Civil Engineering Business Unit Leader

Position

Civil Engineering Business Unit Leader

The Business Unit Leader (BUL) serves as the manager and leader of their business unit and is ultimately responsible for the cultural and financial success of the unit. They set the team’s goals, delegate tasks, train new team members, and supervise the daily activities of their unit. Their leadership ensures that all their team’s objectives are met. The specific job duties of a BUL typically include supervising team members, coordinating work schedules, conducting business meetings, monitoring KPIs, client relations, seeking out and producing business opportunities, and providing mentoring as needed.

They also coordinate with their respective Vice President to evaluate shared resource support. The BUL has a diverse background and evidence of strong advancement in management responsibilities. The BUL has clearly demonstrated expertise and success in managing and motivating multiple discipline teams, developing and executing client and business development strategies that drive revenue and profit margin growth, and partnering with internal and external partners.

• 62.22% Utilization Rate
• 15.00% Operations/Management
• 6.00% Professional Development
• 5.00% Business Development
• 11.78% Vacation/Holidays

Promotes DDG’s core values, both internally and externally, and complies with the DDG Company Manual.

• Participate in conferences, trade associates and other community events as primary representative of their respective service lines.
• Oversee successful project delivery for their unit.
• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline‑specific work, and the team’s adherence to the schedule and budget on projects.
• Oversee completeness and accuracy of team’s work and ensure that quality assurance/quality control standards are followed for all projects.
• Monitor and evaluate Business Units’ financial targets and performance.
• Lead, manage, and maintain accountability of employees in their business unit.
• Evaluate the unit’s performance and identify areas of improvement.
• Provide input on recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including performance and compensation reviews and succession planning.
• Identify staffing needs and actively participate in the recruiting process.

• Participation in internal and external management and leadership training.
• Mentor and empower employees by displaying high levels of engagement and character.
• Foster a culture around ONE DDG for the business unit; mentoring and encouraging employees to develop this mindset.
• Provide technical direction and professional support as needed.

• Primary public (seller‑doer) for all the business development pursuits in their geographic regions.
• Contribute to and actively engage in the refinement and implementation of DDG’s Business Development plan for identified industries in their geographical area.
• Able to interpret and leverage company strengths for cross‑selling across service lines.
• Identify opportunities for growth across markets.
• Strengthen and grow existing client base through relationships.
• Ultimately responsible for new opportunity generation suitable to achieve financial and growth metrics.
• Train and mentor others in team building and leadership.
• Evaluate projected growth over the next three to five years and collaborate with the administrative staff to ensure resources are being allocated to support growth.
• Provide oversight and support on significant pursuit and proposal opportunities.

• Project management experience, including the development of project proposals, scopes, budgets and the successful execution and tracking of projects.
• Problem solving and project management skills.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Excellent ability to work and communicate with clients, colleagues, employees, administration, corporate and upper management.
• Experience monitoring and controlling costs within their unit.
• Ability to identify and solve complex problems with little to no assistance or direction and will be expected to apply new perspectives on existing solutions.
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