Burgess & Niple

Director, Alternative Delivery

Burgess & Niple$125K — $150K *
Transportation
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an ABET accredited program
  • Professional Engineer (PE) registration required in the state of employment
  • 20+ years of related experience
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office required

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the firm's alternate delivery strategy for transportation clients
  • Collaborate with leaders to position the firm within state DOTs and local agencies
  • Advise clients on procurement and risk management while promoting industry engagement
  • Lead the end-to-end capture process for alternate delivery opportunities
  • Negotiate teaming arrangements and direct proposal development efforts
  • Maintain a pipeline of alternate delivery opportunities
  • Oversee major projects to ensure adherence to scope, schedule, and budget
  • Resolve critical challenges related to design and permitting
  • Champion integration across design, construction, and operations
  • Grow talent within the alternate delivery practice through mentoring and training
  • Plan resources across concurrent projects while fostering a quality-driven culture
  • Drive financial performance with emphasis on revenue and operational metrics
  • Lead contract negotiations with a focus on competitiveness and risk

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work environment
  • Collaborative company culture
Full Job Description
Lead alternate delivery transportation projects while shaping the future of our regional practice as Director, Alternative Delivery. In this pivotal role, you'll guide pursuit teams and project teams through complex design-build and alternative delivery projects for state DOTs, and local municipalities, while serving as a trusted client advisor and developing the next generation of alternate delivery talent. You'll combine deep technical expertise with strategic pursuit and capture leadership to deliver exceptional projects on time and within budget, building lasting partnerships that strengthen the firm's market position and expand our presence across the region.

What You'll Do
  • Assist in defining and executing the firm's alternate delivery strategy aligned with transportation clients and growth objectives in Florida (i.e. low-bid design-build, adjusted-score design-build and modified-phased design-build)
  • Collaborate with current firm leaders in market positioning with FDOTs, toll agencies and major local owners; identify and shape upcoming opportunities
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to clients on procurement, delivery methods, and risk posture, while representing the firm through industry engagement and thought leadership
  • Lead the end-to-end capture process for alternate delivery pursuits, including go/no-go decisions, teaming, pricing strategy and win themes
  • Select and negotiate teaming arrangements with contractors and specialty partners, and direct proposal development, interviews, and shortlist strategies aligned with client evaluation criteria
  • Maintain a robust pipeline of alternate delivery opportunities
  • Provide oversight for major alternate delivery projects to ensure scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety performance
  • Lead resolution of critical technical, constructability, permitting, and stakeholder challenges, applying risk-based design, cost, schedule, and quality management practices to minimize exposure and avoid claims
  • Champion integration of design, construction, and operations across all disciplines
  • Grow the alternate delivery practice, including hiring, mentoring, retention and succession planning, and develop internal capabilities through coaching and training in alternate delivery best practices
  • Plan and allocate resources across concurrent pursuits and projects while fostering a high-performance culture emphasizing accountability, collaboration and quality
  • Drive financial and operational performance, including revenue forecasting, margin, backlog and utilization
  • Lead contract negotiations with a balanced focus on competitiveness and risk mitigation
  • Establish and monitor key performance indicators for pursuits and delivery, and promote continuous improvement, innovation and lessons learned across the practice

Skills & Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an ABET accredited engineering program
  • Professional Engineer (PE) registration required in the state of employment
  • 20+ years of related experience
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to foster collaboration
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office required


Learn More

To learn more about B&N, our culture and what we offer, visit: www.burgessniple.com/careers/perks-culture

About Burgess & Niple

Burgess & Niple is an engineering and architecture firm that provides services in the areas of transportation, water, wastewater, site development, and architecture. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Burgess & Niple has completed projects in all 50 states and several countries around the world. The company has received numerous awards for its work, including the National Design-Build Award and the American Council of Engineering Companies' Grand Award.
Learn more about Burgess & Niple
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$110 million

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