Overview

The Senior Project Manager - Telecommunications will have an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for their practice and contribute to the growth of the Telecommunications discipline for markets throughout the Midwest. They will lead the business development effort and manage the relationship with key clients.

Ranked as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. prides itself on hiring high-achieving, dedicated, and reliable professionals. Kimley-Horn has a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a motivated Senior Project Manager - Telecommunications to join our team in our Chicago, IL office.

Responsibilities

Markets are not limited by geography but driven by relationships. Leadership responsibilities include: operating with integrity and sound business principals, providing practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships, open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Telecommunications wireline practice.

The practice builder will be expected to manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model. Management responsibilities include but are not limited to; meeting or exceeding client expectations, identifying and tracking leads, making presentations, writing proposals and a scope of work, establishing budgets, ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables, and supervising the execution of work.

The successful candidate will be given a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business. Accounting, administrative, marketing, recruiting, IT, and production support will be provided. With success, this individual will enjoy the rewards of a performance-based work environment and can advance to ownership.

Qualifications

Requirements

-Extensive local and national client contacts and relationships, as well as relationships with local jurisdictional staff

-Successful track record of winning work

-Business development and marketing experience including; writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work

-Ability to effectively communicate positively at all levels of the organization

-Ability to manage and mentor staff, and direct resources effectively in a positive manner

-Demonstrated ability to manage projects profitably

Desired

- BS in Civil Engineering or related degree

- Ability to cross sell multiple disciplines