Area Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Successful candidates will have to pass a background check and a motor vehicle records check.
• US citizenship or permanent residency is required.
• Sponsor ship at this time or in the future will not be offered for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree preferred.
• 15 years related experience.
• California Professional Geologist or Professional Engineer
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations.
• Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere.
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others.
• Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
• Strong knowledge and track record in the environmental / remediation business inclusive of risk-based strategic asset management and advocacy in multiple state jurisdictions working for an Environmental Consultant.

Responsibilities

• Drives program performance to meet and/or exceed client satisfaction and KPIs.
• Understands and drives business performance and the attainment and exceedance of internal KPIs.
• Interacts with business leadership on governance & risk issues to ensure risk management triggers are identified and addressed proactively.
• Develops and formulates solutions to client problems/issues.
• Participates in project reviews of major program/project dashboards/deep dives to identify issues and improve performance.
• Works to drive faster adoption of digital tools.
• Actively integrates international Enterprise Capabilities into project delivery to meet business targets and works with business leadership to manage transitions.
• Continually develops ideas for program and process improvement.
• Is directly engaged and manages high-quality client projects.
• Actively shares people management responsibilities for approximately 50 department staff.
• Builds, maintains, and facilitates trusting relationships with key contacts across the depth and breadth of three multinational chemical company client organizations.
• Serves as a focal point for major issue resolution and provides rapid follow-up to address concerns.
• Participates in feedback for Project Managers to assure client satisfaction and long-term growth.
• Develops and implements succession plans for the team and advises on the recruiting of key people to serve client needs.
• Assures project delivery employees are trained and mentored with a long-term goal of training new project managers.
• Coaches project managers and team members on understanding business performance and internal KPIs; implements processes with Project Managers.
• Evaluates individual performance of project managers within the department.
• Works collaboratively with Client Account Manager(s), Practice Area Leaders, and Business Line Leadership to grow profitable backlog and ensure financial success of their respective client program.
• Develops budgets that allow for business development portfolio management, tracking & optimizing wins and bookings, and project oversight.
• Leads capture strategies for key pursuits and major projects within the department, ensures those strategies yield high capture rates, and grows the business and relevant technical capabilities.
• Acts as a point of escalation for project issues and makes recommendations to improve performance. This may include addressing project resourcing gaps, supporting technical issues, resolving invoicing and cash collection challenges, addressing subconsultant and vendor concerns, etc.
• Drives consistent project management practices and procedures in alignment with AECOM Project Delivery System (PDS) and Quality Management System (QMS) requirements.
• Ensures accuracy of Workload Planning Tool output for the department.
• Maintains departmental compliance with West Region Environment Pricing guidance and DOA approval framework.
• Ensures the accuracy of the department’s Salesforce pipeline data and associated Detailed Forecast data and output reports.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• AD&D
• disability benefits
• paid time off
• leaves of absences
• voluntary benefits
• perks
• flexible work options
• well-being resources
• employee assistance program
• business travel insurance
• service recognition awards
• retirement savings plan
• employee stock purchase plan