Senior Project Manager, Practice Builder - Environmental Services

Senior Project Manager, Practice Builder

Kimley-Horn is seeking an entrepreneurial Senior Project Manager, Practice Builder in Columbus, Ohio to lead and grow our Environmental practice focused mostly on public transportation projects. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of client service, business development, technical excellence, and team leadership.

We use the term "Practice Builder" to describe our best client servers – the men and women who exhibit leadership by winning and doing work, managing projects profitably, and mentoring the next generation.

As a Practice Builder, you will:

• Craft a bold vision for growth.
• Lead business development efforts to win work from new and existing clients.
• Provide high-quality service in a profitable manner.
• Contribute to the professional development of staff.
• Benefit from comprehensive support in accounting, administrative, marketing, recruiting, IT, and production.
• Have the autonomy to build and grow your business with the full backing of a firm consistently recognized as one of the best in the industry.

This role offers the freedom to lead and grow your business, with the rewards of a performance-based environment (including base salary + bonuses), and the potential to advance to ownership.

Ideal candidates will have knowledge and experience in one or more of the following: ODOT environmental process, NEPA environmental document preparation, stream/wetland delineation, protected species assessments, waterway permitting, field investigations, cultural resources, agency coordination, regulatory compliance and reporting, public engagement/involvement, and other specialties. Practice Builders are encouraged to pursue opportunities that fuel their professional passion and contribute to firmwide success. This position leads business development efforts, manages relationships with key clients, and oversees all project tasks while mentoring the growth of younger staff.

The successful candidate will have a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business. Our system for rewards is designed to recognize staff as they move along a path to success. Bonuses, promotions, path to ownership recognition, and other forms of advancement are performance based, because as a firm we focus on results. Leadership responsibilities include:

• Leading an environmental team while building and managing relationships with key clients.
• Promoting the growth of the local environmental team and mentoring existing environmental staff.
• Supporting other practices in the office and region to deliver environmental-focus work.
• Operating with integrity and sound business principles.
• Providing practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building, and maintaining positive client relationships.
• Opening communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing an Environmental Services practice.
• Managing projects profitably, transitioning work to qualified staff, helping recruit, and being a positive role model.

Management responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Meeting or exceeding client expectations.
• Identifying and tracking leads.
• Making presentations, writing proposals and scopes of work.
• Establishing budgets, ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables, and supervising the execution of work.
• Managing project teams consisting of other environmental and engineering professionals of varying experience levels.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelors (BS) or Masters (MS) in the Life Sciences, Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Engineering, or related degree.
• 10 or more years of relevant experience managing ODOT environmental, NEPA, and PDP tasks.
• Relevant professional certifications (AICP, PWS, CPESC, etc.) are desirable, but not required.
• ODOT prequalified for Environmental Doc Prep CE or EA/EIS, and individual technical prequalifications for discipline specialty.
• Client contacts and relationships with agencies, including ODOT District Environmental Coordinators and Office of Environmental Services.

Business development skills and the proven ability to win work. Experience in natural or cultural resources assessments and field investigations. Experience with environmental permitting rules and regulations. Experience with geographic information systems (GIS), specifically ArcGIS and/or CAD is desirable, but not required. Experience writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work. Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization.

Ability to manage & mentor staff, and direct resources effectively in a positive manner. Demonstrated ability to manage projects profitably.

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