Resource Operations Manager

Foth; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Foth is seeking a Resource Operations Manager based in Des Moines or Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to lead the development and engagement of roughly 50 team members and align talent with project needs. You will partner with Project Managers and Technical Leads to ensure our clients are supported by the right resources and strong workforce planning.

Travel of 25-50% is required as you collaborate across locations, coach staff, and shape workforce effectiveness while upholding Foth's values of

Qualifications

• Experience leading or coaching employees in a resource planning context.
• Ability to influence decisions in a matrixed org while building trusted relationships.
• Experience providing feedback, resolving conflicts, and handling confidential information.
• Experience collaborating with project, technical, recruiting, and HR teams.
• Willingness to work from Des Moines or Cedar Rapids and travel 25–50%.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and engagement for ~50 team members.
• Provide performance coaching, development, recognition, and succession planning.
• Manage communications and team-building activities to foster culture.
• Identify workforce needs with PMs and Technical Leads.
• Participate in resource leadership and client project meetings.
• Collaborate with recruiting to interview and develop offers.
• Lead new-member integration including access to tools and training.
• Administer compensation and bonus programs.
• Model Foth values through ethical, safe, accountable leadership.

Skills

Leadership experience

Employee development

Cross-functional collaboration

Feedback & confidentiality

Travel readiness

Job description

Foth is a 100% member-owned science and engineering consulting firm headquarters in Wisconsin, with over 85 years of success. Our 750 members across 33 locations are dedicated to solving our clients’ toughest science and engineering challenges. Consistently ranked by Engineering News Record in the top 150 firms, we offer a values-based, collaborative, and flexible work environment with professional growth opportunities. If you thrive working alongside a smart and caring team, Foth may be the place for you. Join our team and experience the Foth difference that contributes to our impressive92+% member retention rate! Learn more at foth.com/careers.

At Foth, we believe exceptional work starts with exceptional people. We are seeking a Resource Operations Manager based in Des Moines or Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to lead the development of approximately 50 team members. In this unique leadership role, you will combine talent development, strategic workforce planning, and team leadership to help employees grow their careers while ensuring project teams have the talent and resources needed to successfully serve our clients. Partnering closely with Project Managers and Technical Leads, you will shape the member experience, strengthen workforce effectiveness, and foster a collaborative, values-based culture of continuous learning. This role is ideal for someone who is highly collaborative, naturally people-focused, and energized by helping others succeed. Travel of 25-50% is required.

At Foth, every employee has a dedicated leader focused on their growth and success. If you take pride in building relationships, developing people, solving challenges through collaboration, and contributing to a culture where people genuinely care about one another, we'd love to meet you.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the development, engagement, and overall member experience for approximately 50 team members.
• Facilitate member reviews by providing timely feedback, performance coaching, professional development, career advancement opportunities, recognition, and succession planning.
• Provide proactive member communication and support team building and change management activities that foster an intentional culture.
• Identify workforce needs through partnering with Project Managers and Technical Leads on estimating, proposals, staffing decisions, resource conflicts, and member utilization.
• Participate in resource leadership and appropriate client team or project meetings.
• Partner with recruiting to interview, select, and develop offers for new members in alignment with compensation standards.
• Lead new-member integration, including timely access to equipment, workspace, software, training, personal protective equipment, and required safety training.
• Administer compensation and bonus programs consistently.
• Model Foth values through inclusive, ethical, transparent, safety-minded, and accountable leadership while delivering high-quality, timely work.

Required Qualifications

• Experience leading, coaching, or developing employees while balancing workforce or resource planning responsibilities.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and influence decisions in a matrixed organization.
• Experience providing feedback, navigating performance conversations, resolving conflict, and maintaining confidentiality.
• Experience collaborating across project, technical, recruiting, and Human Resources teams.
• Ability to work from the Des Moines or Cedar Rapids office and travel 25-50% to support other locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in engineering consulting, professional services, or another project-based environment.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed employees.
• Experience across the talent lifecycle, including recruiting, onboarding, compensation, development, succession planning, and engagement.

All Foth Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. Qualified women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. All locations are tobacco-free.Subject to applicable state law, all applicants who have received a written offer of employment and a copy of Foth’s Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Program Policy, will be required to undergo testing for commonly abused controlled substances. Applicants must complete the required drug testing within two business days of offer acceptance. Foth will pay for all drug testing, which will be conducted by a licensed independent medical laboratory that follows testing requirements in accordance with applicable state law.

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