Requisition/Vacancy No\. 117079BR
**Position Title** Business Line Leader Ground Engineering, Africa
**Job Category** Engineering \- Environmental
**Business Line** Environment
**Office Region** Africa
**Office Location** ZAF \- Pretoria
**Why Choose AECOM?** AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public\- and private\-sector clients\. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by _Fortune_ magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company\. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects\. A _Fortune 500_ firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of approximately $19 billion\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **Environment**
Our team of environment specialists offers clients expertise in air quality, impact analysis and permitting, environmental health and safety management consulting/due diligence, remediation consulting/engineering and construction/site restoration, specialty and emerging technologies, waste services and water and natural resources\.
**Job Summary**
**Duties & Responsibilities**
**General Management**
+ Responsible for growth of the Geotechnical team \(approximately 15 staff in South Africa\) and business throughout South Africa and growth of the Geotechnical business in Africa
+ Responsible for the team management planning, organizing, controlling, reporting and leading\.
+ Develops operating and growth plans including staffing\.
+ Determines workload for their team, including short, medium and long term business goals and objectives\.
+ Maintains effective communication within the team and with clients\.
+ Identifies, analyzes and addresses the root causes of both personnel and project issues\.
+ Tracks and reports on the team’s monthly financial performance, sales and backlog; may analyze and recommend corrective actions\.
+ Prepares monthly financial reports and attend status meetings\.
+ Reviews and submits for approval the team’s expenditures, including conference and professional activity approval requests\.
+ Assists with the annual budget planning process, including development and projections of team’s metrics and requirements for growth\.
+ Performs administrative functions such as reviewing and writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, and making decisions about the purchase of materials or services\.
+ May develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the technical work performed in the business line\.
+ Adheres to AECOM processes and procedures\.
+ Interacts with other Ground Engineering teams within AECOM and especially within EMEA\.
**Business Development / Client Management**
+ Prepares and implements business development programs\.
+ Leads business development activities, including planning, scheduling, client relations, marketing, proposal preparation, and presentations\.
+ Maintains professional relations and contacts with clients, peers and competitors\.
+ Presents and explains proposals, reports, and findings to clients\.
+ Manages commercial aspects of larger bids\.
+ Consults or negotiates with clients to prepare project specifications\.
+ Assists with the preparation of marketing materials\.
**Project Management**
+ Plans, coordinates, develops, and monitors projects to completion\.
+ Works with multiple teams to pursue, manage and deliver projects\.
+ Establishes, promotes, and assures quality on all projects and work performance\.
+ Proactively monitors projects to identify and address financial, safety and liability issues, as well as to ensure completion on schedule\.
+ Identifies when project requirements exceed available technical skills or manpower capacity and develops plan of action with next level management to seek help from other work units, hire new staff, and/or subcontract work, etc\.
+ Closely monitors and manages the team’s weekly sold time and direct labor to ensure goals are met\.
+ May review and recommend or approve contracts and cost estimates\.
+ Maintains Quality systems\.
**HR**
+ Interfaces and manages both in\-house, and subcontract staff\.
+ Selects and hires staff\.
+ Monitors performance of staff and provides mentoring and constructive feedback\.
+ Conducts team meetings and evaluates work performance of staff\.
+ Ensures staff meets safety and other AECOM mandated training requirements\.
+ Provides staff evaluations and development plans\.
**Technical**
+ Grows technical excellence within the Business Line\.
+ May serve as a technical expert for the team\.
+ Development and planning of site investigations to include project relevant data collection, sampling, profiling and logging\.
+ Appreciation of problematic soils and ground improvement techniques\.
+ Assessment and evaluation of data\.
+ Design of various Geotechnical elements including foundations, piling, retaining walls, rock slopes, soil slopes and underground excavations\.
+ Preparation and/or peer review of comprehensive reports\.
**Working conditions**
+ Office environment\.
+ Work site visit\.
**Minimum Requirements**
+ Minimum of 10\-15 years of relevant experience in the field of ground engineering
+ Experience of managing a staff of greater than 10 would be an advantage\.
+ Experience within the consulting field\.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Degree in Civil Engineering \(Specialisation in Geotechnical Engineering\) or Geotechnical Engineering\.
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer\.
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