Position Overview

Woolpert is hiring a Geospatial Program Director in Tampa, FL, Orlando, FL, or Miami, FL. This position is primarily responsible for sales and sector growth by establishing or improving client relationships with state agencies, counties, and municipalities in Florida. This position is also responsible for developing business opportunities and ensuring services are performed in a manner compatible with being an industry leader.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

 What You Will Do:

Business Development - 80% 

• Builds and enhances existing client relationships to identify and initiate additional project opportunities within a client base for the service line, practice area and firm.
• Identifies and builds new client relationships that match the client and project type focus and overall business strategy of the service line and practice area.
• Promotes Woolpert as an industry leader for specified market/practice and service(s) with new and existing clients.
• General geospatial technical knowledge to speak to clients about aerial and ground data acquisition, lidar, imagery, derivative products, GIS, and geo-enabled information systems.

Project Management - 20%

• Assists Project Managers in negotiation of project scope, schedule, fee, and contract terms.
• Defines and communicates client needs and expectations.
• Works with Project Managers to identify, address and resolve any project issues impacting client goals, objectives and/or client satisfaction
• Ensures continuous stakeholder (client, client’s manager, etc.) communications addressing, resolving and anticipating project issues.

Additional Functions -

• Works with Market Director, Sales and Technical Leads to refine and execute sales strategy.
• Assists in marketing initiatives.
• Makes formal presentations and/or publishes articles for professional/trade/civic organizations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring:

• Have a BA/BS and 12 years related experience, MA/MS and 10 years related experience, or 16 years related experience. 
• Responsible for selling approximately $5,000,000 on an annual basis.
• Successfully manage multiple, competing priorities.
• Nice to have CP (Certified Photogrammetrist) and PSM (Professional Surveyor and Mapper)
• Must be able to travel to meet the needs and demands of the practice area. This position is expected to include both local and long-distance travel estimated at 20-40%.
• Research and define multiple project scopes, schedules and budgets.
• Establish and maintain rapport with clients, vendors, management and employees.
• Must be able to make sound decisions/recommendations based on the evaluation and synthesis of information and data.
• Demonstrate an enterprising, innovative, proactive management approach.
• Possess high levels of demonstrated leadership ability.
• Possess strong negotiation and problem-solving skill.
• Possess excellent facilitation and/or meeting skill.
• Possess excellent presentation and communication (oral and written) skill.
• Must have Microsoft Office suite skill

Benefits You Will Love

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
• Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!

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Woolpert is hiring a Project Surveyor to join our dynamic Survey & Geomatics Team in Miami, Florida. This position is primarily responsible for budgeting, planning, scheduling, monitoring and reporting for specific project phase(s) and/or task(s).  This position is key in establishing and improving levels of team technical competence, quality and efficiency.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

What You Will Do:

• Reviews scope and schedule of proposals to develop budgets to complete technical aspects of a project.
• Assists project management staff in development of project proposal, as necessary.
• Assists project management staff during negotiations with definition of project schedule, fee, and scope, as necessary.
• Clarifies performance expectations of phase and/or task deliverables.
• Executes and/or coordinates the completion of phase deliverables.
• Performs technical aspects of specified deliverables and/or leads team of technical staff in creating deliverables consistent with scope, schedule and budget.
• Identify, address and resolve any issues impacting phase/task goals, objectives and/or client satisfaction.
• Responds to scope changes with revised budgets, assignments and scheduling.
• Coaches, mentors, direct, and delegates execution of quality project deliverables to and among technical team members.
• Develops project QA/QC standards and assures standards are met by technical team.
• Communicates issues affecting phase/task or project schedule, budget or quality and escalates unresolved issues to project manager and/or discipline leader.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You Will Bring:

• • Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT) certification and/or Professional Landy Surveyor (PLS) license is preferred, but not required.
  • Must be able to research and define project scope, schedule and budgets.
  • Must be able to travel to meet the needs and demands of the project.
  • Must be able to identify and justify project plan vs. actual performance variances.
  • Must be able to make sound decisions/recommendations based on the evaluation and synthesis of project information and data.
  • Must possess strong communication skills both written and oral.
  • Must possess MS Office suite skills.
  • Must possess strong organizational skills to successfully manage multiple, competing priorities.
  • Must be able to interface effectively with vendors, clients, and other firm resources.
  • Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
  • Must be able to operate and manipulate standard office equipment.
  • Must be able to occasionally reach, bend, climb and/or balance.
  • Must be able to frequently lift and/or move 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
  • Must be physically and mentally capable of performing all essential duties required of the position.

This position is eligible for a one-time signing bonus in the amount of $3,000, to be paid on the employee’s first regular payroll following hire. The signing bonus is contingent upon the employee completing 12 months of continuous service. If the employee voluntarily resigns or is terminated for cause prior to completing one year of employment, the signing bonus must be repaid in full in accordance with company policy.

Benefits You Will Love:

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
• Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!

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