Civil Team Leader

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Group: Civil

Position: Team Leader

Location: Indianapolis, IN

General duties include direction and development of civil/site design projects and leadership of a Civil/Site Team. Responsibilities include workflow and staff management, staff development, technical leadership, project management, quality assurance, and client management.

Workflow and Staff Management

Facilitate staff sharing between teams
• Monthly team revenue and staffing projections with a 3-month look ahead
• Monitor monthly team revenue, billings, profitability, and staff utilization
• Identify hiring needs and assist with interviewing
• Ensure proper staff training
• Be flexible with staff on opportunities for advancement and learning within the team and the company
• Effectively deal with personnel issues within the team in conjunction with the Group Leader, Human Resources and upper management
• Assist Group Leader with employee performance review effort
• Update master group proposal tracking spreadsheet updated monthly to monitor workflow trends
• Team timesheet and expense report review/approval
• Keep team morale high

Staff Development

• Assessment and goal setting for staff including performance reviews
• Develop technical skills of Design Engineers, Project Engineers and Project Managers
• Develop Design Engineers to become Project Managers or Senior Design Engineers
• Develop Project Managers to prepare proposals, establish fees, bill projects, and to be responsible for the financial success of projects
• Develop Project Managers to successfully manage all aspects of projects
• Develop Project Managers to create and maintain client relationships
• Develop Project Managers to delegate design tasks
• Create a timetable for Project Managers' development and monitor progress
• Monitor and assist Project Managers' performance
• Motivate employees and facilitate open dialogue and feedback

Technical Leadership

• Direct all aspects of the development of civil/site design projects
• Facilitate coordination between groups on multi-discipline projects
• Mentor less experienced staff
• Aid in technical problem solving
• Identify project roadblocks and assist in resolving them

Project Management

• Oversight of proposals, interviews, fee justifications, and contracts for the team
• Team project development and oversight
• Track financial progress of individual projects and Project Managers
• Drive velocity on all projects and maintain project schedules
• Assist team and other teams to be profitable
• Responsible for collection of Team AR as well as specific assigned clients

Quality Assurance

• Assist in the development and implementation of quality processes
• Ensure adoption by staff
• Ensure that every project gets adequate review at every stage
• Use technical resources to assist in quality control
• Client Management, Marketing & Sales
• Establish good relationships with clients
• Client touches to determine customer satisfaction
• Oversight of contract preparation and negotiations
• Accompanying salespeople to establish new client relationships
• Work closely with the Private Sector business development staff on marketing, client development and management
• Conceptualizing and selling new work to existing and new clients
• Look for new opportunities with existing clients
• Look for opportunities with prospective clients
• Other duties as assigned

• A minimum of 8 years in the civil/site engineering business
• Broad technical knowledge of the civil/site construction and engineering industry
• Proven leadership ability, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Licensed professional engineer (PE) in Indiana or the ability to obtain Indiana PE license

Performance Measures

• Progress of team staff development
• Staff retention
• Quality assurance/claim minimization
• Profitability of team
• Volume of team revenue
• Number of client relationships established and maintained
• Active participation in selling and closing sales on significant projects.