BC Operations Manager, Transportation

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AECOM is actively seeking an experienced and dynamic Operations Manager to lead the BC Transportation group. Reporting to the Director of Operations for Transportation in Western and Central Canada, this role will be based at our AECOM office in Burnaby. AECOM provides professional planning, design, and construction administration services in the areas of Highway/Bridge, Ports, Rail, and Transportation Facilities.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead the development and expansion of AECOM's transportation team/business in BC while collaborating effectively with other provincial Operations Managers and Growth Leaders across Western and Central Canada, including Market Sector Leaders, Practice Leaders, and Client Account Managers to develop future strategies and participate in key sector and corporate initiatives.
• Lead the acquisition, professional development, engagement, and retention of employees within the BC Transportation group.
• Assign employees to projects directly or through subordinates, ensuring that all technical work is completed in accordance with project scope, budget, and AECOM's quality and professional standards.
• Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and sound judgment in addressing project delivery challenges, technical and client-related issues, and the development of technical objectives and requirements.
• Act as an advisor to clients and other AECOM business lines on technical and business-related matters.
• Stay current with industry standards, implementing best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Actively engage with professional associations, championing the advancement of the profession.
• Manage client relationships, ensuring that project delivery meets or exceeds client expectations.
• Work with the Western Canada Growth Lead to define and refine the future growth direction of the BC Transportation group, ensuring alignment with AECOM’s strategic growth objectives.
• Lead efforts to grow the group’s business base and revenue, building a strong and successful team of professionals.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and guidance through the execution and successful completion of client assignments.
• Foster a culture of inclusion by mentoring the BC Transportation team, ensuring that staff are equipped with the latest technical knowledge to deliver client-focused solutions.
• Embed AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies, Safety, and Ethics & Compliance programs into the team culture.
• Strengthen the market leadership position of the Transportation group across Western Canada.
• Work closely with other business lines within Western Canada to promote the growth and sustainability of AECOM’s operations.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in transportation engineering.
• 2+ years leadership experience
• Professional Engineering License.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ideally 15+ years experience in transportation engineering
• Significant experience in people management and leadership.
• Experience in bidding large projects (>$10 million fee or $200M CapEx).
• Experience working with Translink and the BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit (MoTT).
• Proven ability to grow and manage an engineering team.
• Extensive project management experience, including responsibility for financial, quality, and schedule management of large and small engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of transportation engineering principles, contract law, and construction techniques.
• Team-oriented, with a proven ability to meet deadlines and take ownership of assigned work.
• Commitment to maintaining a strong safety culture in the workplace.
• Strategic, analytical, and practical problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional technical writing and proposal preparation skills.
• Effective verbal communication skills, with the ability to make presentations and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Solid technical expertise in transportation engineering disciplines such as roads, ports, transit, or rail, ideally with consulting engineering experience.
• Exceptional client service and relationship-building abilities.
• An energetic coach and mentor, driven by the challenge of working on diverse and complex projects while developing talent.
• Strong leadership presence, capable of becoming a trusted advisor and advocate for AECOM’s core values, earning client confidence.
• Knowledge of Ports, and Airports would be an asset.

Join AECOM as our BC Operations Leader and champion our efforts in transforming the transportation sector. Drive growth, champion innovation, and make a lasting impact. Apply now!

• Sponsorship for Canadian employment authorization is not available for this position

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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