Transportation Service Lead - Civil

Westwood Professional Services Inc•Pleasanton, CA

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About The Position

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Transportation Service Leader to join our team. This position can sit in Modesto, Fresno, or our Pleasanton, California offices. The primary responsibilities for this position include business development, team development and operations and project management for both public and private sector transportation projects in Westwood office markets. The Transportation Service Leader will work with the Regional Service Leader and local leaders in the Public Infrastructure and Land Development Divisions to develop and implement strategies for maximizing Westwood’s share of the local transportation market. This is an opportunity to join Westwood’s highly experienced and dynamic team dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. Our ideal candidate will have 10+ years of diverse transportation engineering, design and project management experience supporting both the public and private sectors. This position is responsible for marketing, business development, project management and sustained growth of the transportation team.

Requirements

Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization and use independent judgement.
Knowledge of the transportation service consulting business.
Experience developing and implementing marketing pursuit strategies.
Experience in operations and business practices.
Excellent technical and project management skills.
Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with peers, clients, and public agency staff.
Ability to coach, mentor and motivate others.
Track record of successfully winning and delivering projects.
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
Licensed Professional Civil Engineer (PE) and/or Traffic Engineer (TE) in CA (or capable of obtaining within 6 months).
10+ years of progressive design, management, and business development experience in transportation.
This position requires travel to project sites and other Westwood offices throughout the United States.

Responsibilities

Works with Division, Regional Service, and local leaders to develop and implement a strategic plan to advance service initiatives that support the goals of the division.
Provide leadership, mentoring and empowerment to transportation service staff throughout California.
Work with leaders to develop short- and long-term growth plans for the transportation service.
Ensure company culture, policies and procedures are consistently implemented within the service group.
Stay current on service-specific trends, technology, software, hardware and equipment. Drive value based on innovation.
Work with leaders to develop and implement standards for work products specific to the service such as design standards, reports, specifications, data files, etc.
Responsible for service-based workload coordination across the region.
Advise leaders in hiring decisions and identify technical resource needs as they relate to the service group in the region.
Support market-based and/or service-based business development in each office in the region by providing technical expertise and transportation revenue generation.
Provide leadership, mentoring and empowerment to the office service team.
Partner with local market leaders on project proposal efforts, for service-specific components.
Ensures division, regional, and company values, policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.
Develop and implement a strategic plan.
Advance service initiatives in the office.
Support the goals of the division.
Provide advice in hiring decisions.
Identify technical resource needs as it relates to the service groups.
Develop short- and long-term growth plans for the service.
Develop and implement standards for work products specific to the service such as design standards, reports, specifications, data files, etc.