Department Manager - Civil/Site

Colliers Engineering & Design • Park Ridge, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Department Manager to lead a Civil/Site team in their Park Ridge, IL office. The Department Manager is responsible for the professional, technical, management, marketing, administrative, and financial aspects of their group and represents the firm as an expert in their specific department field. They manage the department to provide cost-effective services to various project managers, staff, and other employees in a manner that produces an adequate profit for the company. Joining Colliers Engineering & Design will accelerate YOUR success by facilitating large warehousing complexes, all-star sporting arenas, residential developments, or planning mixed-use establishments in downtown business districts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• 15+ Years of progressive leadership and managerial experience in related field.
• Professional Engineer licensure (P.E.).
• Demonstrated effective leadership across large groups of employees.
• Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strategic thinking.
• Effective delegation skills.
• Collaboration.
• Ability to hold others accountable.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership, strategic/managerial direction, and guidance for a discipline to achieve established financial and growth goals for the discipline.
• Has primary responsibility for overall productivity, profitability, client satisfaction, and quality of work throughout the discipline.
• Develops, executes, and leads discipline marketing and business development strategies in collaboration with the Corporate Marketing and Business Development teams.
• Evaluates and monitors proposal development and contract execution throughout the discipline ensuring compliance with Company standard operating procedures.
• Evaluates and monitors billing and collections throughout the discipline ensuring compliance with Company standard operating procedures while meeting or exceeding discipline financial goals.
• Serves as a resource for the leadership team throughout the discipline.
• Consistently monitors the backlog of work and the sharing of resources within the discipline, maximizing staff utilization. Reviews staff utilization regularly and promptly addresses staff not meeting utilization goals.
• Actively involved with business development and the cross-selling of all company services.
• Prepares for the future state of the discipline through succession planning in a timely manner.
• Holds people managers within the discipline accountable for fostering staff professional development, monitoring staffing/recruiting activity, and effectively managing employee relations.
• Complies with and ensures others' compliance with all CED policies and procedures, including but not limited to the Health and Safety Program.
• Collaborates with the Discipline Safety Coordinator on implementing and complying with the Health and Safety Program as it specifically relates to their discipline.
• Travels (via car or airplane) regularly to the various regions and offices.

Benefits

• company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid pregnancy disability leave
• short- and long-term disability insurance
• life insurance
• company-matched 401(k)/Roth
• paid time off that includes parental and military leave
• employee referral and professional license bonuses
• straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a work week
• reimbursement for education
• free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses
• mentorship program
• wellness program
• Women’s Organization
• ongoing philanthropic opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager