Transportation Engineering Practice Leader & Office Director

Every day, we set new directions in the rapidly advancing world of transportation. As a DKS employee-owner, you will work on challenging projects in a collaborative team environment with leaders in the transportation field.

Position: Transportation Engineering Practice Leader & Office Director

Location: Boise,

Job : 528

# of Openings: 1

Transportation Engineering Practice Leader and Office Director

Shape the Future of Transportation in Boise and Beyond

DKS Associates is growing! In November 2024, we proudly welcomed Six Mile Engineering, a respected Boise-area firm, into DKS, a 100% employee‑owned company. With this acquisition, we’ve combined Six Mile’s local expertise in roadway design with the full breadth of DKS’s national strengths in transportation planning, engineering, and technology. We are seeking an experienced transportation engineering leader to serve as our Transportation Engineering Practice Leader and Office Director.

The ideal candidate brings broad experience delivering transportation projects, building client relationships, leading multidisciplinary teams, and mentoring technical staff with roadway design serving as one of several areas of technical expertise. This senior leadership role combines responsibility for transportation practice growth with leadership of our Boise office, including financial performance, employee development, strategic planning, and operational excellence.

This strategic leadership role blends transportation consulting expertise, business development, technical leadership, office management, and financial stewardship to advance DKS's reputation as a leader in transportation consulting. While roadway design remains an important technical discipline, this leader will collaborate across transportation planning, traffic engineering, multimodal, and technology practices to deliver integrated transportation solutions. Success in this role requires balancing client service, practice growth, office leadership, and development of future employee owners.

This is more than a job, it’s your chance to set the direction of a growing practice, expand roadway and multimodal services, and mentor the next generation of leaders.

• Reputation:
  For over 45 years, DKS has been a trusted partner in transportation design, traffic engineering, and technology innovation.
• Ownership Culture:
  As a 100% employee‑owned firm, every employee has a voice and a stake in our success.
• Growth:
  Help expand DKS's transportation engineering practice throughout Idaho while helping shape the future of transportation services across the company.
• Breadth of Services:
  Our work spans roadway and intersection design, transit, ITS, connected vehicles, and emerging mobility.

• Define the strategic direction for DKS's transportation engineering practice in collaboration with transportation planning, traffic engineering, and technology leaders, with roadway design serving as a key area of expertise.
• Track industry trends and market opportunities to position the firm for growth.
• Contribute to company‑wide strategic planning and leadership forums.
• Cultivate strong relationships with agencies, clients, and partner firms.
• Identify and win new business opportunities; lead proposals and interviews.
• Lead the Boise office's business and financial performance, including budgeting, staffing, utilization, and growth objectives.
• Develop and mentor high‑performing teams through coaching, performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Partner with regional and executive leadership to drive strategic growth, operational excellence, and a strong employee‑owner culture.
• Manage a portfolio of complex transportation projects including roadway design, multimodal corridors, complete streets, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, intersections, traffic operations improvements, and other transportation infrastructure projects.
• Provide high‑level QA/QC, technical oversight, and project delivery guidance.
• Mentor transportation professionals across offices in technical excellence, project delivery, client service, business…