Transportation Practice Lead - Orange, United States - HWLochner

HWLochner

Verified Company

Orange, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

About Lochner

Founded in 1944, Lochner is a trusted infrastructure services provider for aviation, surface transportation, and water clients who need high-quality, forward-looking solutions to complex challenges.

Our vision is to become a Top 100 leader in the A/E industry, centered on an agile, engaged, and empowered workforce coming together to embrace the art of the possible and make a lasting difference in our world.

Are you ready to join us on this journey?

Your Impact

Under the direction of the Southwest Operations Manager, you will lead the continued expansion and performance of the Orange and San Diego offices.

You will be responsible for building and leading the team, ensuring that communication and guidelines are aligned with the broader objectives, and incorporating corporate policies into the office operations and culture.

You will also work to implement changes locally, including strategies, programs, and other initiatives.

Responsible for business development and pursuing new opportunities, within the context of an ambitious growth plan, you will position and differentiate the team to win more projects and increase the company's market share, working with transportation clients and acting as a SME in the delivery and oversight of these projects.

Marketing and Business Development

Develop the civil transportation vision and supporting business plans to drive the region's growth, leveraging a strong understanding of the local marketplace, competitive landscape, and opportunities.
Represent the firm at client meetings, industry events, and other business functions. Develop relationships with local leaders from key teaming partner firms and take active leadership roles in professional organizations at local level. Support office in developing strategic teaming partnerships and subsequent agreements.
Schedule periodic meetings with key client personnel in coordination with PMs, staff and other members of leadership as appropriate.

Business Strategy and Implementation

Support the development of officelevel action plans to support the regional business plan and encourage strong debate and analysis for growth in an area or discipline.
Ensure compliance with company expectations for staff utilization and enforce corrective action plans when/where needed. Resolve high level operational concerns or problems as soon as practicable and take actionable steps to remediate impacts and enhance performance.
Assess and anticipate the organization's talent needs to best understand current and future leadership gaps and bench strength, and then design and implement a comprehensive leadership development strategy to meet future needs.

Finance and Operations

Ensure the profitability of the regional office and its projects.
Measure and monitor budget and operational performance and communicate key metrics and information regularly to the leadership team.

Operational Responsibility

Where possible and in agreement with regional leadership, maintain a defined level of chargeability. Without a chargeability expectation will be required to assume a greater level of responsibility as approved by leadership.
Work closely with other Office Managers (OMs) and support teaming within their regions.
Maintain client communication in coordination with other offices and assure satisfactory client experience, project production, and Quality Assurance / Quality Control procedures.
Oversee succession plans and where appropriate, support development of defined successor(s) across the team. Perform honest and candid performance evaluations of direct reports. Recommend salary increases for subordinate staff for approval by leadership.
Ensure office complies with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate policies / procedures.
Ensure the flow of communication within the region, through regular meetings, written communications, and informal communication, to ensure the effective sharing or critical information, efficient decisionmaking, team engagement and collaboration.

Results

Drive the growth of the business regionally to support attainment of KOA-Lochner's nationwide growth strategies and plans.
Leverage an entrepreneurial approach to refresh the local strategy and position the business for success. Contribute to longterm growth in the region by building the technical and civil transportation capabilities required to secure current business and penetrate new markets.
Stabilize the business and reinvigorate the culture. Engage and inspire the team, with a focus on sustainable growth through recruitment, retention, and professional development.

Demonstrated Leadership Capabilities