If you are seeking a rewarding career, join our growing firm now! The Operations Manager will work closely with team members to ensure income-earning activities are successfully managed and executed. This individual will be responsible for business development and sales strategies as well as completing billable work.

OPERATIONS/WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT

• Manage direct reports including working directly with senior office staff on the assignment of project teams and inter-office workload coordination.

FINANCIAL

• Maintain technical and financial supervision for the branch office. This includes maintaining control of expenses to keep cost of services and overhead at a competitive level, monitoring invoice status, evaluating purchase requirements, reviewing monthly soft-close and staff utilization data to identify key indicators requiring corrective action.
• Work directly with the Operations Directors and members of the Executive Team on the development and execution of office business plans and the compilation of annual office budgets.
• Work directly with the Executive Team, Operations Directors, and other Operations Managers, Practice Leaders, Corporate Managers, and firm leaders on both local and company-wide strategic initiatives.

STAFFING MANAGEMENT / EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT

• General employee management including evaluating individual performance, reviewing compensation, promoting safety, holding performance management discussions, and conducting termination meetings as required.
• Develop individual team members through training and coaching as well as interviewing and making appropriate hiring decisions. Ensure professional employees obtain the appropriate licensing in the disciplines and geographic areas as required. Provide training opportunities that are in line with the employee’s technical area or personal development goals.

CLIENT MANGEMENT / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

• Maintain and enhance existing and pursued relationships for clients within the geographical service area.
• Remain up to date in engineering areas of practice and project management by spending approximately 50% of your time completing billable work.
• Maintain effective sales effort to keep personnel productively engaged plus modest growth.
• Identify, evaluate, pursue, and manage project opportunities.

OTHER

• Coordinate general office maintenance including access to the filing system, organization of the office space, janitorial work, and repair work.
• Responsible for the safety of those working in or outside of the branch office including conducting fire, security, and safety inspections; to include understanding special safety requirements at job sites to ensure client safety, security, sanitation, and other rule compliance.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer or the ability to obtain within 6 months.
• 5 years of experience in civil or environmental engineering.
• Ability to travel as required for business development and project/client responsibilities.
• Financial/budgeting acumen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Progressive management/supervisory experience.
• Understands and works within the accepted ethics of the engineering profession.
• Ability to communicate both written and verbally with clients, public, and other employees.
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

AE2S is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Physical

• Ability to walk up to 3-miles on uneven terrain
• Ability to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time
• Occasionally climb, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist
• Occasionally lift, carry, push, and pull light to moderate amounts of weight
• May require lifting and carrying up to 20 pounds, with rare lifting of up to 50 pounds
• Ability to inspect equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• May be required to wear Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) including but not limited to, flame resistant clothing, hard hat, and protective footwear
• May require occasional evenings and weekends with overtime expectations varying with workload
• May be required to travel to off-site locations including occasional overnight stays out of town