Vice President

Raba Kistner, Inc. • Chandler, AZ

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Raba Kistner, Inc., an engineering consulting and program management firm, is seeking a Vice President to join its Infrastructure team in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Under direction, this role manages financial, business development, personnel, service delivery, and quality functions for corporate engineering services. The Vice President may serve as a Project Manager, Project Principal, or Project Director, and may travel to company and client offices and project locations. The role may require protracted or irregular hours to meet client needs.

The position also provides leadership for staff and office culture, supports personnel competency and professional development, and helps ensure effective, cost-conscious delivery of high-quality services. The employee must maintain applicable licenses or certifications and protect company confidential information. The work involves regular outdoor conditions and proximity to moving mechanical parts; occasional exposure to various environmental hazards is possible. The noise level is usually loud.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in the applicable state, or, if licensed out of state, ability to obtain an applicable-state P.E. license within six months of hire.
• Fifteen years of progressively responsible experience in transportation engineering, including five years of experience in personnel, service delivery, and financial management.
• Five years of experience as a Resident Engineer or equivalent for transportation construction projects.
• Valid driver's license in the applicable jurisdiction and ability to meet the firm's auto insurability requirements.
• Good oral and written communication skills and ability to maintain effective working relationships with internal and external personnel.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to travel to project sites and maneuver over rough and uneven terrain.
• Ability to meet the physical demands described, including standing, walking, sitting, driving, handling objects, reaching, occasional climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting or moving up to 25 pounds with or without assistance.
• Flexibility to work protracted or irregular hours as needed to meet client needs.
• Ability to travel out of town to company offices, client offices, and project locations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing ADOT Construction Engineering and Inspection (CE&I) projects is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop budgets, monitor attainment, pursue receipt of revenues, and oversee expenditures to achieve corporate goals.
• Manage risks in service execution, including reducing exposure to litigation, unauthorized scope creep, and out-of-scope performance.
• Provide quarterly and annual revenue projections and monitor achievement of goals.
• Develop and maintain relationships with current and prospective clients.
• Lead or participate in regional office business development programs.
• Prepare, assist in preparing, and/or approve proposals and qualification statements.
• Act as a consultant to departments, project managers, and regional office principals.
• Serve as Project Manager, Project Principal, or Project Director.
• Implement and oversee compliance with administrative activities, including human resources, training programs, and health and safety.
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, monitor, and report on service delivery to clients.
• Identify personnel competency needs and evaluate development of personnel.
• Review implementation of established procedures and implement preventive and corrective actions for compliance.
• Follow established processes and assist with developing processes that ensure cost-effective application of technologies and services.
• Initiate and support quality management activities and performance management measures to provide high-quality services.
• Protect confidential financial, business, marketing, and operating plans and financial records.
• Establish a positive and progressive culture within the office and project locations that maximizes corporate performance and staff development.
• Support the technical and professional development of staff.
• Maintain applicable licenses and/or certifications, whether held at employment or obtained during employment.
• Interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate assignments.
• Review procedures of assigned supervisors and/or their direct reports and clarify procedures.
• Assign work priorities to direct reports.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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