Business Unit Manager - MEPS

The Business Unit Manager – MEPS will be primarily responsible for the strategic development and growth and overall operational performance of Dewberry’s Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural (MEPS) business unit in Raleigh, North Carolina. Priority will be on building capacity, talent, new services, and growing the client base in the Southeast Region.

The successful candidate will be a Professional Engineer with a diverse background and evidence of strong advancement in management responsibilities. The candidate will have demonstrated expertise and success in managing and motivating multiple discipline teams, developing, and executing client and business development strategies that drive revenue and profit margin growth, and partnering with internal and external partners. The selected candidate must understand and have in-depth public and private sector market knowledge and experience, and client relationships in the Southeast Region.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you are an experienced professional or a new graduate, you will have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

• Growing diverse MEPS engineering services through leadership and coordination of business development efforts among the Service Lines, Business Unit client/project managers, technical and operational staff.
• Strong leadership skills, goal driven, adept at attracting and developing talent.
• Comfortable and successful in client and business development, pre-positioning for long term opportunities.
• Strong communicator, motivator, and influencer for managing an entrepreneurial initiative that will bridge current capabilities with a forward-looking vision of Dewberry’s future in the Southeast Region.
• Ability to mobilize, organize and energize cross-functional teams for success in winning and delivering complex projects.
• Analytical thinker, bringing market-facing ideas and strategies, new services, and expertise to decision-making and strategic planning.
• Initiative-taking to achieve annual business goals while at the same time investing and building for longer term growth and stability.
• Sophisticated understanding of the engineering market in Southeast Region
• Able to work closely and productively with Dewberry enterprise leadership to drive positive results.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong trusting relationships (internal to an organization and external with clients and teaming partners).
• Active involvement in leadership of industry organizations. Interest and ability to present at conferences and lead teams to participate in brand-elevating activities.
• Collaborator and mentor.

• • Minimum 18 years of directly applicable experience as a MEPS consulting engineer.
  • Minimum of 10 years of supervisory experience in managing diverse MEPS engineering teams and a lead operational role with P&L responsibilities.
  • Thorough understanding of the Southeast market; strong relationships with decision-makers in public agencies and/or relationships with private entities.
  • Bachelor of Engineering Degree; advanced engineering degree a plus.
  • PE.
  • Excellent people skills

Do not meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s. So, if you are excited about this role, but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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