Transportation Deputy Division Manager
AECOM
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**Job Description**
**AECOM** is seeking an established professional services leader in the Transit-Rail sector to support the Division Manager to drive the growth, strategy, and profitability of AECOM’s services in the West Coast of the United States. This individual will be part of the senior leadership team for the West Coast Transportation Business Line reporting directly to West Coast Transit-Rail Division Manager and will share responsibilities with the Division Manager on P&L for the Transit-Rail Division. The Deputy Division Manager will provide leadership and coaching to staff in various subjects including, but not limited to, account management, business development, capture management, and project delivery. The ideal candidate will be an industry leader with existing relationships at key transit agencies in California and Washington. The Transit-Rail business line at AECOM spans the full suite of services including environmental, planning, engineering, design, and program and construction management. With AECOM’s recent East San Fernando Light Rail Progressive Design and Build award, AECOM continues to be a leader in alternative delivery for transit-rail programs on the West Coast and the Deputy Transit-Rail Division Manager will need the skills to continue recruiting at a fast pace for this major DB project, while balancing a focus on winning more major transit-rail projects. This leader will need to be a self-starter who can build a high-performing team rapidly, demonstrate a successful track record in winning work, and be experienced in running a profitable business.
_This position is expected to begin immediately._
Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $225,000.00 - $309,000.00.
**About AECOM**
At AECOM, we believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
We take on the most complex challenges and pioneer innovative, iconic solutions that push the limits of what’s possible – the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge, record-breaking sports events, the largest greenfield port development mega project, life-sustaining disaster recovery programs, and the tallest tower in the Western Hemisphere.
On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, energy, and the environment, we deliver professional services throughout the project lifecycle.
We are proud to be recognized for excellence:
+ Named one of Fortune magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" for the sixth consecutive year
+ Ranked #1 in Transportation Engineering News-Record’s 2022 “Top 500 Design Firms”
**Job Summary/Responsibilities**
The Transit-Rail Deputy Division Manager will need to be a growth minded leader who can support the Division Manager and work collaboratively with other senior leadership and mentor staff in a dynamic setting to drive business development, capture management, account management, project management, project delivery, technical excellence and quality, while ultimately growing a profitable business. The ideal person would be a civil engineer with delivery experience, and both growth and P&L experience.
The responsibilities of this position may include, but are not limited to:
+ Act as an external leader for AECOM and maintain a visible profile in the region
+ Build and cultivate a high performing team that thrives in a face paced growth environment
+ Support growth, strategy, and sale of AECOM’s Transit-Rail Services
+ Embody AECOM’s Safeguard value consistently, and driving a culture that puts safety first
+ Demonstrate relentless customer focus by developing meaningful relationships, identifying and adding value to client needs, and ensuring a client driven culture
+ Work closely with operations and other leadership as it relates to staffing, recruiting, retention, employee engagement,
+ Support project performance, quality, safety, technical excellence, and business unit profitability
+ Help build a strong and thriving culture in the West Coast that promotes equity, diversity, inclusion, sustainability, and innovation
+ Lead negotiations of contractual and financial agreements with clients and sub-consultants
+ Thinking strategically while driving the financial execution of the P&L for the Division
+ Key Performance Indicators include contribution margin, sales, revenue earned, bookings, book-to-burn, backlog growth, market share, wallet share, client satisfaction, hiring and staff retention, safety, and ED&I.
**Qualifications**
**Minimum Requirements**
+ BA/BS and 15+ years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and or education, including 4 years of leadership experience.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Registered Civil Engineer in California or Washington
+ 5+ years of demonstrated leadership and managing large teams of people with prior P&L experience
+ 5+ years of experience in business development, capture management, and account management
+ Ability to build broad and deep internal and external networks, and capable of communicating to inspire and lead others
+ Graduate degree in engineering or MBA
+ Ability to teach and mentor technical staff by demonstrated knowledge of relevant technical skills and tools
+ Team-oriented individual with ability to work with minimal supervision
+ Ability to communicate clearly and simply to clients, leadership, and technical staff
+ Ability to balance various responsibilities and deadlines while maintaining professionalism and quality
**Additional Information**
Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $225,000.00 - $309,000.00.
**About AECOM**
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
**Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity**
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
**ReqID:** J10118460
**Business Line:** Transportation
**Business Group:** DCS
**Strategic Business Unit:** West
**Career Area:** Business Management
**Work Location Model:** Hybrid
**Legal Entity:** AECOM Technical Services Inc
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