Vice President, Transit

At EXP were driven to provide innovative solutions for the worlds built and natural environments. As a team of engineers architects designers scientists creators and a community of professionals we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the worlds most complex challenges. Here you join a team that leverages differences harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company that believes diversity is what gives us strength seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience while staying connected to a global network of professionals who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future

Be our nextVice President Transit

Your work environment at EXP

Given our growing business EXP is looking for a Transit Lead to join our Rail and Transit team in Houston supporting a portfolio of major transit rail and infrastructure programs across Texas and the broader United States. This role is suited to a senior transit professional who combines multidisciplinary design leadership strong client relationships and a passion for delivering transportation solutions that strengthen the communities we serve.

In this senior leadership role you will work closely with multidisciplinary teams project managers contractors subconsultants and public agencies to deliver complex projects in alignment with client objectives EXPs commercial goals and our commitment to quality safety and sustainability. The Transit Lead provides strategic oversight of design development and implementation supports integrated teams delivering major transit programsincluding those where EXP serves as prime consultantand guides teams and clients through critical phases of decision-making risk management and execution across the project lifecycle.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Provide senior leadership to multidisciplinary teams of EXP engineers designers project managers and subconsultants establishing clear delivery frameworks that support consistent high-quality outcomes.
• Champion quality assurance and governance standards providing oversight and independent review to ensure technical regulatory and contractual risks are effectively managed.
• Shape and support business development strategies to grow and diversify EXPs transit portfolio in Houston Texas and surrounding markets while cultivating trusted long-term relationships with key clients partners and industry organizations.
• Act as a senior representative of EXP within the regional transit and infrastructure market including relationship leadership with public agencies industry partners and selected industry organizations.
• Build and sustain a culture of collaboration excellence and accountability across integrated project teams supporting workforce planning senior recruitment and succession.
• Mentor and develop project and technical leaders through coaching performance feedback and promotion processes.
• Provide strategic oversight of project and program performance across schedule budget risk and delivery outcomes intervening as needed to support resolution and successful execution.

What your experience looks like

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering with 15 years of experience providing senior leadership across complex transit rail or infrastructure projects within multidisciplinary environments.
• Professional Engineering or Architecture license preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading the successful delivery of complex infrastructure projects with accountability for design and technical excellence commercial performance risk and outcomes.
• Proven ability to build and sustain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders including transit agencies owners contractors consultants and public agencies.
• Experience leading major projects delivered through design-build is required; experience with other alternative delivery models including CM/GC and Progressive Design-Build is preferred.
• Experience across transit rail and major infrastructure programs; maintenance facility experience is desirable but not required.
• Ability to lead across multiple complex priorities providing clarity governance and strategic focus in fast-paced high-risk environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence align and advise senior stakeholders.