Transportation Practice Lead

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Woolpert is an award-winning global leader in architecture engineering and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders and as a certified Great Place to Work Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Position Overview

Woolpert is hiring a Transportation Practice Leaderto join our dynamic Transportation Team in our growing Texas Market. This position reports to the Transportation Market Directorand is responsible forspearheading strategic growth operational excellence and innovation within Woolperts Transportation Market. This role combines the firmwide Practice Leader leadership framework with Transportation-specific responsibilities ensuring alignment with market strategies and objectives. The Practice Leader serves as the primary business leader for the practice accountable for financial performance client satisfaction and talent development.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

What You Will Do:

• Strategic Leadership: Align practiceobjectiveswith Woolperts VS3 plans and develop annual goals that promote industry leadership. Define and execute the practices strategic plan ensuring integration with corporate initiatives and cross-sector collaboration.
• Market Growth: Expand service offerings through advanced technologies and partnerships with acquiredfirms. Drive business development including sales forecasting pipeline accuracy and proposal oversight for Transportation projects.
• Project Management: When appropriate/necessary serve as overall project manager on Transportation projects. These are likely to be larger projects and/or projects where the Practice Leaderpossessunique skillsets or technical expertise required for the execution of the project. When not managing projects Practice Leader will apply their project management skills to monitor the progress and health of projects within the Practice.
• Operational Excellence: Monitor KPIs revenue goals backlog and utilization metrics; implement corrective actions as needed. Ensure compliance with Woolperts project management standards and Transportation-specific workflows.
• Collaboration: Foster integration across practices and sectors to deliver comprehensive solutions. Partner with Market Directors and Discipline Leaders to optimizeresource allocation and project delivery.
• Career Development: Implement structured career pathways for project managers and technical staff. Support training compliance and mentorship programs to build leadership capacity within the practice.
• Governance & Authority: Maintainsigning authority for Transportation proposals and contracts per corporate guidelines. Ensure adherence to Woolperts risk management and quality assurance standards.

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineeringor related field; PE license preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in transportation engineering and project management.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex projects.
• Strong business acumen with experience in sales forecasting and market strategy.

Benefits You Will Love

Certified as a Great Place to Work Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture engineering and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe youll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the addition to offering competitive pay we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits including:

• Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
• Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• Health life vision and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
• Paid sick time retirement plan fitness reimbursement pet insurance identity protection technology stipend employee assistance program and more!

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