Transportation Engineering Practice Leader & Office Director

DKS Associates; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 178,640 - 203,720; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 Vacation Days & 8.66 Sick Pay Days

Employer paid Disability, Life, AD&D Insurance Coverage

100% DKS paid Medical Premium for employee-owners

401k Pre-tax and Roth options

Referral Bonus Program

Job summary

DKS Associates is seeking a Transportation Engineering Practice Leader & Office Director in Boise, ID. This senior leadership role requires 15+ years of transportation engineering experience and strong leadership capabilities. The ideal candidate will oversee the office operations, ensure team success, and foster client relationships.

As a 100% employee-owned firm, DKS values innovation and collaboration, offering competitive salaries ranging from $178,640 to $203,720 annually, along with excellent benefits. Join us in shaping the future of transportation!

Qualifications

• 15+ years delivering transportation infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience managing office, department, or practice financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Define strategic direction for the transportation engineering practice.
• Lead proposals and interviews for new business opportunities.
• Develop and mentor high-performing teams.

Skills

Transportation Engineering Expertise

Leadership Experience

Business and Financial Acumen

People Leadership

Technical Breadth

Education

PE license

Job description

Every day, we set new directions in the rapidly advancing world of transportation. As a DKS employee-owner, you will work on challenging projects in a collaborative team environment with leaders in the transportation field.

Position: Transportation Engineering Practice Leader & Office Director

Location: Boise, ID

Job Id: 528

# of Openings: 1

Transportation Engineering Practice Leader and Office Director

Shape the Future of Transportation in Boise and Beyond

DKS Associates is growing! In November 2024, we proudly welcomed Six Mile Engineering, a respected Boise-area firm, into DKS, a 100% employee‑owned company. With this acquisition, we’ve combined Six Mile’s local expertise in roadway design with the full breadth of DKS’s national strengths in transportation planning, engineering, and technology. We are seeking an experienced transportation engineering leader to serve as our Transportation Engineering Practice Leader and Office Director. The ideal candidate brings broad experience delivering transportation projects, building client relationships, leading multidisciplinary teams, and mentoring technical staff with roadway design serving as one of several areas of technical expertise. This senior leadership role combines responsibility for transportation practice growth with leadership of our Boise office, including financial performance, employee development, strategic planning, and operational excellence.

The Opportunity

This strategic leadership role blends transportation consulting expertise, business development, technical leadership, office management, and financial stewardship to advance DKS's reputation as a leader in transportation consulting. While roadway design remains an important technical discipline, this leader will collaborate across transportation planning, traffic engineering, multimodal, and technology practices to deliver integrated transportation solutions. Success in this role requires balancing client service, practice growth, office leadership, and development of future employee owners.

This is more than a job, it’s your chance to set the direction of a growing practice, expand roadway and multimodal services, and mentor the next generation of leaders.

Why Join DKS?

• Reputation: For over 45 years, DKS has been a trusted partner in transportation design, traffic engineering, and technology innovation.
• Ownership Culture: As a 100% employee‑owned firm, every employee has a voice and a stake in our success.
• Growth: Help expand DKS's transportation engineering practice throughout Idaho while helping shape the future of transportation services across the company.
• Breadth of Services: Our work spans roadway and intersection design, transit, ITS, connected vehicles, and emerging mobility.

Your Role as Transportation Engineering Practice Leader and Office Director

• Define the strategic direction for DKS's transportation engineering practice in collaboration with transportation planning, traffic engineering, and technology leaders, with roadway design serving as a key area of expertise.
• Track industry trends and market opportunities to position the firm for growth.
• Contribute to company‑wide strategic planning and leadership forums.
• Cultivate strong relationships with agencies, clients, and partner firms.
• Identify and win new business opportunities; lead proposals and interviews.
• Lead the Boise office's business and financial performance, including budgeting, staffing, utilization, and growth objectives.
• Develop and mentor high‑performing teams through coaching, performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Partner with regional and executive leadership to drive strategic growth, operational excellence, and a strong employee‑owner culture.
• Manage a portfolio of complex transportation projects including roadway design, multimodal corridors, complete streets, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, intersections, traffic operations improvements, and other transportation infrastructure projects.
• Provide high‑level QA/QC, technical oversight, and project delivery guidance.
• Mentor transportation professionals across offices in technical excellence, project delivery, client service, business development, and leadership.
• Support recruitment, development, and retention of exceptional transportation professionals.
• Represent DKS in industry organizations and promote thought leadership through conferences, committees, and publications.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high‑performance work culture.

What We’re Looking For

• Transportation Engineering Expertise: 15+ years delivering transportation infrastructure projects with significant roadway design experience and demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary transportation teams.
• Leadership Experience: Demonstrated success leading complex transportation projects, managing multidisciplinary teams, serving as a trusted client advisor, and coaching employees through performance and career development.
• Business and Financial Acumen: Experience managing office, department, or practice financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, utilization management, and profitability goals.
• People Leadership: Demonstrated success hiring, developing, mentoring, and retaining high‑performing teams while creating a positive and accountable workplace culture.
• Technical Breadth: Demonstrated experience across multiple transportation disciplines such as roadway design, multimodal facilities, traffic engineering, intersections, utilities, drainage, traffic control, signing and striping, or related transportation infrastructure.
• Professional Credentials: PE license required; other specialty certifications a plus.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Ability to grow a practice, expand services, and strengthen DKS’s presence in Idaho and beyond.

Your Impact

At DKS, you'll do more than deliver transportation projects. You'll build on Six Mile's strong roadway design legacy while helping grow a broader transportation engineering practice that reflects DKS's multidisciplinary expertise. Through client relationships, technical leadership, business development, and mentorship, you'll help shape the future of transportation throughout Idaho while influencing the long‑term direction of one of the Northwest's leading transportation consulting firms.

Ready to Lead the Way?

Join a collaborative, employee‑owned firm that values innovation, technical excellence, and leadership. Together, let’s design the future of transportation in Boise and beyond.

What are our Benefits?

• 20 Vacation Days & 8.66 Sick Pay Days
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Employer paid Disability, Life, AD&D Insurance Coverage
• 100% DKS paid Medical Premium for our employee‑owners
• 80% DKS paid Medical Premium for spouse and dependents of our employee‑owners
• Extremely affordable Dental, & Vision Plans
• Flexible Spending Account (Health Care & Dependent Care), Transit Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account Options
• Paid Jury/Witness Duty
• Paid Bereavement
• Leave without Pay
• Transit Subsidy
• Pre‑tax Commuter Option
• Referral Bonus Program
• DKS funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401k Pre‑tax and Roth options
• Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement
• Verizon Employee Discount

Our Commitment to your Professional Growth:

• Training & Educational Assistance
• Technical & Professional Societies
• Conferences & Seminars
• Annual Bonus Program
• Years of Service Awards
• Flexible Work Schedule

Salary Range DOE:

• Transportation Engineering Practice Leader: $178,640 - $203,720 per year (posted job)
• Transportation Engineering Practice Leader & Principal: $191,180 - $229,900 per year

DKS is proud to be 100% employee‑owned with a commitment to making a meaningful difference in our communities. As part of the DKS team, you will be part of a collaborative environment where every employee‑owner is encouraged to share ideas and participate in strategic discussions focused on shaping the future of transportation and of our firm. At DKS, we put our employee‑owners first. We realize our unique and diverse employee‑owners are the heart of our firm. Not only do we work hard to accomplish our goals, we also play hard to celebrate our victories! We welcome the opportunity for you to become an employee‑owner of DKS!

DKS Associates is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, or age.