Director of Transportation/Deputy Practice Leader, Houston, TX
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Halff is seeking a Director of Transportation / Deputy Practice Leader, with their Texas Professional Engineer License, that would support and provide leadership in the Houston, Texas transportation market with a primary focus on strategy and growth with the TxDOT Houston District and other transportation clients in the Greater-Houston region. The selected individual will be responsible for the growth and success of transportation planning, design, and related services within the Greater-Houston region, including business development, client relationships and project delivery.
This position offers an excellent career development opportunity for someone looking to grow with Halff, with potential for not only business and personal growth, but ownership in the firm.
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What You Will Do
- Providing strong leadership and guidance in areas of technical expertise and providing oversight to the transportation practice in the region.
- Researching markets, developing/maintaining client relationships, and identifying business opportunities.
- Creating/executing strategic plans and guiding practice growth.
- Leading successful strategic pursuits and capture planning for specific opportunities.
- Working closely with operations staff in the region to identify, hire, develop and grow key staff and resources, and ensure successful project delivery.
- Working closely with Halff's national Transportation Practice to ensure implementation of best practices and leveraging firm-wide resources.
- Bachelor's Degree or Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering or ABET accredited equivalent Engineering degree
- A minimum of 15 years or more of progressive experience
- Professional Engineering (PE) License in the State of Texas
- Established leadership and expertise in the industry
- Strong client connections, particularly TxDOT relationships at senior levels
- Positive attitude, self-directed yet a team player, with a focus on integrity and quality
- Multi-discipline teams to meet challenges that are often complicated by aging infrastructure and shrinking budgets.
- Extensive knowledge in planning, designing and managing transportation projects to move people and goods safely and reliably.
- Collaborative approach to transportation projects.
Halff's Transportation Services
- Roadway Design
- Safety Improvements
- Structural Engineering
- TCP/Maintenance of Traffic
- Traffic Engineering/ITS
- Bicycle, Pedestrian and Active Transportation Planning and Design
- Drainage Design
- Feasibility and Preliminary Engineering
- Innovative Intersections
- Local and Regional Transportation Planning
- Multimodal and Transit Planning and Design
- NEPA Studies, Outreach and Visualization
Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.
Halff was founded on a core tenet:
Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.
Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff's full complement of services here
Halff has more than 30 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Arizona and Georgia. For a full list of our locations,
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