Highway engineer Jobs in Denver co

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Your Opportunity

An exciting opportunity exists for a Roads & Highway Team Lead to become part of our dynamic transportation business group in the US Mountain. Stantec's transportation business group has a strong local presence and participates in some of Stantec's largest and most iconic transportation projects - locally, nationally, and globally. The successful candidate will be someone with strong interpersonal skills to foster a positive team environment, work collaboratively and support a culture of safety.

In the capacity of a Roads & Highway Team Lead, you will interface directly with clients and stakeholders to effectively manage project teams and deliverables, with a focus on quality and collaboration. You will lead the Roads & Highway teams of professionals across the various states within the US Mountain region (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada) and provide senior technical leadership in major road / highway and municipal roadway projects. Your broad skills sets will be called upon to execute a variety of tasks which may include, proposal & work plan preparation, multi-disciplinary engineering design management including the project scope, schedule and budgets, identification and Assignment of team resources, provide leadership in the technical preparation of highway, roadway and street designs, quality management, business planning and account management.

People, Process and Business Leadership

• Grow the Roads & Highway engineering and management business practice within the US Mountain (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada) business center.
• Lead a team of highly skilled engineers, engineers in training, technologists, designers, and interns to successfully execute projects of varying sizes and complexity.
• Consult and network with key clients and contribute to client account planning as required.
• Manage the workload and resource planning for the Roads & Highway team, maximizing productivity and ensuring team utilization is reasonable, and tasks are distributed fairly amongst the team.
• Track and drive team performance against established key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Conduct staff performance reviews and support career development.
• Provide input and recommendations on compensation for direct reports, including promotions.
• Provide mentorship, ensure the technical development of junior designers and EIT's.
• Recommend and participate in the hiring process and decision making of new team members, with the support of Human Resources.
• Consult with other leadership to ensure alignment of corporate goals and effective use of resources and knowledge.
• Coordinate with other discipline leads to ensure resources are allocated properly and projects are executed.
• Provide internal leadership in design excellence, coaching, engagement, and retention.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Road & Highway Engineering and Project Management

Your Capabilities, Education and Experience

Position will work in person and remotely to serve the BC region with a preference to have at the minimum 3 days per week in office work with some field work as required.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned, adjusted or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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