Do you excel working in a culture with professional development opportunities, value an excellent work life balance and giving back to your community? Are you looking to be the next industry leader for a growing company, with a culture that works hard, collaborates well together, feels valued and has fun while doing so? If so, we welcome you to be an employee owner of Haley Ward, one of the Best Places to Work in Maine. AND, as an added benefit, we will offer you a $5,000 signing bonus!

Haley Ward is looking for a Building Design Service Line Director for our Bangor, Maine office to provide overall leadership supervising activities of Structural Engineering, Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing (MEP), Architecture, and Interior Design using corporate policies, assuring quality and value of professional services. The Building Design Service Line Director is responsible for the effective management and financial performance of all operations of the group.

Join our team and Haley Ward will provide you:

• $5,000 signing bonus!!
• Competitive salary
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Competitive Health, Dental, and Vision insurance plans or a paid monthly stipend if you have insurance elsewhere)
• Generous company matched 401(k) plan with a Roth provision
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Eleven (11) paid holidays, including a creative holiday schedule
• Life insurance (company paid)
• Short and long-term disability insurance (company paid)
• Flexible Spending Account and/or Health Savings Accounts
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement
• Culture that provides work-life balance, professional development and is community driven
• And much more!

What you can expect to be doing:

• Maintaining general supervision over all activities to ensure technical and financial competence of the Building Design group.
• Analyzing fiscal requirements of the group, including staffing, equipment, and related needs; and preparing budgetary recommendations and business metrics for the group.
• Negotiating favorable contract terms with clients having in mind profitability and controlled minimum exposure to liability.
• Managing various human resource functions, including, but not limited to:
  • maintaining group efficiencies
  • annual performance evaluations
  • salary position recommendations
  • employee development, including reviewing staff members’ professional and personal goals, coordinating with firm’s goals, and guiding their involvement within the group, along with continuing education opportunities, toward attaining the goals.
  • mentoring staff in technical competence, team building, process improvement, and client relations.
• Planning and scheduling work ensuring the proper and effective distribution of assignments and manpower, space, and facilities for subsequent performance of duties.
• Developing marketing and business development plans, in coordination with the COO, Discipline Leads, Marketing Director, and CEO.

What you will need to succeed:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in appropriate discipline required.
• Extensive knowledge of the principles and practices relating to appropriate discipline.
• Progressive ability, capacity, and aptitude in administration to plan, organize, supervise, and coordinate technical work and to obtain cooperation from others.
• Valid professional license required in appropriate discipline with minimum of fifteen years' experience in a technical, project management capacity, or supervisory role or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Effective manager of people with the ability to inspire, lead, communicate, support, and mentor.

A criminal background check and driving record check will be conducted.

Haley Ward is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender identity, marital status, age, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class established by law.

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