What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transit Planning Practice Leader position at Kimley-Horn?
Overview
Known as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” we are seeking a Transit Planning Practice Leader to join and lead our team in San Diego, CA.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for a transit planning practice in the San Diego and surrounding communities. We are seeking a leader with background in business development, managing relationships with clients, supporting and leading transit planning projects, and leading and mentoring team members.
Markets are not limited by geography but driven by relationships. Leadership responsibilities include: operating with integrity and sound business principals, providing practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships, open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Transit Planning practice.
The successful candidate will be given a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business. With success, this individual will enjoy the rewards of a performance-based work environment that can advance to ownership.
Qualifications
Requirements:
• Bachelors Degree in a related field
• 15 or more years of experience managing Transit projects in Southern California with a demonstrated ability to manage those projects profitably
• Client contacts and relationships with local municipalities, county, regional and state agencies
• Business development and marketing experience including experience writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization
• Experience leading, mentoring and managing staff in a positive manner
Desired:
• Ability to cross sell multiple disciplines
Why Kimley-Horn:
We are a full-service consulting firm that provides a wide range of infrastructure and land development planning and engineering services to public and private clients. Though we have over 7,000 employees in over 100 offices, we pride ourselves on our small company feel. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it—that's why we recruit passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. By joining Kimley-Horn, you'll be joining a firm whose core values and core purpose are more than just words on paper—they form the basis of a culture that has yielded success since 1967.
Kimley-Horn has been recognized 15 times as one of FORTUNE's "100 Best Companies to Work For."
Base Salary Range:
- $125,000-$170,000
- Eligible for performance-based bonus compensation
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Salary : $125,000 - $170,000
