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DKS ASSOCIATES is Hiring a Director of Practice Development Near Sacramento, CA
- Lead our Innovation Program, including oversight of targeted investments, culture development for innovation and creativity across the company, and internal celebrations of both idea sharing and successful initiatives
- Develop and guide our Discipline Groups (focus areas of our Practices) to gain company alignment and consistency with our strategic direction
- Support the development of the technical portion of our internal training program, including partnership with our HR team and office leaders to implement trainings, monitor skill depth/needs across the company, and provide input to our recruiting strategy
- Support external branding/promotion activities by partnering with our Discipline/Practice Leaders and our Director of Marketing to identify conferences to target, events/initiatives to sponsor, and external communications to promote our practices
- Participate in our Strategic Plan Management Team (SPMT) to shape and implement our 3-year plans
- Engage in strategic professional societies and conferences
- Develop new client relationships for DKS and build on current client relationships, including partnerships with other consulting firms
- Continue to lead your practice through your technical expertise and/or seller/doer role, including generating new work and guiding successful project delivery.
- Assure client satisfaction through implementation of our Client Experience (CX) and QC/QA initiatives
- Work with, train, and mentor less experienced staff
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Recruit and develop talent to grow our practice
- 12 years of experience within the transportation consulting industry in Transportation Planning-Analysis, Design, or Technology-Operations.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Planning, or similar field
- Experience and relationships within key professional societies, including participation in the respective conferences and committees (TRB, ITE, etc.)
- Technical proficiency/understanding across our practice areas to support a broad-perspective in
- innovation/creativity
- Experience in developing and leading firmwide initiatives, including change management processes
- A positive growth mindset including enjoying challenges, taking initiative (including smart risks), and continuously learning
- A desire to lead, including effectively influencing others to consistently work towards a common goal
- An ability to analyze opportunities (including identifying risks/pitfalls) to inform balanced investment decisions and plan for success
- An enthusiastic collaborator
- Ability to regularly travel to collaborate with other leaders and groups
DKS offers its employee-owners a comprehensive benefits package. We have designed a benefit plan we
are proud of. One that encourages happy, healthy, and engaged employee-owners. We offer:
- Vacation & Sick Leave
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Employer paid Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance Coverage
- 100% DKS paid Medical premium for our employee-owners
- 80% DKS paid Medical premium for spouse and dependents of our employee-owners
- Extremely affordable Dental & Vision Plans
- Flexible Spending Account (Health Care & Dependent Care), Transit Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account Options
- Transit Subsidy
- Pre-tax Commuter Option
- DKS funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401k Pre-tax and Roth options
- Flexible Spending Account (Health Care & Dependent Care), Transit Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account Options
- 401k Pre-tax and Roth options
- Paid Jury/Witness Duty
- Paid Bereavement
- Leave without Pay
- Annual Bonus Program
- Referral Bonus Program
- Alternative/Flexible Work Schedule
- Transit Subsidy / Bike Voucher
- Pre-tax Commuter Option
- Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement
- Training and Educational Assistance
- Professional Registration Award
- Technical & Professional Societies
- Conferences & Seminars
- Years of Service Awards
Job Summary
Full Time
Business Services
$163k-215k (estimate)
12/21/2023
05/12/2024
dksassociates.com
PORTLAND, OR
50 - 100
1979
PETER COFFEY
$10M - $50M
Business Services
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About DKS ASSOCIATES
Founded in 1979, DKS Associates is a national, employee-owned transportation planning and transportation engineering firm providing state-of-the-art consulting services for all modes of ground transportation. Cutting-Edge Planning and Design Services. DKS performs planning and design services for automobiles, buses, light rail, streetcars, bus rapid transit, commuter rail, freight, bicycles, pedestrians, and all transportation ground access. Our planners and designers use cutting-edge techniques to take transportation projects from conceptual planning and alternatives analysis to environmental... approvals and funding feasibility, design and construction, testing, and operations and management, completing a full life cycle of project development. This involves application of state-of-the-art expertise in performance measures, operational simulation, travel demand forecast models, traffic control devices, traffic signal systems, transportation communication technologies, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Advanced ITS and Communications Capabilities. DKS is a national leader in the planning and implementation of ITS. Our staff members have developed some of the first ITS deployment plans, fully deployed active traffic management systems, designed traffic management centers, and have led the way in developing successful transit signal priority systems and ITS architectures in the United States. Specialized Team of Experts. DKS professionals work with clients in the private and public sectors and at the local, regional, state, and federal levels. Virtually all of our technical staff members are registered professional engineers, professional traffic operations engineers, professional transportation planners, or certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners or other transportation services. Approximately two-thirds hold advanced degrees.
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