Geotechnical Engineering Practice Manager

SLR Consulting•Boston, MA

2d•$165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

SLR Consulting (Americas) is seeking a highly motivated Geotechnical Engineering Practice Manager to lead their North American geotechnical engineering team. This role offers a significant opportunity to lead a multi-national team, provide technical and operational leadership, and drive innovative project solutions for clients. The ideal candidate will be client-focused, experienced in developing technical scopes, preparing proposals, managing projects, and identifying/pursuing business opportunities. They will also be responsible for mentoring and leading the geotechnical team.

Requirements

20+ years’ experience as a Geotechnical Engineer
Experience managing both projects, and teams of consultants across different geographies
Proven experience in operations leadership within a technical consulting or professional services environment
Experience in developing practice-level business plans and achieving intended outcomes
Proven people management experience across a wide area to engage, develop and retain their team
Demonstrated experience in consistently achieving performance metrics and growing teams, revenue and margins
Excellent business development, client management and multi-disciplinary bid execution skills
Outstanding ability to understand client needs and oversee teams to meet those needs
Effective communication capabilities, particularly around conveying vision, strategic intent and ability to invigorate people to bring them on the journey
Competence in analytical assessments and reporting
The ability to travel within the US and Canada to engage with the team personally.

Responsibilities

Leading the Geotechnical Engineering practice with authenticity, purpose, and vigour
Driving growth in line with market trends and opportunities, and actively manages resourcing requirements to facilitate growth
Consistently achieving KPIs across the spectrum of financial metrics, responding to stretch targets as necessary
Managing SLR’s commercial risk through rigorous and informed review of project work and proposals, ensuring adequate backlog and maintaining standards of excellence
Using proven leadership skills to maintain and grow a high performing practice
Leading by example by working effectively across multi-disciplinary teams, fostering collaboration across practices, promoting knowledge sharing regionally and globally
Ensuring the portfolio of projects with the practice is healthy, with a net positive position, and that high risks are appropriately managed
Maintaining a client focus always. Engaging frequently with clients in collaboration with other business leaders to drive brand awareness, business development, and market share advancement
Keeping up to date with specialist area trends and best practice, participating in technical and/or professional associations
Living and breathing the SLR way through the promotion and use of consistent globally aligned systems, practices and processes