Engineering Manager - Bridge Practice Leader (Kansas City)

Burns & McDonnell; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell in Kansas City, MO is seeking a Bridge Practice Leader to direct the Bridge Department within the Transportation Global Practice. You will lead people, projects, and processes to deliver profitable services, recruit and develop the team, and drive business development in the geographic market.

You will report to the Director of Transportation and collaborate with Operations and other Practice Leaders to drive integration, consistency, and innovation across the unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in engineering and 13 years professional engineering experience in bridge design and construction; previous consulting engineering department management and project management experience required.
• Master Degree in business or engineering management preferred; structural engineering a plus.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills. This position requires an individual capable of applying intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to devise new approaches to problems encountered.
• Demonstrated ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change.
• Strong project management skills and a strategic perspective.
• Superior technical writing skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and adhere to schedules and meet key deadlines.
• Professional Engineer (PE) preferably for the corresponding state of the Burns & McDonnell assigned office.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary bridge teams, highly valued.
• Experience with alternative delivery and construction, desirable.
• Proven success in selling and business development: establishing and maintaining client relationships, developing opportunities, and leading successful project pursuits, highly valued.
• Demonstrated leadership in project delivery, staff development, and financial performance, desirable.
• Established reputation for technical excellence, innovation, and client service in the transportation industry, beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage development and execution of the overall Global Practice strategic business initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.
• Provide direction and oversight of efforts in identification and vetting of prospective clients and projects. Responsible for business development activities aligning with business goals.
• Provide leadership to their teams; direct and coordinate efforts to ensure efficient and cost-effective utilization of staff.
• Serve as the escalation point for at-risk projects, with authority to intervene in staffing, execution strategy, or client approach to restore project performance.
• Recommend changes in the department’s structure and organization to achieve the objectives assigned to them.
• Define and maintain clear role boundaries, decision authority, and escalation paths, among team leaders within the discipline.
• Accountable to allocate time, resources, and leadership support to innovation efforts that improve long-term practice sustainability, scalability, and competitive positioning.
• Oversee the development of department tools and work flows to increase efficiency in planning, designs, specification development, and project execution and deliverables.
• Establish and review budgets and schedules for proposals.
• Direct oversight and management of the budget and expenditure of funds.
• Achieve stated targets and standards for Global Practice financial performance.
• Provide industry expertise with respect to the competition.
• Present monthly financial information to leadership including schedules and budget forecasts.
• Approve strategies for cross-selling services across the organization.
• Provide guidance relative to set-up and structure of staffing and execution approach on projects and the associated interface with other disciplines.
• Support managers (Technical Manager and Project Execution Manager) to establish, monitor, and record historical metrics for project budget management.
• Responsible for ensuring alignment and support of staff development, quality control and resource coordination.
• Recruits, hires, develops, and retains outstanding employee-owners.
• Responsible for conducting performance evaluation for selected department or direct reports.
• Responsible for interpreting policies, purposes and goals of the organization.
• Adheres and responsible for Burns & McDonnell Quality Control program.
• Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies.
• Responsible for maintaining compliance with equal employment opportunity initiatives.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Leadership

Business development

Education

Bachelor Degree in engineering

Master Degree in business or engineering management

PE license

Job description

Description

A Brief Overview:

The Bridge Practice Leader is responsible for the managerial direction and leadership of the Bridge Department in the Transportation Global Practice.

The Bridge Practice Leader will have full accountability for leading people, projects, and processes that enable delivery of profitable services in the geographic market served. This responsibility includes building a high-performance team through recruitment and people development, mobilizing them to conduct business development, and managing the execution of projects in cooperation with project managers and business line leaders. Additionally, the Practice Leader will report to the Director of Transportation and work closely with the Operations Director and other Practice Leaders to drive integration, consistency, and innovation across the business unit.

What you will do:

• Manage development and execution of the overall Global Practice strategic business initiatives to achieve goals and objectives.

• Provide direction and oversight of efforts in identification and vetting of prospective clients and projects. Responsible for business development activities aligning with business goals.

• Provide leadership to their teams; direct and coordinate efforts to ensure efficient and cost-effective utilization of staff.

• Serve as the escalation point for at-risk projects, with authority to intervene in staffing, execution strategy, or client approach to restore project performance.

• Recommend changes in the department’s structure and organization to achieve the objectives assigned to them.

• Define and maintain clear role boundaries, decision authority, and escalation paths, among team leaders within the discipline.

• Accountable to allocate time, resources, and leadership support to innovation efforts that improve long-term practice sustainability, scalability, and competitive positioning.

• Oversee the development of department tools and work flows to increase efficiency in planning, designs, specification development, and project execution and deliverables.

• Establish and review budgets and schedules for proposals.

• Direct oversight and management of the budget and expenditure of funds.

• Achieve stated targets and standards for Global Practice financial performance.

• Provide industry expertise with respect to the competition.

• Present monthly financial information to leadership including schedules and budget forecasts.

• Approve strategies for cross-selling services across the organization.

• Provide guidance relative to set-up and structure of staffing and execution approach on projects and the associated interface with other disciplines.

• Support managers (Technical Manager and Project Execution Manager) to establish, monitor, and record historical metrics for project budget management

• Responsible for ensuring alignment and support of staff development, quality control and resource coordination.

• Recruits, hires, develops, and retains outstanding employee-owners.

• Responsible for conducting performance evaluation for selected department or direct reports.

• Responsible for interpreting policies, purposes and goals of the organization.

• Adheres and responsible for Burns & McDonnell Quality Control program.

• Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies.

• Responsible for maintaining compliance with equal employment opportunity initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in engineering and 13 years professional engineering experience in bridge design and construction; previous consulting engineering department management and project management experience required.

• Master Degree in business or engineering management preferred; structural engineering a plus.

• Excellent written & verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills. This position requires an individual capable of applying intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments.

• Demonstrated ability to devise new approaches to problems encountered.

• Demonstrated ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change.

• Strong project management skills and a strategic perspective.

• Superior technical writing skills.

• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and adhere to schedules and meet key deadlines.

• Professional Engineer (PE) preferably for the corresponding state of the Burns & McDonnell assigned office.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary bridge teams, highly valued.

• Experience with alternative delivery and construction, desirable.

• Proven success in selling and business development: establishing and maintaining client relationships, developing opportunities, and leading successful project pursuits, highly valued.

• Demonstrated leadership in project delivery, staff development, and financial performance, desirable.

• Established reputation for technical excellence, innovation, and client service in the transportation industry, beneficial.

Performance Indicators:

• Growth in practice backlog, revenue, and profitability.

• Consistent on-time, on-budget, high quality project delivery.

• Client satisfaction and repeat business.

• Retention and development of technical/PM staff.

• Contribution to market positioning and industry recognition (awards, thought leadership, technical innovation).

• Growth in successful integration of BMI.

• Chargeability goal - 60%

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Job Engineering

Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City

Other Locations United States

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Req ID: 264929

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-JH #TRN N/A