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Gresham Smith, Inc.

Market Vice President - Water + Environment Market

Gresham Smith, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, United States,


Market Vice President - Water + Environment Market

Job Category : Executive LeadershipRequisition Number : MARKE003180Apply nowPosted: November 4, 2024Full-TimeHybridLocations

Gresham Smith | Nashville Office (HQ)Nashville, TN 37201, USATake your career to the next level with Gresham Smith!Our Water + Environment (W+E) market follows a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates the combined expertise of civil and environmental engineers. Join us in designing solutions that improve essential infrastructure to keep communities healthy and thriving.Consistently ranked as a Top 10 Engineering Architecture Firm by Building Design + Construction, Gresham Smith is a growing architectural, engineering, and program management firm with 26 offices throughout the United States.We are seeking a

to lead our award-winning Water + Environment Practice. The MVP provides leadership to ensure the Water + Environment (W+E) market operations and project delivery outcomes successfully meet the goals of the firm’s strategic plan. The MVP is responsible for meeting the business plan through leadership in providing quality services, professional development of market staff, and maintenance of client satisfaction.Key Responsibilities:Management and Leadership

Provide direction and supervision to ensure effective management of the W+E market and its employees including workload versus capacity, project performance, staffing and personnel matters, and administrative issues.Follow the firm’s policies and procedures and utilize appropriate systems to track, measure, and take corrective action as required.Supervise directly or indirectly the various department/location leaders in the W+E market and the operational functions of those departments.Ensure there are sufficient resources in place to operate effectively and efficiently to meet the operational metrics of the market.Collaborate with Directors and leadership team members in IT, HR, Accounting, Risk Management, Marketing, and Corporate Communications to leverage the corporate services functions to the market.Model the core values and promote the Gresham Smith culture of excellence.Foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the firm.Communicate with frequency and transparency to engage and retain talent.Supervise directly or indirectly the Project Executives (PXs) within the market.Support the Gresham Smith Way to Win process and monitor its application to key pursuits within the market.Engage and support the PXs by providing the resources necessary for them to execute their tactical plans.Project Execution

Ensure that high-quality project management and technical skillsets are applied to projects utilizing the Gresham Smith “Roles and Responsibilities.” Every project will follow a rigorous quality control and management process.Ensure a project plan is employed on every project and use periodic project reviews as a means of exerting management oversight on significant projects.Talent Management and Development

Align the workforce with the firm’s and the market’s operational goals.Acquire and develop key capabilities through effective recruitment and development of staff.Develop and execute a staff development plan responsive to the market’s operational goals and technical expertise needs.Ensure performance problems are documented and addressed appropriately with HR’s assistance.Provide balanced attention to the practice and the business in support of the firm’s practice-led business model.Provide leadership and support to the market’s Technical Practice Leader (TPL) for executing an effective TLG and Pillar program.Market Strategy and Business Development Support

Proactively collaborate with and offer support to the EVP in the implementation of the market’s strategic vision and business development activities.Promote the development and execution of an effective community engagement plan in each office location for the market.Collaborate with and assist the EVP with the evaluation of market growth opportunities.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree; plus 15 years of job-related AE consulting firm experience required.Prefer a minimum of 5 years experience in a meaningful leadership role in a market or firm with multi-discipline, multi‐location responsibility.A/E industry experience in medium to large-scale projects with an advanced civil, environmental, chemical, or mechanical engineering focus.Professional licensure is preferred, not required.Proven ability to effectively lead and mentor a team of senior-level professionals.Willing to travel in support of the above responsibilities.Gresham Smith is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Gresham Smith provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender, national origin, status as a protected veteran, disability or any other classification protected by law.

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