Smart Mobility Practice Leader

DEA is looking for an experienced people leader to become our Smart MobilityPractice Leader. Our Smart Mobility practice provides traffic engineering, transportation planning, environmental planning, and public engagement services throughout the Western US. The responsibilities as a Practice Leader will be diverse and will include providing leadership, management, and coordination of the Practice across the firm to meet or exceed Transportation Business Unit (TBU) metrics and results. You will develop and communicate the Practice's strategy across the TBU and firm in accordance with the overall company strategy. You will be responsible for meeting the revenue and growth metrics, and building and enhancing skills and capabilities of the Practice. You will work with regional Group Leaders, Market Leaders, and Project Managers to balance workload across regions and areas. You will also lead national branding efforts assessing Practice area best practices and technology trends. This position can be located in one of our Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Southern California, or Colorado offices.
Practice Leader Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing Practice yearly budget and meeting Practice revenue and growth metrics.
• Responsible for short and long-term workload leveling and forecasting by seeking and supporting workshare opportunities.
• Working with the Group Leaders, Market Leaders, and Delivery Leaders to ensure Practice resources are available to complete existing project work as well as work committed to in proposals.
• Responsible for successful recruitment and retention efforts in their practice area.
• Make decisions and recommendations to the Business Leader on strategic investments, and staff performance and compensation decisions.
• Responsible for Practice level branding efforts by budgeting and coordinating national conferences, development of papers/presentations, etc.
• Responsible for developing and fostering Practice staff communities with internal strategic planning.
• Assess and manage staff technical skills and capabilities.
• Supervise and manage the performance of the Group Leaders.
• Assess practice area software and equipment needs and trends and makes approvals and/or recommendations.
• Maintain a skills inventory including certifications, licenses, health and safety, etc.
• Serve as the principal in charge/project manager/task leader as needed.

Project Manager Responsibilities:

• Ensure excellence in project execution for on-time, on-budget deliverables of quality that meet or exceed the industry's standard of care.
• Provide design leadership and guidance to staff. Review documents and deliverables for compliance with contractual and professional requirements as part of DEA's Quality Management requirements.
• Adhere to firmwide tools, processes, and policies including project accounting (set up, budgeting, etc.), contracting, and quality requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or Transportation Planning.
• 15 years' experience working on traffic engineering design, traffic operations, or transportation planning projects.
• 5 years leading a team or group.
• PE or AICP.
• Experience and staff relationships with state and/or local agencies in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and/or California.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance
• Health Savings and Lifestyle Spending Account with employer contribution
• Support for continuing education and training opportunities
• Paid Time Off (PTO)/Holiday Pay
• 401k and Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• Flexible 9/80 (every other Friday off) work schedule
• Holistic Wellbeing Program with a focus on physical, emotional, financial, career and community health
• Opportunity for growth with support and mentoring to help with professional goals
• Anticipated salary range for this position is $175,000-$250,000 depending on location and experience

Transportation Jobs with DEA
The increasing complexities of modern transportation include growing demands, aging infrastructure, rising costs, funding challenges, and environmental concerns. Agencies and communities faced with improving their transportation systems must do more with less. From initial investigations through planning, concept development, final design, and construction, DEA responds with solutions that serve today's transportation needs while accommodating tomorrow's growth. Our Transportation Business Unit focuses on five markets: Bridges and Structures, Roads and Highways, Transit and Rail, Smart Mobility, and Construction Engineering.
Potential office locations include: Los Angeles, CA; Ontario, CA; Tustin, CA; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Tacoma, WA; Bellevue, WA; Salt Lake City, UT; Denver, CO; Boise, ID.