What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President - Transportation position at LJA Engineering?
Title: Vice President
Division: Transportation
LJA recognizes that our success depends on the quality of the people we hire. We are currently seeking highly talented individuals that take pride in their work, function exceptionally well in team environments, and contribute to the overall success of the company. As a 100% employee-owned company, we promote an entrepreneurial spirit that helps drive the bottom line and the long-term professional and financial success of our employees. With more than 70 office locations, LJA is growing and ready for talented people to help us build our future.
Summary: The Vice President of engineering manages and directs corporate engineering for the transportation division. The priorities for this position include strategic planning, product design, quality assurance and problem resolution. The vice president of engineering must execute product design to meet company objectives, collaborate with management and develop systems and controls to ensure compliance with quality standards.
General Responsibilities:
- Building relationships and growing business in the transportation sector.
- Develop business by a marketing company to existing clients and as well identifying and marketing to new clients.
- Meeting with cities, counties and local agencies for business development purposes.
- Support technical efforts for business development such as preparation of responses to RFPs and SOQs, the preparation for presentations, and interfacing/coordinating the efforts of the office.
- Developing scope, budget, and schedule.
- Managing design team's performance on assigned projects.
- Develops intermediate and long-range plans for systems operation, maintenance, and expansion to ensure adequate services to customers.
- Reviews and recommends payment for damage claims against the company to ensure company position is consistent and legally defensible.
- Reviews major work orders. Approves and justify construction budgets and operations budgets. Prepares reports for and advises the President and Boards on a regular basis regarding activities of the department.
Required Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree Required
Required Experience:
- P.E. License
- 8 year’s managerial experience
- 8 years of experience in transportation engineering
- Proficiency in appropriate software for the market
- Excellent attention to detail and impeccable work ethic
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
