Front Range Senior Office Director

About the opportunity

For four decades, SWCA Environmental Consultants has provided comprehensive environmental planning, regulatory compliance, and natural and cultural resource management services to businesses and government clients across the United States. SWCA is an employee-owned firm of scientists, planners, and technical experts. We combine scientific expertise with sound technical skills to provide creative solutions to a full spectrum of environmental projects. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, SWCA has 30+ offices and over 1,300 employees throughout the United States to serve clients from primary business lines, including energy generation, oil and gas, mining, federal land management, transmission, and transportation.

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a talented Senior Front Range Office Director to lead our Colorado Front Range operations. This candidate will bring unique people and organizational leadership to SWCA by championing the organizational culture, enabling excellence, and driving the talent strategy. Primary Duties include leading the strategic direction of the office, financial performance, business and client development, staff management, and technical quality, while ensuring the cross-collaboration and alignment needed to support the achievement of SWCA goals for our Denver and Fort Collins offices.

In addition, we are looking for business acumen- being able to apply knowledge of our business and marketplace to advance the organization’s goals, be able to develop our people to meet both their career goals as well as the organization’s goals, and to create a climate where people are motivated to bring their best work to help the organization to grow and prosper.

Please submit a letter of interest and resume for this application.

Our Vision (the North Star): Make SWCA to be the best workplace and industry leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges while maintaining a dedication to employee-ownership.

We are #OneSWCA.  We collaborate, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack.  We are 100% employee-owned, and we build our success together. It is imperative for the successful candidate to fit SWCA's unique culture. Do you appreciate sustainability and environmental awareness? Is giving back to your community a priority? SWCA is a team of scientists, planners, technical experts, and corporate services professionals that are committed to our culture.

Our company purpose is to preserve natural and cultural resources for tomorrow while enabling projects that benefit people today. You are invited to be a part of our success story.

What you will accomplish

• Lead and motivate a large, diverse, multi-discipline team of natural and cultural resource scientists, NEPA planners, project managers, and technical experts specializing in local, state, and federal regulatory permitting.
• Be responsible for the planning, monitoring, and ongoing sustainment of the financial success of both offices.  This entails monitoring and adjusting to weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial information and KPIs as well as assisting in the development of yearly business plans and quarterly forecasting.
• Be accountable for business development, the financial success of the offices, and attainment of sales and productivity goals.
• Work collaboratively with the Rocky Mountain Plains VP and other Sub-Regional Directors, and leaders throughout SWCA’s Rockies region to drive scientific excellence, business performance, client satisfaction, and employee engagement.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, engagement, quality service, and customer satisfaction.
• Mentor/develop employees directly and build and sustain a framework for mentorship through all levels of the organization.
• Engage in and lead client management and development initiatives. Assist with internal strategy in alignment with overall operational regional and corporate growth plans.
• Provide leadership in, and be an ambassador for, in living SWCA’s core values.
• Implement project execution, QA and QC plans, and project reviews.

Experience and qualifications for success

REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree in a field related to the environmental services that SWCA generally provides, including (but not limited to) biology, archaeology, anthropology, planning, environmental regulatory compliance, GIS, hydrology, and other environmental and planning fields.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of cumulative experience in environmental and/or cultural resource management consulting, overseeing fieldwork and report completion, supervising and mentoring professional and administrative staff, as well as scheduling and budgeting of projects.
• A minimum of Five (5) years of experience in increasing levels of responsibility in organizational leadership, including supervising and providing leadership for other professionals.
• Demonstrated business development success and consulting acumen, including substantial established credibility with federal and state reviewing agencies and clients, as well as success in proposal writing.
• This is an office-based or hybrid position, requiring between 3-5 days on site with employees to accomplish business goals.
• Ability to travel as needed, for an estimated 25% of the time

HIGHLY PREFERRED

• Team-orientated attitude with strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Excellent communication, organization, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to foster a friendly, positive, productive, and scholarly working relationship with team members.
• Proven success of leading a team of environmental and/or cultural resource professionals.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to environmental, natural and/or cultural resources.
• Solid understanding of financial metrics, completing a business plan, and implementing the plan.

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full spectrum of environmental services. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms.

If you would like to contact SWCA regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the online application process due to a disability, please email accommodations@swca.com or call 1-480-581-5378. This contact information is for disability accommodation requests only. All other inquiries will not receive a response.

In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), we are disclosing a good faith estimate of the compensation range for roles that will be, or could be, performed in Colorado.

In Colorado, an employee in this position can expect a rate between $125,000.00 to $150,000.00 per year depending on experience, geographic locations, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law.  Employees in this position are eligible for consideration for SWCA’s annual bonus program, which provides awards based on individual and organizational performance.  To review additional benefits associated with this position, click here:  https://www.swca.com/careers/totalrewards/benefits

EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Seniority Level

Director

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