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STV is looking to hire a seasoned civil engineering design professional to be the Kentucky Area Manager. In this highly visible role, you'll drive growth, market diversification and provide exceptional leadership to our broader South Transportation Group.

Your new role:

As the Area Manager for the Transportation Group across Kentucky, you are the highest-ranking executive of STV's Transportation Group for your state. Your performance creates a vibrant, growth-oriented, collaborative, and robust business that is seen as an active member of the communities in which you operate, a trusted advisor to your clients, a valued teaming partner, a leader in the industry, and a formidable competitor.

Why STV:

As part of the broader South Transportation Group, you will work closely with market sector leaders, Engineering Discipline Leaders, and other Area Managers to deliver comprehensive architecture, engineering, planning, and design services. Our market sectors span highway and bridge design, transit, and planning, working for clients such as the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, TARC, Lextrans and others. Under your leadership, you will mentor and lead an existing team of Engineers who specialize in Roadways, civil/site, aviation, geotechnical, geospatial, transit, railroad, and planning while building strategies to expand into other untouched vertical markets across the Kentucky area.

What you'll Do:

You'll be accountable for planning and organizing the business and for making the operational decisions necessary to achieve STV's desired strategic and annual outcomes for the Area. In this client-facing role, you'll build on our existing gross revenue while continuing to develop client relationships, drive revenue growth, improve project performance, enhance efficiency, and develop talent.

• Representing STV with clients, the industry, and the broader community across Kentucky.
• Working with STV client service team leaders to ensure STV enjoys a robust relationship with its clients.
• Maintaining close professional relationships with key people at the client, teaming partner, industry, and community organizations.
• Creating and implementing plans that align with and achieve STV's strategic plan objectives.
• Identifying, recruiting, and developing talent with the aim of growing the business and ensuring a strong line of succession for key leadership roles in the operation.
• Providing effective management of STV's local business activities, including selection of STV's client mix and services offering, adding new clients, winning new work, execution of projects, hiring locally based personnel, resource planning, and controlling overhead expenditure.
• Ensuring the operation adheres to STV's policies and procedures.
• Identifying, mentoring, and training the next generation of future leaders.
• Analyzing and understanding client, business, and industry issues that potentially affect STV's business in Kentucky and preparing plans to position STV to capitalize on those trends.
• Assessing the performance of the STV team members and taking action to rectify any shortfalls against expectations and to recognize and promote those of exceptional ability.
• Analyzing and reporting on business performance and implementing timely measures to address adverse outcomes to ensure financial goals are achieved.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Educational Background: BS/MS in Civil Engineering or a related field.
• Professional Registration: Registered in Kentucky or the ability to obtain reciprocity within 6 months. Registration in additional states is a plus. The willingness and ability to sign & seal.
• Experience: Have 20+ years of experience in relevant market sector/s with a proven track record in operations leadership and project delivery.
• Multi-Disciplinary Technical Design Leadership: You will be a proven leader of multidisciplinary design teams, including Project Managers, Structural, civil , roadway, geotechnical, and survey.
• Business Growth: You will enjoy being both externally and internally facing, driving new business, optimizing relationships with existing clients, leading proposals/pursuit strategies, and leading a growing team of Architects and Engineers.
• P&L Ownership - Preferred (not essential) that you have had some exposure or prior ownership for a group P&L.
• Market Specialization: You'll be a subject matter expert in one or multiple vertical markets such as Transportation and Roadway Projects.

Why you'd belong at STV:

As one of the nation's top transportation design and engineering firms, you'd be joining an a highly regarded leadership team at STV who's approach reflects the tenets of smart growth and sustainable development. In terms of project delivery and the growing emphasis on design-build procurement and privatization, STV has a track record working hand-in-hand with government agencies, contractors and developers, as well as involving the local community to incorporate stakeholder feedback and foster community support.

Want to really make an impact and help shape the future of Kentucky, apply now.

Compensation Range:

$215,906.86 - $239,896.51

STV offers the following benefits • Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) • Disability insurance • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment • 401(k) Plan • Retirement Counseling • Employee Assistance Program • Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days) • Paid Holidays (9 days) • Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year) • Parental Leave (up to 80 hours) • Continuing Education Program • Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV's good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.

Not sure this role is the perfect match? We encourage you to apply if STV's work and values resonate with you. We know great candidates don't always meet every qualification, and research shows women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they do. At STV, we believe strong talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds, and your skills and experience may align with this or another opportunity as we continue to grow.