Job Description

BUSINESS UNIT LEADER

Reports to: Vice President

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Travel: >30%

Purpose

The Business Unit Leader (BUL) serves as the manager and leader of their business unit and is ultimately responsible for the cultural and financial success of the unit. They set the team's goals, delegate tasks, train new team members, and supervise the daily activities of their unit. Their leadership ensures that all their team's objectives are met. The specific job duties of a BUL typically include supervising team members, coordinating work schedules, conducting business meetings, monitoring KPIs, client relations, seeking out and producing business opportunities and providing mentoring as needed. They also coordinate with their respective Vice President to evaluate shared resource support. The BUL has a diverse background and evidence of strong advancement in management responsibilities. The BUL has clearly demonstrated expertise and success in managing and motivating multiple discipline teams, developing, and executing client and business development strategies that drive revenue and profit margin growth, and partnering with internal and external partners.

Time allocation

In this position it is anticipated that your time will be allocated as follows:

• 62.22% Utilization Rate
• 15.00% Operations/Management
• 6.00% Professional Development
• 5.00% Business Development
• 11.78% Vacation/Holidays

Activities & Responsibilities

Promotes DDG's core values, both internally and externally, and complies with the DDG Company Manual.

Operations/ Management

• Participate in conferences, trade associates and other community events as primary representative of their respective service lines.
• Oversees successful project delivery for their unit.
• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and the team’s adherence to the schedule and budget on projects.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of team’s work and ensures that quality assurance/quality control standards are followed for all projects.
• Monitors and evaluates Business Units’ financial targets and performance.
• Leads, manages, and maintains accountability of employees in their business unit.
• Evaluates the unit’s performance and identifies areas of improvement.
• Provides input on recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including performance and compensation reviews and succession planning.
• Identifies staffing needs and actively participates in the recruiting process.

Professional Development

• Participation in internal and external management and leadership training.
• Mentors and empowers employees by displaying high levels of engagement and character.
• Foster a culture around ONE DDG for the business unit; mentoring and encouraging employees to develop this mindset.
• Provides technical direction and professional support as needed.

Business Development

• Primary public (seller-doer) for all the business development pursuits in their geographic regions.
• Contributes to and actively engages in the refinement and implementation of DDG’s Business Development plan for identified industries in their geographical area.
• Able to interpret and leverage company strengths for cross-selling across service lines.
• Identify opportunities for growth across markets.
• Strengthen and grow existing client base through relationships.
• Ultimately responsible for the new opportunity generation suitable to achieve financial and growth metrics.
• Train and mentor others in team building and leadership.
• Evaluate projected growth over the next three to five years and collaborate with the administrative staff to ensure resources are being allocated to support growth.
• Oversight and support on significate pursuit and proposal opportunities.

Required Skills/Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Project management experience, including the development of project proposals, scopes, budgets and the successful execution and tracking of projects.
• Problem solving and project management skills.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Excellent ability to work and communicate with clients, colleagues, employees, administration, corporate and upper management.
• Experience monitoring and controlling costs within their unit.
• Ability to identify and solve complex problems with little to no assistance or direction and will be expected to apply new perspectives on existing solutions.
• Proactive, self-starter, collaborate and confident.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to navigate stressful work situations and maintain a positive attitude.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the discipline for the business unit’s related field
• Licensure required.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience; 10+ years preferred.
• Proven skills in the respective discipline for the business unit
• Experience with local jurisdictional governments related to design criteria and permitting.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication skills and design skills.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• Must be able to travel to various project sites.
• Must be able to access and navigate job sites and construction areas.

EEO Statement

DDG is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. DDG makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit and business needs at the time.

To be considered for this position, please submit a formal application through our careers page on our website. Simply expressing interest on LinkedIn does not constitute a complete application.

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