Facilities Practice Area Leader Senior Professional
- Austin, Texas
- Regular, Full time
- Job ID 4167
The Building Enclosure Practice Area Leader is a key leadership position within Terracon’s Austin Facilities office, responsible for helping lead and grow the Building Enclosure Practice Group (BEPG) in Austin and across the Texas market. This role is intended for an experienced building enclosure professional who brings broad technical knowledge, strong project leadership, and an interest in building both a practice and a team.
The ideal candidate will have experience or working knowledge across BEPG’s primary service areas, including Building Enclosure Commissioning (BECx), testing, and scanning and imaging, along with a strong understanding of building enclosure assemblies such as roofing, exterior walls, fenestration, coatings, and waterproofing systems.
This position aligns with Terracon’s Group Manager role and is an integral part of the Austin Facilities leadership team. Terracon views this role as a strategic investment in accelerating the growth of Austin Facilities and BEPG throughout Texas. During this period of growth, the Practice Area Leader will remain actively engaged in the work, serving as a Senior Project Manager on complex proposals and projects while also developing staff, strengthening technical capabilities, supporting business development, and helping shape the future of the practice.
Austin Facilities supports flexibility in where work is performed, recognizing that effective leadership happens across the office, project sites, client meetings, and remote settings. To support collaboration, mentorship, and team development, office leaders are generally expected to maintain an in-office presence of at least three days per week, with flexibility based on project demands, external commitments, office responsibilities, and the needs of direct reports and the broader Austin Facilities and BEPG teams.
PRACTICE AREA LEADER
Supervise the daily operations of the BEPG including staff training, development, and performance review, utilization of equipment and facilities, safety oversight, quality of services and work product, timely delivery of services and deliverables, and adherence to policies and procedure.
With support from the Department/Office Manager (OM), prepare and execute annual business plan for the BEPG.
With support from the OM, oversee and manage the success of the key BEPG metrics of revenue growth, staff chargeability, project billing and collections, and project profitability.
Support the growth and development of Terracon at all levels, following our corporate values and generally aligning with the company objectives and services in the Corporate Strategic Plan.
STAFF
Monitor chargeability and forecasted workload for BEPG staff. Work with OM and other Practice Area Leaders to support Austin Facilities workload and maintain chargeability goals.
With support from the OM, lead, develop and manage employee staffing plans, recruitment, selection and onboarding to support workload and growth initiatives.
Develop, support, and track support individual growth plans for BEPG staff.
Identify cross-training opportunities for BEPG staff.
Empower and delegate BEPG staff to support BEPG and Austin Facilities initiatives.
Develop and support sub-practice area leaders as needed.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- With the support of OM and Office Business Development Coordinator (BDC) perform business and client development activities to identify, develop, win, and execute project opportunities and build and maintain client relationships.
- Support the BDC in Austin Facilities support of external business development activities.
MARKETING
Work with office BDC and region marketing staff to develop BEPG specific project profiles and service sell sheets.
Produce and maintain project profiles including project information databases for completed projects.
SAFETY/IIF
Lead safety efforts for BEPG and ensure team follows safety rules and guidelines. Be responsible for creating and modeling a safe work environment; demonstrate safety practices. Promote pre-task planning for all projects.
Be an office leader for Terracon Safety practices.
With support from the OM, monitor safety metrics for the BEPG and Austin Facilities to meet published goals.
Ensure that BEPG Staff holds and maintains appropriate safety certifications to perform required tasks, and follows all lifesaving absolutes (LSA).
Perform regular site-safety check-ins and coaching on BEPG staff to meet or exceed Austin Facilities goals.
Work with Austin Facilities Office Safety Coordinator as required to respond to office and external initiatives.
CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT
Ensure that the Austin Facilities BEPG is participating in corporate initiatives and using corporate resources, such as Pricing Tool, Compass, TerraNet, and any other initiatives external to Austin Facilities.
Ensure that the Austin Facilities BEPG is represented in the Service Line BEPG, to include active participation and leadership.
Ensure that the Austin Facilities BEPG is represented in the appropriate service line Task Groups, including Structural Practice Group.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY
Monitor all projects in progress in the BEPG to ensure that work is executed on time and in accordance with the client’s requirements and within company policies, procedures and standards.
Lead project management on large and complex projects, including projects with multiple FAC practice areas and/or multiple Service Lines.
Perform and/or support BEPG staff in the support of project delivery:
Work with clients and internal resources to define project scopes, schedules and budget.
Supervise the preparation of proposals and cost estimates to clients to ensure proper scoping of services, availability of manpower and pricing to achieve desired profitability.
Lead interactions with client and stakeholders to ensure their goals are being considered in execution of the work.
Design, communicate, and implement a project plan for completing a project.
Lead safety efforts including preparation and compliance with approved safety plan.
Resolve operational problems and minimize delays.
Identify, develop, and gather necessary resources to complete the project.
Prepare designs and work specifications; develop schedules, budgets and forecasts; select materials, equipment, project staff, and contractors.
Identify the need for standards to support workflow.
Estimate costs, resources, and time required to complete a project.
Prepare forecasts for expenditures and manages scope, schedule to meet budget.
Monitor activities, allocate resources, and assign tasks to ensure targets are met.
Partner with other departments or offices to secure specialized resources for the project.
Conduct project meetings and prepare reports to communicate the status of the project within and beyond the project team.
Coach and mentor project staff and assist them to solve problems.
Coordinate with APRs to ensure appropriate oversight is in place and sufficient time allowed for quality reviews
Coordinates with accounting for financial management of business intelligence, invoicing and collections
Develop understanding and be aware of project-related risk. Be familiar with what could go wrong on a project and how to protect the Company. Be familiar with company risk policies.
Promote continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor quality standards and practices. Engage APRs on projects at their onset.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in building science or related building field and 10+ years’ experience in facility assessment. Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 14 years’ related experience.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- A valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required.
Preferred Candidate:
- Licenses or near licensure in Engineering or Architecture
- Have all pre-licensure hours completed
- If not on the Engineering/Architectural path, should have or can obtain Registered Roof Consultant (RRC), Registered Waterproofing Consultant (RWC), and at least one other relevant certification (RBEC, BECxP, LEED AP)
From general practitioners to specialists, our national Facilities professionals know facility systems from curb to rooftop. As a member of our team, you’ll join licensed architects and engineers delivering services for new construction and existing facilities including building enclosure consulting and testing, facility asset management, due diligence, ADA and accessibility consulting, facility condition assessments, and more. Be it one parking lot or a 100-building portfolio, we create sustainable options for our clients’ buildings, assess and extend service life where applicable, increase performance, and help them maximize the value of their capital expenditures.