Director of Surface Transportation

🕒 April 7

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $186.6k - $252.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Ulteig

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1944

⚡ Energy

Energy • Renewables • Transportation

Ulteig is a North American infrastructure engineering, technical services, and consulting firm that delivers design, digital tools, and advisory services for critical lifeline sectors. The employee-owned company supports public and private clients on power and utility-scale renewable energy projects, transportation planning and infrastructure, and water sector work—offering engineering design, SCADA/EMS solutions, project-development services, and decision-support software to help manage complex, multidisciplinary projects.

📋 Description

• Lead the Surface Transportation organization through its next phase of growth, digital transformation, and execution excellence. • Own performance to the Annual Operating Plan, including revenue, profitability, backlog health, utilization, and indirect expense management. • Establish clear operating cadence, accountability, and leadership presence across the department. • Partner closely with the Market Director and Market Leaders to prioritize pursuits, strengthen positioning, and rebuild backlog with discipline and focus. • Translate enterprise and sector strategy into clear priorities and executable plans for delivery teams. • Serve as a visible leader internally and externally with clients, partners, and industry stakeholders. • Ensure consistent, high-quality delivery of services that meet client expectations and strengthen Ulteig’s reputation in Surface Transportation. • Provide executive oversight of project execution, risk management, quality control, and client satisfaction. • Ensure managers are effectively overseeing engineering, technical, and construction activities across all phases of work. • Drive consistent use of tools, processes, and performance data to manage delivery predictably. • Evaluate capacity, skill sets, and deployment of resources to align with demand and strategic priorities. • Collaborate with Finance, Operations, and the Project Management Center of Excellence to improve forecasting, reporting, and operational rigor. • Champion continuous improvement and practical innovation that improves outcomes, not just activity. • Build a strong, accountable leadership team with clear roles, expectations, and development paths. • Coach and develop managers to lead with clarity, consistency, and confidence. • Foster a culture of trust, inclusion, accountability, and engagement. • Ensure leaders are visible, accessible, and actively engaged with their teams. • Lead talent planning, succession planning, performance management, and retention efforts. • Maintain and strengthen key client relationships in partnership with market leadership. • Support proposal strategy, positioning, and execution on priority pursuits. • Collaborate across Ulteig’s Lifeline Sectors, Sales, Operations, Innovation and Technology, Finance, and HR to drive integrated solutions and enterprise alignment. • Represent Surface Transportation in enterprise-level discussions related to growth, strategy, and investment.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution or equivalent. • 15 or more years of progressive experience in transportation engineering or related disciplines. • Professional Engineer registration preferred. • Minimum of 7 years of experience leading managers and teams. • Demonstrated experience managing operating plans, budgets, and performance metrics. • Strong understanding of Surface Transportation markets, clients, and delivery models. • Proven ability to lead through complexity, ambiguity, and change. • Strong business acumen with the ability to connect strategy to execution. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build trust and alignment across diverse stakeholders; comfort with presenting to a wide variety of audiences, from graduate engineers to the Board of Directors. • Willingness to travel approximately 25 percent of the time. • Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement. • Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible Workplace • Employee Ownership • Competitive Pay • Comprehensive Benefits Package • Collaborative Environment • Innovative Culture