Facilities Engineering & Design Senior Leader
Job Description
Olsson’s Facilities Engineering and Design team creates the buildings and facilities that support the communities where we live, work, learn, and connect. As part of our Urban and Community Development market, we partner with public and private sector clients to deliver practical, impactful facility design solutions.
As a Facilities Engineering & Design Senior Leader, you’ll lead and grow our Facility Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural Design practice, developing strong leaders, expanding services, and identifying new opportunities for growth. We’re looking for a strategic leader with a growth mindset, strong business and financial acumen, and experience leading through other leaders.
What You’ll Do
Lead through leaders, coaching and developing Group Leaders and other team leaders while strengthening leadership capability across the team.
Drive the growth and expansion of Facilities Engineering and Design services within the Urban and Community Development market.
Identify opportunities to grow existing client relationships, expand services, and pursue new clients and markets.
Translate market strategy into clear business, operational, and team priorities.
Oversee the financial and operational health of the team, including revenue, profitability, utilization, backlog, workload, and staffing.
Partner across market, technical, and project leadership to align people and resources with current needs and future growth.
Develop succession plans and build a strong pipeline of future leaders.
Provide leadership and accountability around project delivery, quality, client satisfaction, and business performance.
Foster collaboration across mechanical, electrical, structural, and other engineering and design disciplines.
Champion a culture of growth, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
You are passionate about:
Working collaboratively with others.
Having ownership in the work you do.
Using your talents to positively affect communities.
You bring to the team:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, sciences, construction, planning, or a related field preferred. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, an associate degree with equivalent experience is required.
10+ years of experience in engineering, design, consulting, or a related professional services environment.
6+ years of leadership experience, including leading and developing other leaders and supervising technical teams.
Demonstrated success growing a team, expanding services, or building a practice or business.
Strong business and financial acumen, with an understanding of revenue, profitability, utilization, backlog, staffing, and resource planning.
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