Structural Engineering Director

Lead, coach, mentor, and develop structural engineering managers and department leaders.

Oversee the department’s recruiting, hiring, onboarding, retention, workforce planning, succession planning, and employee development.

Provide direct performance management and career development for assigned direct reports while ensuring consistency in performance management practices across the structural engineering department. Build a collaborative and accountable team culture that supports employee engagement, professional growth, and continuous improvement.

Monitor staff utilization, workload, capacity, and development needs to maintain a productive and sustainable structural engineering team.

Provide strategic and operational leadership for the structural engineering department within a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering environment.

Establish and continuously improve department standards, workflows, and operational processes that increase efficiency, consistency, accountability, and quality.

Oversee staffing assignments, workload forecasting, utilization, backlog, and resource allocation across projects, using FTE planning, staffing forecasts, and other operational metrics.

Identify operational and project-delivery risks, implement corrective actions, and facilitate coordination among structural engineering, architectural studios, other engineering departments, and market sector leadership.

Monitor department-wide project performance, including scope management, schedules, budgets, staffing, utilization, profitability, design quality, and deliverable coordination.

Resolve resource conflicts and operational challenges affecting structural engineering project execution.

Support project managers and multidisciplinary design teams with operational guidance on complex projects, coordination, staffing challenges, and project escalations.

Promote consistent project delivery and QA/QC practices to maintain strong client relationships and achieve high levels of client satisfaction.

Lead the financial and operational performance of the structural engineering department, overseeing profitability, utilization, backlog, staffing levels, project performance, and revenue forecasting.

Analyze operational and financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for department improvement and growth.

Develop initiatives that improve profitability, resource management, project delivery, and operational efficiency.

Participate in annual business planning, staffing forecasts, strategic planning, and long-term department development.

Represent the structural engineering department within firm leadership and serve as an advocate for departmental priorities, resources, and strategic goals.

Collaborate with executive leadership, market sector principals, architectural studio directors, engineering directors, and other department leaders to align structural engineering resources with firmwide priorities.

Provide executive-level insight into department performance, staffing, project delivery, financial health, operational risks, and opportunities for improvement.

Lead the implementation of firmwide strategies, standards, processes, and organizational initiatives within the structural engineering department.

Promote strong working relationships and multidisciplinary collaboration to improve resource planning, project execution, design coordination, client service, and operational excellence. [CG2]

Maintain sufficient knowledge of structural design, structural analysis, building systems, engineering standards, and applicable building codes to support informed operational and leadership decisions.

Provide leadership support for complex structural engineering issues, project escalations, and multidisciplinary design coordination.

Promote consistent application of engineering standards, design procedures, quality assurance, and quality control expectations.

Support continuous improvement of structural engineering tools, standards, workflows, and design practices.

Based in our Oklahoma City office, this role will provide opportunities to contribute to meaningful projects while becoming part of a collaborative team and a growing community.

Oklahoma City combines the opportunities of a rapidly growing metropolitan area with an exceptional quality of life. Residents enjoy a lower cost of living, short commute times, a thriving arts and entertainment scene, professional sports, outstanding restaurants, and abundant outdoor recreation, all while living in one of the nation's fastest-growing cities.

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This is a full-time, on-site position based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

Occasional travel may be required for project meetings, recruiting events, conferences, or site visits.