Engineering Office Manager

RE/SPEC Inc.•Fairbanks, AK

5d•Onsite

About The Position

RESPEC is seeking an experienced Engineering Office Manager to join our engineering team in our Fairbanks, AK office. This role focuses on operations and business development with a strategic mindset, proactively improving the day-to-day operations, production, services, quality, and efficiency of the office. It is a client service and staff-oriented role that requires the ability to continually and proactively improve the office's position across operational and financial measures. This leadership role drives the office’s performance and long-term sustainability, with the overall mission to ensure the office thrives, improves efficiencies, improves quality, improves services, and maintains profitability for the success of the office and the company. As a leader in the community, this role contributes to the growth of the organization by identifying, pursuing, and supporting new business and project opportunities. The role oversees/monitors staffing, resources, business development, and opportunities, and reports on office operations. It carries out broad supervisory duties including mentoring, hiring/recruiting, workforce planning, reviewing/approving expenditures, timecards, and performance management. The Engineering Office Manager identifies and resolves existing and potential operational and performance deficiencies, assists other offices in cross-office work sharing needing resources where possible, and anticipates and tracks staffing needs of the office, identifying peaks and valleys. The role requires the ability to travel nationwide as needed and perform other duties as assigned/commensurate with a senior engineer role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution
Professional Engineering license in area of expertise
10+ years of progressively responsible work experience
Exceptional skills in team leadership, coordination, and support
Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with groups both internally and externally.
Ability to research, analyze, and present office and individual financial performance measures.
Prior supervisory/management experience in an engineering services firm.
Ability to travel nationwide as needed.
Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain a clean driving record; position requires operating a company or personal vehicle during work hours for business-related travel.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated business management skills, including an understanding of company and office financials, financial drivers, hiring and staff development, and leadership.
Five years of demonstrated experience managing multiple clients and projects while overseeing a team, or teams, of people.

Responsibilities

Oversees/monitors staffing, resources, business development, opportunities and reports on office operations.
Carries out broad supervisory duties including mentoring, hiring/recruiting, workforce planning, reviewing/approving expenditures, timecards, and performance management.
Identifies and resolves existing and potential operational and performance deficiencies.
Assists other offices in cross-office work sharing needing resources where possible.
Anticipates and tracks staffing needs of the office identifying peaks and valleys.
Ability to travel nationwide as needed.
Other duties as assigned/commensurate with a senior engineer role.