What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Lead position at ESP Associates?
Are you an enthusiastic and team-oriented leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, strong interpersonal skills, and drive to create collaborative relationships with clients, teaming partners, managers, and in-house multi-disciplinary teams?
Celebrating over 35 years of success and continual growth, ESP Associates, Inc., is currently seeking a dynamic, results-oriented Transportation professional to grow ESP’s brand within San Antonio and the surrounding region.
We are excited to see how your leadership skills, experience, interests, and established regional connections will expand the San Antonio office in new and exciting directions!
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for obtaining TxDOT CEI, Schematic and PS&E contracts as a prime and to assist with business development within the San Antonio and surrounding TxDOT regions(s), or as assigned throughout Texas.
- Develops and maintains relationships with TxDOT decision makers, as well as local municipalities, to increase Company exposure and position the Company for engineering and surveying contracts.
- Develops and maintains relationships with current and prospective clients. Maintains a high public profile with our targeted client base, including participating as an active member in civil and professional activities, societies and organizations.
- Assists in preparing and approving proposals and qualifications statements and may assist with the management of plan production on roadway, streets, highways, and other transportation-related systems and multi-modal projects.
- Maintains TxDOT certifications.
- Participates in development and implementation of corporate-wide marketing plans.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- PE licensure in TX (or ability to obtain PE within 3 months of hire)
- Strong technical background in TxDOT Transportation (CEI and/or Design Engineering).
- Experience performing business development and maintaining relationships with TxDOT and local municipality decision makers.
- Experience working with TxDOT and local municipalities as a prime consultant.
- Civil engineering in land development and community infrastructure is a plus.
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills to effectively and professionally interact with team members, clients, governmental review authorities, government officials, and the public.
- Demonstrated expertise adjusting to priorities and demands from multiple clients and projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, multi-disciplinary environment.
- Firm understanding of risk management and loss prevention.
- Superior organizational and planning skills with keen attention to detail
- Intermediate to advanced computer skills (MS Office, Teams, SharePoint, and relevant technical software) required.
- Must be able to pass a drug screen, background check, and have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the company’s driving (MVR) policy.
Corporate Information:
ESP is a multi-discipline engineering design and consulting firm providing our clients with civil engineering, surveying, planning/landscape architecture, geosciences, environmental, subsurface utility engineering, and construction engineering inspection.
Through years of dedicated service to our clients, ESP has received a designation of 194 on the 2024 ENR Top 500 Design Firm rankings. For the firm's primary territory, the ENR Southeast Top Design Firms, ESP received a 2024 ranking of 30.
ESP offers an excellent employee benefits package including:
- Competitive compensation with yearly performance reviews and discretionary annual bonuses
- 401(k) (Traditional & Roth plans) with a guaranteed employer match of 100% up to the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% (eligibility after 60 days)
- PTO (Paid Time Off) & 10 Paid Holidays
- Tiered Health, Vision & Dental Insurance Options (eligibility after 30 days)
- Behavioral Medicine through Teladoc
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Education Reimbursement Opportunities
- Flexible and Dependent Benefits Plan
- Referral Bonuses
