Practice Director - Private Sector

Kennedy Jenks is seeking a Practice Director with strong client relationships across several broad Private sectors. The right candidate will have an established resume and reputation, team building and leadership capabilities, as well as business leadership skills to further grow our thriving Private Sector environmental management, water and wastewater practice throughout the United States.

This senior role is an essential part of our Private Sector growth as we continue to provide quality solutions to our trusted clients. You will be part of a dynamic and successful engineering, scientific, and consulting practice that is involved in exciting and meaningful project work throughout our national footprint.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage our existing teams and their sector strategies to understand and further develop client account strategies, developing our team capabilities along the way.
• Engage the marketplace to identify new clients and projects and collaborate with and enhance our established Private Sector team to pursue and win those opportunities.
• Leverage existing relationships and KJ's local and national project resumes to expand Private Sector service offerings.
• Oversee the delivery of services, ensuring quality, efficiency, and client satisfaction.
• Manage the practice's budget, forecasting, and financial reporting to achieve profitability targets.
• Utilize relationships, personal resume, and strategic planning skills to pursue and win work.
• Build, lead, and motivate teams to provide client service on projects that we deliver.
• Be responsible for providing hands-on oversight of key and strategic projects from the planning phase through construction.
• Lead client service and professional engagement to develop and enhance personal and corporate brand awareness and identify new opportunities and partnerships to further expand growth.
• Key contributor to strategic planning - utilizing marketing knowledge and established client and teaming relationships, define the vision and strategy for the practice, aligning with the company's overall goals.
• Collaboration with internal leaders for strategic hiring and staff development.
• Lead strategic project positioning including development of key teaming partners, oversight of proposal development, and interview preparation.
• Project development oversight, including scope, schedule, fee preparation, negotiation, project staffing, and coordination of activities related to planning, design, and construction.
• Travel to client and project sites for client visits/meetings and travel to other Kennedy Jenks offices will be necessary.
• Contribute to project delivery goals through managing projects, as a senior advisor, or project team member.

Qualifications:

• Thorough understanding of the Private Sector market; established industry relationships, and technical knowledge of the water, wastewater, pipeline, stormwater, environmental, sustainability and industrial consulting business.
• An entrepreneurial spirit, proven experience with business development, relationship building, negotiation, and client service management delivered with the highest degree of integrity.
• Enthusiasm for team building, staff development, and collaborative inclusive leadership.
• Strong leadership, organizational, writing, editing, research, and communication skills.
• Minimum fifteen (15) years of proven experience in managing and growing a professional services practice with a track record of achieving business targets, including 10 years in client service and business development.
• BS or MS in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, Geology or similar engineering and/or scientific field.
• Professional Engineer or Geologist license or ability to immediately obtain license. Design-Build experience and DBIA certification is a plus.
• Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record.

This position has the opportunity to be based out of any major KJ market. #Li-Remote