Louisiana Transportation Practice Leader

Are you an engineering leader who is successfully delivering major transportation projects for LaDOTD? If so, we have an opportunity for you : we’re looking for a Practice Leader to join our team in the Baton Rouge / New Orleans area to work with LaDOTD to improve their Project Delivery and build and manage a portfolio of profitable roadway and transportation projects for LaDOTD.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for the operational and strategic direction of our LaDOTD business. You’ll oversee building relationships with clients, project management and delivery, and profitable growth.

You’ll have the full support of Garver’s tools and resources and have the autonomy to run a business within a business. With that support and autonomy, you’ll be well-positioned to be an effective seller-doer, balancing business development with team and project management.

What you’ll do :

• Build and maintain client relationships.
• Lead business development activities, including direct client interaction and engagement
• Procure, manage, and execute DOTD projects as needed
• Manage projects, coordinating with sub-consultants, scheduling projects / tasks, negotiating and developing contract scope and fees, preparing cost estimates, planning production oversight, managing design team members
• Participate in marketing activities, such as proposal and letter of interest production, interviews, and other presentations
• Foster collaboration between design teams and specialized service providers

What you’ll bring :

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an ABET accredited program
• Professional Engineer Licensure (PE) in the state of Louisiana or the ability to obtain reciprocity within six months
• 15 or more years of experience managing diverse transportation and roadway projects.
• Demonstrated team leadership skills, including the ability to recruit, develop, mentor, and oversee a highly motivated team, coordinate and balance workload with other regional teams, and present team portfolio performance to senior management
• Demonstrated project management skills, including the ability to prepare scope-of-work and level-of-effort estimates for contract proposals, and to lead and manage a team for successful execution of contracted scope, budget, and schedule

Bonus points if you bring these, too :

Program management experience with DOT clients.

Grow With Us

Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere.

Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program;

Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.

Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned multidisciplined engineering, planning, and environmental services firm with more than 1,200 employees across the United States.

Offering a wide range of services focused on aviation, buildings, construction, enterprise solutions, federal, survey, transportation, water, and wastewater, Garver sits in the top 100 of the Engineering News-Record's prestigious Top 500 Design Firms list and is consistently recognized as a best firm to work for.