Intermountain Division Manager

Apex Companies•Boise, UT

About The Position

The Intermountain Division Manager runs Apex’s business across its Intermountain footprint, comprising more than 130 professional staff in 10 offices across Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. The role is accountable for operational execution, financial performance, client engagement, organic growth, talent development, and risk management. It works closely with regional and business-unit leaders, finance and commercial partners, office leaders, service-line leaders, and corporate functions to align strategy and deliver high-quality, compliant, profitable work. The manager connects business strategy with day-to-day operating discipline by translating KPI results into action plans, supporting project managers and office leaders, strengthening client relationships, managing operational risk, and developing a leadership bench to support sustained growth. The position oversees a diverse portfolio of civil engineering, environmental, and consulting projects, and establishes a disciplined operating cadence across financial performance, project controls, sales, staffing, safety, and leadership communication. The role is based in the Intermountain West Division, with listed locations in Boise, Salt Lake City, Logan, Rexburg, or remote within the region, and requires regular travel to division offices, client sites, and corporate functions. It reports to the West Business Unit Leader.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, Business Management, or a related discipline.
15 or more years of progressive professional-services consulting experience in civil infrastructure and engineering design in transportation, water, and/or environmental services.
8 or more years of experience managing operational P&L, budgets, multidisciplinary teams, project delivery, and performance improvement.
5 or more years of demonstrated success in business development, client stewardship, and growth with new and existing clients.
Experience managing staff and operations across multiple offices, service lines, geographies, or integrated business units.
Experience with project financial controls, accounts-receivable follow-up, write-down review, contracting, change management, staffing, utilization, and budget management.
Strong leadership presence, communication skills, and coaching capability, including the ability to hold leaders accountable while building trust.
Ability to prioritize competing demands, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and communicate action plans clearly.
Regular travel to division offices, client sites, and corporate functions.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Experience or qualifications that support consideration at a level above the posted range.

Responsibilities

Own division P&L, KPI reviews, mid-month performance updates, action plans, and responses to Accounting and Finance partners.
Lead performance against revenue, gross margin, utilization, accounts receivable, write-downs, budget, and project-risk measures; follow up on variances, problem accounts, and corrective actions.
Participate in revenue generation, accounts receivable, budget, project review, invoicing, accounts payable, timecard, expense, and financial-close processes as needed.
Prepare or support annual division budgets, staff raise and bonus inputs, acquired-firm budget reviews, and other planning materials.
Provide operational oversight for civil engineering, environmental, and consulting projects across Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana.
Support project managers and supervisors on contracts, teaming agreements, master services agreements, change orders, standard pricing, and project risks.
Participate with the Project Management Office and Finance in project reviews, including estimate-to-complete reviews, material write-downs, problem projects, lessons learned, corrective actions, and escalation.
Communicate relevant updates from business-unit, corporate, safety, finance, HR, IT, and shared-services teams to division leaders and staff.
Partner with Talent Acquisition to prioritize recruiting, manage requisitions, review offers and salary alignment, and interview for key roles.
Review and approve staffing actions within delegated authority, including postings, promotions, title changes, and mid-cycle adjustments.
Manage assigned direct reports, which may include office leaders, service-line leaders, senior project managers, and other division leaders.
Lead performance management, mentoring, coaching, training, personnel issue management, succession planning, and leadership development across the division.
Develop and execute annual and quarterly strategies for division growth, client retention, and profitability.
Partner with growth, commercial, business-unit, office, and service-line leaders to prioritize pursuits and key accounts.
Lead or approve go/no-go decisions, pursuit strategy, sponsorship requests as applicable, and responses to sales metrics and projections.
Represent Apex with clients, regulators, agency partners, and industry stakeholders across the division.
Work with Health and Safety leadership on monthly safety metrics, good-catch participation, corrective actions, and division safety priorities; communicate and implement safety expectations.
Escalate legal, contractual, safety, staffing, financial, and project-delivery risks to appropriate leaders and corporate partners.
Establish and maintain a recurring operating cadence covering financial and KPI updates, commercial activity, operations leadership, project controls and risk, people leadership, and safety.
Participate in recurring leadership, resource-planning, revenue-generation, project-control, recruiting, and companywide safety meetings as required.