technical excellence at all levels of the organization.
- Marketing and Client Maintenance: Participate in pursuing new project opportunities by maintaining contacts with current and prospective clients. Involvement in development of marketing proposals, interviews and contract negotiations for new project opportunities.
- Team Growth: Through business development, staff recruitment and client relationships, the Roads & Highways Director, working with company leadership, will be instrumental in growing a strong team capable of performing all aspects of street, roadway, highway, drainage, interchange, intersections, widening, resurfacing and overall transportation design services while also supporting bridge, environmental, utility coordination, survey, and traffic engineering services offered by the firm and subconsultants.
- Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
What will you contribute?
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. Post graduate degree not required but a plus. Management coursework and/or MBA a plus. This level may be achieved by technical professionals or technical managers with an excess of 15 years of experience since B.S., with at least five of these years in positions with project management or supervisory responsibilities.
- Excellent technical and interpersonal skills. Proven ability to manage individuals and teams, provide leadership, and manage project production. Must have business vision, excellent communication skills, and be able to represent the firm effectively to clients, key public officials, and the community in general.
- P.E. is required
What we offer at AtkinsRéalis:
AtkinsRéalis realizes that health, mental and financial wellbeing, are all equally needed to achieve balance in life. We are pleased to offer a robust rewards package that help our employees have peace of mind in and outside of work. Our benefit offerings address all of the areas that are part of living a healthy life.
We recognize that what is important to people, continues to change. Some of our other benefits to ensure our employees feel supported, include continuing to offer health and dental coverage for domestic partners and a full list below. Our culture is one of providing support and training for our employees to thrive. We offer learning and development programs, training, career pathing opportunities, and a tuition reimbursement plan. At AtkinsRéalis, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible work schedules
- Group Insurance
- Paid Family Leave
- Two Floating Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave (including maternity and paternity)
- Pet Insurance
- Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Learning and development programs, training, career opportunities and a highly regarded tuition reimbursement program
- An inclusive culture of Employee Resources Groups centered around women, African-Americans, Hispanics, LGBTQ+, Neurodiversity and Emerging Professionals.
- A Foundation that is employee-funded with a 2-to-1 match from the company providing STEAM education for minorities from K-12 to college
If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!
AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. EOE/Minorities/Females/Veteran/Disability.
Please review AtkinsRéalis Equal Opportunity Statement here:
https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/equal-opportunities-statement
AtkinsRéalis cares about your privacy and are committed to protecting your privacy. Please consult our Privacy Notice on our Careers site to know more about how we collect, use and transfer your Personal Data.
By submitting your personal information to AtkinsRéalis, you confirm that you have read and accept our Privacy Notice.
Upon acceptance of an offer, all candidates must go through a drug screen test and background check. AtkinsRéalis is a federal contractor which mandates a satisfactory background screening report and drug test that supersedes state laws.
Note to staffing and direct hire agencies:
In the event a recruiter or agency who is not on our preferred supplier list submits a resume/candidate to anyone in the company, AtkinsRéalis family of companies, we explicitly reserve the right to recruit and hire the candidate(s) at our discretion and without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/recruitment-agencies
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