Director of Civil Engineering

• Develop and execute long-term strategic plans for the East region engineering practice, aligning with company-wide objectives and market opportunities
• Ensure the East Region meets or exceeds annual and quarterly financial targets, with strong emphasis on achieving Net Service Revenue and EBITDA growth
• Lead the regional engineering organization through periods of growth and change, ensuring operational excellence and cultural alignment
• Champion innovation in active transportation engineering practices and emerging technologies
• Drive a culture of fiscal and business acumen that empowers teams to seek continuous improvement in operational efficiency and financial performance
• Play an active role in the budgeting process, including prioritization of trade-offs to grow both revenue and earnings
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineering professionals, project managers, and technical staff across multiple office locations
• Supervise and evaluate East Region staff, creating clear performance expectations, providing regular feedback, and establishing pathways for career advancement
• Build and maintain a high-performance culture focused on professional growth, collaboration, and technical excellence
• Recruit, hire, and retain top engineering talent to support regional growth objectives, maintaining forward-looking hiring plans to fill open roles efficiently
• Foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing across engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and other practice areas
• Own key performance areas including safety, client engagement, staff development and retention, and cross-business collaboration
• Maintain staff utilization at or above predetermined goals while ensuring sustainable workload management
• Assist regional business development directors in identifying new market opportunities and client relationships
• Lead proposal development and client presentations for major regional projects
• Maintain and expand relationships with key public sector clients
• Ensure compliance with proposal and cost estimation protocols to maintain financial and delivery integrity
• Oversee project delivery across the region, ensuring quality, schedule, and budget performance delivering projects on-time and on-budget
• Oversee financial and operational performance of projects within the East Region, maintaining close oversight of project managers and their performance relative to plan while delegating effectively
• Demonstrate deep understanding of financial metrics and KPIs including book-to-burn ratio, revenue factor, and overhead rate
• Implement best practices and process improvements to enhance delivery efficiency and client satisfaction
• Provide strategic oversight of project portfolios ranging from natural surface trails to complex multimodal transportation networks
• Ensure compliance with professional standards, regulations, and company quality assurance protocols
• Apply disciplined approach to managing non-billable labor and overhead costs

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience as a Transportation Engineer in consulting environment or public entity
• 8+ years in project management roles with demonstrated P&L responsibility
• 5+ years in leadership positions managing engineering teams and business operations
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• Professional Engineering (P.E.) license required
• Proven track record of business development success and client relationship management
• Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire, and develop high-performing teams in a professional services environment
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen with experience in organizational planning and execution
• Financial acumen with ability to analyze business performance and articulate relevant KPIs, financial metrics, and levers of growth and profit
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with ability to influence at all organizational levels
• Experience managing regional operations, including budget oversight, resource allocation, and performance metrics
• Proven ability to drive cultural change and organizational development initiatives
• Budget prioritization skills with experience evaluating trade-offs to optimize both revenue and earnings in a professional services environment
• Strong command of numbers and finance, with a bias toward data-driven decision making
• Critical thinking abilities with purposeful judgment and reasoned consideration of evidence, context, and objectives
• Attention to detail with focus on monitoring KPIs and understanding that long-term success is driven by daily execution
• Ability and willingness to travel regionally as needed
• Strong professional ethics, accountability, and decision-making capabilities
• Experience managing competing priorities and multiple simultaneous projects within budget and schedule constraints
• Operational discipline with focus on ensuring compliance with project protocols and standards

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in Transportation Engineering, project management, and business development, with a strong focus on financial performance and operational excellence. Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams while driving cultural change and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Transportation Engineering
• Project Management
• Business Development
• Financial Acumen
• Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• P&L Responsibility
• Budget Oversight
• KPI Analysis
• Cost Estimation
• Project Delivery
• Regulatory Compliance
• Process Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Operational Efficiency
• Technical Excellence

Soft Skills

• Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Decision-Making

Certifications & Qualifications

• Professional Engineering (P.E.) License

Industry Keywords

• Civil Engineering
• Consulting Environment
• Public Sector Clients
• Multimodal Transportation
• Active Transportation Engineering