Vice President - Highways and Roadways   Employer: Transystems Corporation Job Location: Phoenix , AZ Cash Compensation: Industry Type: Building Products - Equipment Job Description: We are currently seeking a Vice President for Roadway and Bridge Engineering consulting and design work in our Phoenix, Arizona office. You will be responsible for the overall leadership of the States and Municipalities market sector for the upper Southwest region, under guidance of the Regional Vice President/Market Sector Leader. The successful candidate will represent TranSystems with respect to a specific client assignment including go/no go decisions, contract negotiations, collections, proposal strategy, and all other matters involving the client relationship. Preferred Experience: • 15+ years experience working on progressively larger highway/roadway/bridge projects with greater responsibility. Established credibility as someone who can deliver a project on time and within budget. • Technically astute and able to follow and critique complex issues related to design, construction, regulatory permits, finance and politics. A goal-oriented problem solver. • May oversee teams of professionals, whether for a design project or a construction management project. • Has track record of winning work, and is affable and comfortable at association gatherings, meeting new people and making presentations. • Has current, established relationships in upper management with major road and highway entities, such as Arizona Department of Transportation. For RFQ/RFP pursuits, should be able to assemble a team, structure the proposal approach, manage the interview and, if successful, oversee the work. • Experience in the Southwest highway engineering and planning arena that will enable you to identify potential new hires or acquisitions. • Qualified candidates must have strong working relationship with the Arizona Department of Transportation districts and preferably with other regional municipalities. Responsibilities include the following: • Business development activities in the transportation group within the Phoenix office, expanding the firm's role with existing clients, and developing new relationships with transportation-focused clients. • Developing the client to the fullest extent with respect to services offered and geographic reach. • Understanding and meeting the client's expectation and expanding the firm's role within the client's organization. • Successfully uses resources and expertise across the firm to efficiently respond to client's objectives. • Develops revenues from the client and is expected to develop and maintain relationships with client representatives. • Develops strategies that ultimately yield a dominant market share. • Financial decisions that involve established client-Client Manager relations, such as go/no go decisions. • Responsible for maintaining backlog availability within the office so that budgeted revenues are attainable. • Executes strategies that have been developed as a part of the Market Sector Plan which are applicable to the specific clients within that sector. Education: Undergraduate or Graduate degree in Civil Engineering. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Registration as a licensed Professional Engineer or Structural Engineer in the state of Arizona. TranSystems is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status or physical or mental disability. In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, we will hire only U.S. citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States (if the position is or will be one which is subject to U.S. law). 10+ years,A/E/P experience,Highway Design,Professional Engineer License (PE) Additional Information: * Travel Percentage: 20% Company Description: TranSystems Corporation - Transportation Infrastructure and facilities - that's our focus. From infrastructure and facility design to computer simulation and economic impact analysis to finding alternative financing solutions for transportation projects - we do it. Our transportation specialist, located in offices access the nation, are unparallel in the knowledge of the movement of freight and people, and unmatched in technical and managerial services. We provide full-scale professional services to both public and private sector transportation client TranSystems 1,000 professionals in 37 offices throughout the U.S. provide architecture, engineering and planning; management and supply chain consulting; real estate; and security services to all sectors of the transportation industry. Our ability to meet the continuum of transportation challenges facing our clients anywhere in the world rests firmly on the range of modal expertise, technical disciplines and consulting services we have gathered into one integrated business entity. Our transportation consulting services span all modes and provide a full range of architectural, engineering and planning services; management and supply chain consulting services; transportation security consulting services; and transportation real estate consulting services. We have identified and gathered an array of talent in key areas under one roof, with the flexibility to deliver one or all of those skills to our clients, depending on the challenge. We are your total transportation consulting company. * Management Consulting Services * Planning Services * Financial Services * Real Estate Services * Facility Operational Analysis, Benchmarking, and Improvement * Preliminary and Final Design Services * Special Services to Facilities * Environmental Services * Other Specialty Services * Security Services * Construction Services