Civil Market Lead - St Louis, MO
An established, employee-focused engineering consulting firm is seeking a Civil Market Lead to spearhead the growth of its civil infrastructure practice in the St. Louis region.
This is a unique opportunity for a client-focused leader who enjoys building relationships, developing business, mentoring engineers, and shaping the future of a growing market. You'll play a key role in expanding the firm's presence across municipal, utility, land development, and community infrastructure projects while working alongside a highly respected team of engineering professionals.
What You'll Be Doing
Business Development & Market Growth
- Drive the strategic growth of the firm's civil infrastructure practice throughout the St. Louis market.
- Build and strengthen relationships with municipalities, utilities, developers, and key industry stakeholders.
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities that align with the firm's long-term growth strategy.
- Lead client meetings, project pursuits, proposals, and strategic capture planning efforts.
- Represent the firm within industry associations, professional organisations, and community groups.
Project Leadership
- Serve as Project Manager on key civil infrastructure projects and major client accounts.
- Collaborate with technical teams to develop scopes, schedules, budgets, and project delivery strategies.
- Support revenue growth, backlog development, and overall market performance.
- Provide insight on market trends, competitor activity, and emerging opportunities.
Team Development & Leadership
- Mentor and develop engineering staff while helping build the next generation of leaders.
- Partner with leadership teams on hiring, workforce planning, and team growth initiatives.
- Foster a collaborative culture focused on quality, accountability, and exceptional client service.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Professional Engineer (PE) licence required.
- 10+ years of civil engineering consulting experience.
- Demonstrated success developing client relationships and generating new business.
- Experience working with municipal, utility, transportation, water/wastewater, or private development clients.
- Proven project management and leadership experience.
- Strong knowledge of the St. Louis civil infrastructure market and established industry relationships preferred.
- Excellent communication, business development, and relationship-building skills.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Opportunity to lead and shape a growing regional practice.
- Strong internal technical and project delivery support.
- Visible leadership role with significant influence on strategic growth.
- Diverse project portfolio across public and private infrastructure markets.
- Collaborative culture that values entrepreneurship, leadership, and professional development.
If you're a civil engineering leader looking to combine client development, strategic growth, and team leadership into a high-impact role, we'd welcome a confidential conversation.
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