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Public Works Group Director

BHC
Overland Park, KS Full Time
POSTED ON 8/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/29/2026

The Public Works Director serves on the leadership team, and works directly with the President to determine and live out the performance, culture, strategies, and tactics needed to support the needs of the business today and for the future. The Public Works Group Director leads new solution development and life cycle management for the segment through a cross-functional team.

Who We Are

Our everyday work impacts how people do everyday living, through improved connectivity, transportation, safety, and community development. As a service business, we are all about our people. Our shared values and objectives focus on integrity and professionalism. We embrace teamwork, process management, and collaboration and are growth oriented because we believe growth creates opportunities. As each person continues to learn and grow professionally, we advance as an organization.

 

What We Do

Our Public Works projects serve communities and are an investment in our future. BHC is ready to deliver projects that provide positive change to the residents that live and work there.

 

How You Can Grow With Us

Opportunities for growth are endless based on your desire to learn. We are excited to share details of your career path options with you during your employment. Positions such as Group Director other segments and Board of Director positions may be in your future.

Qualifications:

Essential Functions

  • Serves as a senior level consultant to business leaders on talent matters, including organizational effectiveness, leader effectiveness, organizational design, and learning needs/opportunities
  • Aligns programs to business needs, driving employee success, growth, profitability, and continuous learning
  • Drives and own all phases of design and delivery, ensuring quality and schedule accuracy
  • Defines business requirements across segments and functions to focus enablement activities in the most impactful areas
  • Builds programs that are truly best-in-class, pushing conventional wisdom on levels of engagement and efficacy
  • Negotiates with clients for supplemental changes to existing contracts
  • Maintains client relationships and establishes new ones through business development activities
  • Leads cross functional teams to identify, develop and implement product/solutions addressing customer needs
  • Defines requirements for partnerships, alliances, ventures for assigned segment and evaluate/manage the relationships
  • Develops and drive strategic direction for products and solutions
  • Works with the leadership team to define, develop and live company culture

Position Requirements

Experience

  • 10 years experience leading in an engineering field
  • Experience working in high-growth engineering organizations preferred

Skills

  • Demonstrated proficiency in the development of strategy, design, and implementation of projects, people, and programs
  • Team player, positive and engaged contributor to the team, willingness to learn and adapt to business needs
  • Proven leadership and negotiation skills
  • Proficiency in AutoCAD a plus
  • Strong commitment to success of all
  • Lead with integrity while producing high quality work

Education

  • Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent professional experience required 
  • Registration as a licensed professional engineer required 
  • Advanced degree is a plus

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