Environmental Business Director of Operations Position Available In Miami-Dade, Florida

Atlas is a nationwide leader in civil engineering, materials testing and geotechnical consulting services for environmental, industrial and infrastructure construction projects. Headquartered in Austin, TX, Atlas currently has over 3,500 employees with offices throughout the US, including Alaska & Hawaii. It’s no accident that Atlas creates a better experience for infrastructure and environmental projects. It’s how we are built – with the best people in the industry, with the reach and expertise to help at any and every step of the project, and with a heart-led approach that puts quality and safety at the center of everything we do. We’re just built to be better. We are a great company. The

• Atlas Environmental Business Director of Operations
• is responsible for the day-to-day management and performance of the US-wide Environmental business.

This role will work closely with the Environmental President, the Environmental Regional leaders, the Corporate Finance Operations business partner for Environmental, and other leaders across the Environment Business and Corporate Functions to drive performance and operations of the Business, and support growth. This role will allow the Environment President to elevate from triage and recovery focus to quickly transition focus to people, sales and the achievement of profitable growth that meets GI Exit Strategy objectives and value creation for the next Atlas owner. This role will report to the Environmental President, will provide direction to the Environment Business leaders on a day-to-day basis focused on activities and actions that achieve delivery of the annual business plan and budget. Expectations will be to successfully deliver on Atlas key performance metrics for the Environment Business including Deliver work and financial performance/cash performance metrics.

• Duties and Responsibilities:

• + As a partner and extension of the Environment Business President office, often assigned to lead and advance critical, operational initiatives in the Business as needed.

+ Key leadership change agent facilitating the implementation of new organizational models, refinements and/or other business change efforts. Will involve interaction and collaboration with other corporate and business support functions for Atlas-wide business initiatives. + Actively monitors deliver work and business operations activities and interface points to ensure the region is operating efficiently and effectively, including driving opportunities to align, optimize, and improve collaboration and workshare towards the evolution of a highly functioning national business. + Acts as key liaison between the Environment Business President office and corporate, business support, resource, and project delivery functions to ensure the right resources, expertise and support are provided at the right time. + Provides key operational oversight to technical areas and divisional staff, within their areas of expertise. + Directly and proactively engages in business to support major project and program planning, kickoff, resourcing, implementation, monitoring, and control activities to ensure sufficient support at start up and consistency through execution and delivery. + Key role in supporting major project and program capture efforts relative to the execution and delivery strategy, risk management, costing and pricing. Will support the capture team (e.g., regional and local operations, business development and sales, proposals, project controls and estimating, etc.) to ensure functions are coordinated and issues are addressed. + Monitors the week-to-week, month-to-month operational and financial performance of the business and works closely with the business leaders relative to performance against budget and plan to deliver. Regularly briefs Environmental President on progress and leads and/or supports President on action plans to address gaps. + Working with Environment Business Leaders and finance and accounting, sets out to optimize cash management performance including billing, collections, and elevating focus where material delays exist, or contractual funding issues have arisen impeding billing or collection. + Closely monitors utilization across the business, evaluating the overall demand for resources per the business forecast and real-time supply of resources to address surplus and deficiency challenges. Actively drives opportunities for resources to be better shared across Atlas and initiates/leads actions for improvement to meet utilization targets. + Works and collaborates closely with the Environment Business Leaders, the project delivery function and other business Directors of Operations to ensure appropriate standardization and consistency of project reviews and follow-up actions to drive improved outcomes. + Working with Corporate Project Delivery function, drives actions and decisions to improve project pricing of “as-bid” margins and then delivery of actual margins at or above the as-bid margins. + Generates business intelligence, in collaboration with Project Delivery, F&A and Environment Business Leaders to inform client contract, business operations (offices and labs), and project performance to direct decisions on business component/portfolio exits and expansions. Leads and actions business/client/portfolio exit decisions to achieve overall business EBITDA margin improvements. + Serves as a key business advocate for best-in-class quality and health and safety performance and works to ensure appropriate awareness exists, protocols are followed, and corrective actions are taken. + With a focus on combined speed of business and risk management, ensures appropriate business awareness, understanding and implementation of our corporate governance program and protocols (e.g., authorization matrix, business management system, policy and procedure, reporting and notification requirements, etc.).

• Position requirements:
• + Minimum of 20 years of business operations, operational finance, business systems, and governance delivery experience.

+ Proven experience managing business operations across multiple offices (+200M in annual revenues) + Proven results in meeting budgeted performance metrics and forecast/recovery plans. + Knowledge and experience implementing organizational change and change management. + Knowledge and experience in Environment and Infrastructure businesses. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to communicate across all levels of Atlas. + Highly organized, self-motivated and results driven with the ability to organize priorities and multi-task effectively + Strong interpersonal skills.

• Working Conditions:

• + Ability to perform in a high stress environment.

+ The employee spends most of the time sitting or standing in a comfortable position with many opportunities to move about. + Must be able to lift 50 lbs. + Ability to read or interpret data as well as having the capacity to communicate (verbally and written) with both company and outside personnel professionally and effectively. + Travel is required and is expected to be 20% – 40% of the time worked. + There is a strong emphasis on safety while working both in the office and in the field.

• Benefits:

• Atlas offers a comprehensive benefit program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, Atlas benefits include health, dental, vision, life, AD&D, voluntary life / AD&D, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401k, paid time off, paid holidays, employee assistance program, educational assistance program.

• Who We Are:

• We strive to be the most sought-after infrastructure and environmental solutions company, known for our unique, values-driven approach and brought to life by the industry’s most exceptional people.

Atlas provides professional testing, inspection, engineering, environmental and consulting services from more than 100 locations nationwide. We deliver solutions to both public and private sector clients in the transportation, commercial, water, government, education and industrial markets. With a legacy of providing consistent quality and results, Atlas creates a better experience at every stage of an infrastructure project. We connect the best experts in the industry to deliver value from concept to completion and beyond. This means doing everything our clients expect and then raising the expectations in a way that only our people can.

• Our Values:

• Life:

• We enhance quality of life. We value people and safety above all else.

• Heart:

• As our hallmarks, we act with compassion, empathy and respect.

• Trust:

• We work together as partners, doing what we say with full accountability.

• Mastery:

• Always striving for the highest quality, we ensure greatness inspires all our work.
• Atlas EEOC Statement
• Atlas is an equal opportunity employer.

We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Atlas makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information, read through our EEO Policy https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf