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Director - Structural/Building's Division
About the Company
My client, an Architectural & Engineering Consultancy firm, are looking for a experienced professional to join their Building's Division, as a Director of their Structural/Civil team. The role will be based at their Buffalo site. Their work includes educational, healthcare, commercial, industrial, and government clients at the federal, state, and local levels. Their wide range of services provides them the in-house capabilities to meet virtually all of their clients’ needs.
About the Role
The Director's primary role is to foster the growth of the division, both internally and with external clients, through direct engagement and collaboration with consultants. Building and maintaining relationships with key industry leaders is essential to drive business opportunities. Additionally, the Director is responsible for forecasting and identifying when the division requires additional support. Flexibility and adaptability are key in fulfilling the Director's overall responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Support the VP of Building Design Services (BDS) in the development of the Department budget.
- Maintains the Department backlog and recommends corrective actions.
- Reviews, develops and recommends corrections to the utilization.
- Supports the VP of BDS in the development of financial targets.
- Identifies potential issues with financial targets and recommends corrective actions.
- Hold Team Leaders and Staff accountable.
- Perform annual reviews of Team Leaders and set annual professional goals.
- Mentor team to achieve their set goals.
- Work to create synergy between other divisional offices and team leaders.
- Be available for all major project related issues.
- Be available for all major staff related issues (personnel disputes, scheduling, utilization, etc.).
- Manage departmental training requirements.
- Relay company/professional development training needs (PM, presentation, software training, etc.) to VP of BDS.
- Maintain departmental long-term staffing needs.
- Work with HR to perform departmental recruiting including review resumes, interviews, develop offers, fill out employee initiation forms, perform new hire tours, etc.
- Support the ongoing development & implementation of BDS standards.
- Support the ongoing QA/QC process.
- Support the development & implementation of Structural and Civil Engineering standards.
- Work with Team leaders to achieve the strategic plan goals.
- Work to strengthen local and regional relationships with owner clients and consultant clients.
- Identify strategic clients/projects to pursue.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.
- NY State Licensed Professional Engineer.
- 15 Years of Structural or Civil/Site design experience with state agencies (DASNY, OGS, SUCF), healthcare, higher education and K-12 education as well as local municipalities.
- 5 Years of managing a group with P&L responsibilities.
- CPESC, LEED AP, and/or ENV SP certification a plus.
- A Valid Driver's License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) is required.
Pay range and compensation package
This role is paying an excellent basic salary in addition to a generous benefits package.