Transportation Lead - Syracuse
The client is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Transportation team in Syracuse to serve their municipal and private clients.
Job Duties:
- Manage teams on roadway and bridge projects for the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), other New York municipal and private clients.
- Direct highly complex and specialized programs.
- Plan and organize the work of staff members.
- Actively market projects and lead proposal preparation.
- Manage existing client relationships and develop new clients with the firm.
- Oversee completeness and accuracy of the project team's work by actively supervising and guiding the team to overall project objectives.
General Characteristics
- Makes decisions with broad influence on activities of their practices.
- Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that are conclusive and have a far-reaching impact on the practice and the industry.
- Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding projects and activities of major consequence.
- Provides leadership and develops and engages others to create a common vision for their projects and the practice.
- Evaluates solutions to complex problems that involve multiple specialty areas of engineering.
Experience
- 15-20+ years of experience.
Certification/Licenses
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.
Technical Responsibilities
- Frequently performs advisory or consulting work for the practice across broad project areas or within a specialized area with innovative/complex aspects.
- Assesses practices and requirements to achieve sustainable performance of complex engineering projects from a systems perspective.
Project and Task Management
- Evaluates project management plans for complex engineering projects.
- Develops risk mitigation plans to address project risks.
- Evaluates effectiveness of leaders and teams.
Communication, Teamwork and Leadership
- Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership of other practices.
- Represents their practice at important functions and conferences.
Management, Supervision and Guidance
- Leads an entire project of critical importance.
- Develops projects needed for accomplishing the objectives of the practice.
- Develops practice strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development.
- Fosters professional attitudes within the practice.
Qualifications
Education
Required
Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field.
Experience
Required
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