As Director at Atwell, you will support and lead a team focused on diverse projects of various sizes, scopes, and detail. You will be in a flexible and entrepreneurial work environment with a vibrant office culture and a national presence. Atwell is looking for civil engineering leaders who are interested in being a subject matter expert in residential, commercial, or industrial land development. Responsibilities of a Director include the following:
Responsibilities:
- Business:
- Manage business operations for your team.
- Create an annual business plan with your Project Managers, Associate Directors, and present it to the Vice President
- Establish department objectives by collaborating with team members and management.
- Oversee business development activities and support internal BD training.
- Establish team plan:
- Maintain key client relationships.
- Develop future business and proactively build and maintain relationships with current and future clients.
- Achieve financial objectives:
- Manage revenue goals.
- Team utilization, invoice ratio, EM, profitability
- Management of respective PM projects in terms of AR collections, effort vs contract value, project profitability, change order submission, monthly invoicing.
- Risk management; contract review, proposal review, licensing review
- Manage invoices/subcontractors as needed.
- Establish product objectives:
- Ensure that current company and service sector standards are met.
- Ensure company templates are utilized and functional.
- Ensure operational excellence and a repeatable process for deliverables.
- Communicate with employees:
- Maintain an Open Door Policy
- Communicate company objectives, reports, and data.
- Develop Staff:
- Performance Management: Initiate reviews, follow-up on reviews, address compensation of team members, review job titles vs. job duties, support and provide details for performance improvement plans and monitor success.
- Training: Follow up on any training requested by employees, identify training tools for the team
- Mentor staff on industry knowledge, project knowledge, process knowledge, and best practices.
- Manage staff:
- Supervise and direct all members of the team with authority to recruit, interview, hire, on board, train, review, and discipline (up to, and including, termination)
- Communicate with Human Resources:
- Requisition: Responsible to identify and communicate need to the Talent Acquisition Team.
- Support regional recruiting efforts.
- Support the national talent acquisition team by identifying, interviewing, and hiring key talent.
- Build a regional organizational chart and hire toward those goals.
- Onboarding new employees: Complete an onboarding plan, present the onboarding plan, and assist with their first timesheet.
- Communicate any performance issues to HR for documentation, and termination of employees once approved by HR.
- Responsible for Health & Safety:
- Understand the safety manuals and protocols related to onboarding, training, enforcement, and reporting.
- Awareness of the safety aspects/requirements of projects from a team perspective and appropriate engagement, direction, and training with safety for the support needed.
- Approve timesheets and PTO, expense reports, and corporate credit card expenses.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge:
- Attend educational workshops.
- Review professional and market segment publications.
- Participate in applicable professional societies and trade associations.
- Promote internal communication and encourage dialogue within project teams, across market sectors, and throughout the organization.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- JD, MBA, or other advanced degree may be preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- Typically, a minimum of fifteen (15) plus years of experience in civil engineering land development
- Proven ability to lead teams, develop talent, and lead business development efforts.
Atwell Benefits: To attract and retain the best professionals in the industry, we aim to provide an excellent working environment and a progressive benefits program designed to support your personal and professional needs.
Work/Life:
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible work schedules are available for some positions
- Tenure Awards — Travel Vouchers to see the world based on your travel preferences
Money:
- Competitive Compensation packages
- Annual bonuses, spot bonuses and peer recognition awards
- 401(k) plan matching formula is 50% of your contributions up to 6%
- Tuition Assistance
- Student Loan Repayment up to $25K
- Paid Licensing / Certification Fees and Renewals
- Financial Rewards for Obtaining Licensure
- Employee Referrals up to $5,000
- Annual Wellness Reimbursement up to $500 for anything wellness related (Gym memberships, fitness tracker, home gym equipment, etc.)
‘Atwell’ness:
- Medical (BC/BS), Dental (Delta), and Vision (VSP)
- Health Savings Account & Flex Spending Account options
- Employer paid LTD, STD, and life insurance
- Metlife Supplemental Benefits covering accident, hospitalization, and critical illness
- Member Assistance Program (MAP) with complimentary counseling sessions, legal benefits, financial consultations, and work/life referral services