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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM is actively searching for a creative, highly talented South Carolina Highway and Bridge Practice Leader for immediate employment in South Carolina. The selected incumbent can reside in any of the AECOM South Carolina offices; Columbia, Greenville, or Charleston. Our successful South Carolina Transportation Business Line has a long history of providing clients with exceptional engineering and planning services and we are looking forward to having a talented practice leader join the team. This leadership role offers the opportunity to drive impactful growth and shape the future of AECOM South Carolina's highway and bridge practice

Leadership and Strategic Direction

• Articulate vision for highway and bridge practice within AECOM’s South Carolina practice, for our major clients; the South Carolina Department of Transportation and other State Agencies.

. Business Development

• Strategic leadership role in identifying, pursuing, and managing major transportation pursuits.

Management

• Manage, cultivate, and grow our talented roadway and bridge engineering staff to support major projects.

• Collaborate with AECOM surface transportation leaders in other states.

• Collaborate with AECOM technical practice leaders including Complex Bridge and North America Tunnels

• Collaborate with Transportation Innovation leaders including Automated and Connected, Decarbonization

The South Carolina Highway and Bridge Leader is accountable for:

Client satisfaction

• Market sector and client intelligence and market research

• Creating the unique value proposition for SCDOT that creates differentiation and preference for AECOM in the market sector

• Ensuring the operations can deliver against the market sector business plan - supply/demand shaping, continuity, and consistency of service delivery

• Business development spends and directs bid and proposal funds to drive growth

Key metrics oversight

• Workforce shaping: mentor staff & staff professional development

• Strategy for driving growth

• A key resource to support clients in navigating funding opportunities and requirements

Authority to:

• Collaborate in directing design team and project managers, B&P for major pursuits, key hires/bench, market research, trade shows/positioning, etc.

• Implement strategic pursuits: GNG, staffing, pricing, etc.

• Implement strategy

• Implement resource changes to satisfy the needs of clients across the life cycle of the program/project/client

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (or related field) plus demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership.

• Ten years of progressive experience specializing in the surface transportation sector

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive existing client relationships as well as a strong market profile are essential

• Experience developing key and trusted client relationships that can lead to new business

• Commercial acumen. Ability to deliver complex and demanding solutions for our clients

• Experience in interpersonal skills including relationship building and communication at all levels and working collaboratively across the organization

• Experience and ability to communicate with clients through listening and persuasive services

• Experience and demonstrable team building and influencing skills; and integrity; and the experience, confidence, and stature to effectively address major client needs and challenges

• Experience as a collaborator and mentor

• Recognition and experience as a leader in the industry

Additional Information

• Relocation is not available for this position.

• Sponsorship for US Employment Authorization is not available for this position

• Travel within South Carolina is required for this position

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Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $150,000.00 - $200,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program 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 absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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: J10101654

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid