Southern States Aviation Region Leader
- Vestavia Hills, Atlanta, Charlotte, Greenville, Nashville
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 seeks a Southern States Aviation Region Leader to join our Aviation team in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, or Tennessee reporting to our Regional Aviation Market Sector Lead. Responsible for driving the aviation business in the region including business development, client maintenance, financial performance of projects, mentoring of staff, coordination with other internal business units, and other related tasks.
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.
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.
How will you contribute to the team?
PROJECT PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT.
- Supports project staff in developing work plans; reviews and approves schedules, budgets, project milestone dates, and work products.
- Works closely with the internal technical professionals to staff projects based on client/project needs.
- Oversees financial performance of projects; assists project staff in identifying potential problems to ensure remedial actions are promptly taken to avoid financial losses and client dissatisfaction.
- Manages or provides oversight on a portfolio of projects or capital program(s) of significant size and complexity and significant financial impact.
- Monitors and enforces compliance with established quality control standards, ensuring that appropriate quality assurance activities are being performed throughout the project.
- Reviews QC plans and performs periodic QA compliance audits.
- Supports assigned project staff in facilitating work sharing with other operating units.
- Secures resource support from other operating units.
- Establishes work sharing commitments and negotiates outsourcing budgets with technical managers.
- Interacts with executive level government or public officials and/or executive level clients on significant program matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
MARKETING AND CLIENT MAINTENANCE.
- Responsible for maintaining positive client relations with existing clients and building relationships with potential clients.
- Serves as the primary point of contact to the client and acts as a liaison between management and clients on advanced program related issues.
- Prepares and delivers presentations on behalf and in support of the client’s program.
- Develops, implements, and monitors annual and strategic marketing plans for targeted clients and projects; participates in the development of Strategic Plan.
- Actively pursues, investigates, and evaluates new or expanded opportunities for associated projects and services within the firm by maintaining contacts with current and prospective client decision makers; identifies and works toward the resolution of client relations problems.
- Reviews proposals and selects interview teams; reviews and recommends project marketing budgets subject to approval by senior management.
INTERNAL STAFF ADMINISTRATION.
- Supports Sector management team in identifying staffing needs based on future workload and manpower projections for project staffing.
- Reviews managers' recommendations to recruit, hire, transfer, or terminate project staff; approves, disapproves or endorses recommendations and presents to senior management for approval as required by established authorization guidelines.
- Advises project staff concerning company policies and procedures; monitors and enforces compliance.
CONTRACTS AND FINANCIAL.
- Conducts contract negotiations with clients and sub-consultants.
- Develops and recommends operational budgets for approval by senior management.
- Reviews and makes decision on proposed project budgets.
- Monitors monthly performance against budget to ensure project profitability.
- Manages the project as a profit center; controls G&A costs; reviews and manages revenue stream.
What will you contribute?
- Bachelor's degree in field of practice. Graduate degree preferred. Management coursework and/or MBA a plus.
- Preferred candidate will be technical professionals or managers with fifteen years of experience since B.S. or twelve years since M.S., with at least three of these years in the Senior Project Manager position with highly complex project management responsibility.
- Excellent technical and interpersonal skills, public speaking and persuasive ability; very strong financial management, team management, and leadership skills; ability to manage and coordinate efforts of various projects to produce budgeted profits and overall results.
- Possesses specific expertise to the extent that the individual is regarded as a regional or potentially national expert in a specific discipline, contract delivery method, particular type of project, planning process, design method, or modeling technique.
- Personal computer proficiency 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
- 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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