Job Description
As a Team Leader for our Transportation team, you will be responsible for the overall financial performance, leadership, and management of a team. This includes helping team members with professional development and managing high performance expectations, client relationships, and project production/quality. The Team Leader may also manage projects or assist the project team with project management duties.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
· Provides daily management and leadership for a team.
· Provides direction to the team on the prioritization of projects.
· Manages the team financials for profit and communicates with team members.
· Develop, maintain, and monitor project level scope, schedule, budget and manpower requirements as per state DOT and/or municipal client requirements.
· Develop specific Project Management plans for Team assigned projects
· Implement project specific quality plans
· Ensures high client service orientation through regular and effective communication with internal and external clients.
· Communicates regularly with team members about project, team, and firm initiatives.
· Identifies and leads the succession plan for the team, including working with staff on their Individual Development Plans (IDPs), identifying high-potential employees, and regularly meeting with office leaders and business partners in workforce planning initiatives.
· Oversees overall project management and quality control of the team’s efforts.
· May serve in advisory or committee roles for external professional organizations that affect public relation efforts for the firm.
· Oversees marketing efforts for repeat clients and local opportunities for the team, which include client strategy, proposal process, interviewing, and selection efforts.
· Collaborates with business development staff to pursue additional client opportunities.
Qualifications
YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT:
YOU BRING TO THE TEAM:
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL:
• Become thoroughly familiar with the content of Olsson’s Project Management Development program.
• Have a proven track record in meeting and exceeding client expectations through excellent project management and staffing.
• Have successful experience in marketing and developing business to build and maintain a strong workload for the team.
• Have an ability to attract, develop, and retain talented staff who deliver results.
• Have excellent client management, client service orientation, and writing and presentation skills
Additional Information
Olsson is a nationally recognized, employee-owned firm specializing in planning and design, engineering, field services, environmental, and technology. Founded in 1956 on the very mindset that drives us today, we’re here to improve communities by making them more sustainable, better connected, and more efficient. Simply put, we work to leave the world better than we found it.
As an Olsson employee, you’ll receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.), plus you’ll:
Olsson is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.
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