Arizona Road & Highway Team Lead

Stantec•Tucson, AZ

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Do you see your career as a highway to a brighter future? Join our roadways team to drive forth our economies, our societies, and your career. A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world. If you’re looking for a career that moves, join our team of professionals who are passionate about the future of transportation. Your Opportunity An exciting opportunity exists for an Arizona Roads & Highway Team Lead to become part of our dynamic transportation business group in the Mountain region (Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico). Stantec’s business group has a strong local presence and we have participated in some of Arizona’s most significant and iconic projects. The successful candidate will be someone with strong interpersonal skills to foster a positive team environment, work collaboratively, and support a culture of safety. With more than 32,000 employees worldwide, you will have access to global expertise while working alongside our close-knit regional team. Reporting to the Mountain region Roads & Highway team lead, in the capacity of the Arizona state Roads & Highway Team Lead, you will interface directly with clients and stakeholders to effectively manage project teams and deliverables, with a focus on quality and collaboration. You will lead the Roads & Highway team within Arizona and provide technical and business leadership in major road/highway and municipal roadway projects. You will work closely and in line with the other Roads & Highway leadership within the Mountain region to position, develop and grow the sector. Your broad skills sets will be called upon to execute a variety of tasks which will include strategic business planning, positioning with key client accounts, proposal preparation, multi-disciplinary engineering design management including the project scope, schedule and budgets, identification and assignment of team resources, leadership in the technical preparation of highway/roadway/intersection designs, and quality management, respectively. People, Process, and Business Leadership Grow the Roads & Highway engineering and management business practice within Arizona, together with the Mountain region Transportation engineering leadership. Lead a team of highly skilled engineers, engineers in training, technologists, designers, and/or interns to successfully execute projects of varying sizes and complexity. Consult and network with key clients and contribute to client account planning as required. Provide internal leadership in design excellence, coaching, engagement, and retention. Assist with managing the workload and resource planning for the Roads & Highway team, maximizing productivity and ensuring team utilization is reasonable, and tasks are distributed fairly amongst the team. Track and drive team performance against established key performance indicators (KPIs). Conduct staff performance reviews and support career development. Provide input and recommendations on compensation for direct reports, including promotions. Provide mentorship, ensure the technical development of junior designers and EIT’s. Recommend and participate in the hiring process and decision making of new team members, with the support of Human Resources. Consult with other leadership to ensure alignment of corporate goals and effective use of resources and knowledge. Coordinate with other leads, amongst both Roadway sector and other Transportation sectors to ensure resources are allocated properly and projects are executed. Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned. Road & Highway Engineering and Project Management in Arizona The Roads & Highway Team Lead will have a degree of autonomy, entrusted to oversee complex engineering design projects, working with the client and team resources for the preparation of engineering deliverables, such as design drawings, cost estimates, construction specifications, engineering reports and support to required applications to regulatory agencies. High level of participation in business development and project pursuits, leading, or contributing to preparation of work proposals to clients including client and industry event attendance. Collaboration with other engineering disciplines and supporting technical/drafting staff, coordinating the efficient production of deliverables workplan within budgets. Responsible for ensuring quality plans/reviews undertaken and, when appropriate, sealing of projects as Engineer of Record for projects they directly supervise. Oversee and manage multiple projects, managing a variety of multi-disciplinary engineering design projects, including preliminary to detailed design, and, when applicable, the preparation of tender/bidding documents and engineering support through the construction phase of projects. Facilitates resources to support the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, and reviewing agency personnel. Coordinates with clients and Regulatory Agencies for reviews and approvals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related professional degree.
Licensed Professional Engineer in Arizona
Minimum of 10 years of progressive and collective experience, including project management, project design, and construction engineering of roads and highways.
Comprehensive technical understanding of various phases of infrastructure projects, including conventional and alternative delivery methods.
Thorough understanding of project scoping, identification of deliverables, tasks, scheduling, resources and levels of effort, and project budgeting.
Strong communication and problem-solving skills, and aptitude for leadership, managing people and delivery of infrastructure projects.
Experience with technical guidelines, codes and construction standards of ADOT, FHWA, and AASHTO.
Ability to effectively discuss project issues with clients and stakeholders.
Excellent time-management skills and ability to work independently.
Strong understanding of the functionality of relevant design software, including AutoCAD, Civil3D, MicroStation, OpenRoads, and Auto-Turn.
Position will work in person and remotely with a preference to have at the minimum 3 days per week in office work with some field work as required.

Responsibilities

Grow the Roads & Highway engineering and management business practice within Arizona, together with the Mountain region Transportation engineering leadership.
Lead a team of highly skilled engineers, engineers in training, technologists, designers, and/or interns to successfully execute projects of varying sizes and complexity.
Consult and network with key clients and contribute to client account planning as required.
Provide internal leadership in design excellence, coaching, engagement, and retention.
Assist with managing the workload and resource planning for the Roads & Highway team, maximizing productivity and ensuring team utilization is reasonable, and tasks are distributed fairly amongst the team.
Track and drive team performance against established key performance indicators (KPIs).
Conduct staff performance reviews and support career development.
Provide input and recommendations on compensation for direct reports, including promotions.
Provide mentorship, ensure the technical development of junior designers and EIT’s.
Recommend and participate in the hiring process and decision making of new team members, with the support of Human Resources.
Consult with other leadership to ensure alignment of corporate goals and effective use of resources and knowledge.
Coordinate with other leads, amongst both Roadway sector and other Transportation sectors to ensure resources are allocated properly and projects are executed.
Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.
Oversee complex engineering design projects, working with the client and team resources for the preparation of engineering deliverables, such as design drawings, cost estimates, construction specifications, engineering reports and support to required applications to regulatory agencies.
High level of participation in business development and project pursuits, leading, or contributing to preparation of work proposals to clients including client and industry event attendance.
Collaboration with other engineering disciplines and supporting technical/drafting staff, coordinating the efficient production of deliverables workplan within budgets.
Responsible for ensuring quality plans/reviews undertaken and, when appropriate, sealing of projects as Engineer of Record for projects they directly supervise.
Oversee and manage multiple projects, managing a variety of multi-disciplinary engineering design projects, including preliminary to detailed design, and, when applicable, the preparation of tender/bidding documents and engineering support through the construction phase of projects.
Facilitates resources to support the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, and reviewing agency personnel.
Coordinates with clients and Regulatory Agencies for reviews and approvals.