BKF Engineers

Regional Lead – Transportation Design

BKF Engineers

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Riverside • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $180,000 - $230,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Contribute to the development of the firm’s Transportation strategic plan and translate practice-level priorities into actionable regional initiatives.
  • Identify and pursue growth opportunities within the region, including new transportation clients, delivery methods, service offerings, and geographic expansion.
  • Align regional efforts with statewide, regional, and federal transportation priorities and funding programs.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing regional transportation design team.
  • Support succession planning, recruiting, and staff development in alignment with practice and firmwide goals.
  • Promote a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Foster interdisciplinary coordination across roadway, transit, active transportation, traffic, drainage, and environmental teams.
  • Serve as the primary relationship manager for key regional transportation clients, including state DOTs, counties, cities, transit agencies, and regional transportation authorities.
  • Represent the firm at transportation industry events, conferences, stakeholder meetings, and public agency forums.
  • Collaborate with Business Development and Marketing to shape go-to-market strategies, pursuit positioning, and major proposal efforts.
  • Play a leading role in identifying, developing, and securing new transportation projects and on-call contracts.
  • Provide leadership and oversight on transportation planning and design projects to ensure quality, schedule adherence, and client satisfaction.
  • Support project teams in navigating complex technical, regulatory, and stakeholder challenges, including CEQA/NEPA coordination and agency design standards.
  • Drive consistency in project delivery through best practices, standardized tools, and quality management processes.
  • Serve as Project Manager on large, complex transportation projects or oversee a portfolio of transportation clients within the region.
  • Support development of the regional transportation business plan and budget in coordination with the Transportation Practice Lead and firm leadership.
  • Monitor regional backlog, revenue, utilization, and project profitability.
  • Track performance metrics and implement corrective actions to meet or exceed established KPIs.
  • Optimize staffing and resource allocation to ensure operational efficiency and successful project delivery.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8–10 years of experience delivering transportation planning and design services for public-sector clients, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
  • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary transportation teams and manage complex infrastructure projects.
  • Strong understanding of regional transportation markets, agency delivery models, and regulatory frameworks.
  • Demonstrated success in business development, client relationship management, and major pursuits.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
  • Highly organized, analytical, and results oriented.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven consulting environment.
  • Willingness to travel as needed to support regional offices, project sites, and client engagements.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with firm leadership and key internal stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Construction or closely related field is required.
  • PE license in California
Benefits
  • Competitive salaries, end of year bonuses, profit sharing, and 401k.
  • Generous vacation and sick time packages.
  • 8 Paid Holidays.
  • Education reimbursement, Paid annual dues for professional and societal organizations.
  • BKF offers competitive and award-winning benefits and perks. To learn more click here.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
transportation planningtransportation designinfrastructure project managementbusiness developmentclient relationship managementregulatory frameworksperformance metricsKPI trackingstaffing optimizationresource allocation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsanalytical skillsresults orientedcollaborationmentoringaccountabilitycontinuous improvementinterdisciplinary coordination
Certifications
PE license in CaliforniaBachelor's degree in Environmental SciencesBachelor's degree in EngineeringBachelor's degree in Construction