Job Description

Olsson provides multidisciplinary design services for mixed-use, commercial, and residential land development projects, along with industrial, sports, schools, and other site development types. In addition to land development work, this role will also support projects in our Industrial, Energy, and Federal markets.

The South Site Design Group Leader is responsible for staff management, professional development, and subteam performance. The group leader sets performance expectations, manages client service, and oversees project execution for the group. This role manages a high-performing group of employees that provide purposeful, high-quality solutions to successfully solve engineering and design needs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides daily management and leadership for a group.
• Manages staff and group dynamics, provides direction to the group on the prioritization of projects, and establishes goals that align with the team’s overarching objectives.
• Monitors and manages the group’s project performance and employee utilization and workload, identifying potential areas of improvement and implementing plans to maximize efficiency.
• Oversees project management, quality control, and project execution within the group, maintaining a utilization goal to support individual effectiveness and ensure successful project completion.
• Encourages professional development for employees by helping them identify individual goals, outlining performance expectations, recognizing accomplishments, and providing productive and consistent feedback.
• Communicates with group members regularly to keep the group informed and aware of initiatives, goals, and objectives within the group and team to ensure accountability.
• Ensures high client service orientation through consistent and effective communication with clients.
• Outlines training and mentoring expectations for staff members to enhance technical skills and knowledge among the group.
• Collaborates with other group leaders within the team to ensure goals and objectives are aligned.
• Oversees marketing efforts for repeat clients and coordination with business development on new client pursuits, including client strategy, proposal process, interviewing, and selection efforts within the group.
• Adheres to regulations and enforces safety standards.

We have one current opening and will consider candidates interested in being located out of our Oklahoma City, OK or Tulsa, OK office location. Ability to travel between these locations is required.

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to contribute and work well on a team.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, sciences, construction, planning, landscape architecture or a related area preferred. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, an associate degree with equivalent experience is required.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience of relevant engineering experience.
• At least 4 years of experience supervising others.
• General understanding of Civil 3d.
• Possesses strong communication, leadership and management skills.
• Has a proven track record in meeting and exceeding client expectations.
• Has an ability to attract, develop and retain talented staff who deliver results.

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