Practice Leader - Land Development

The stadium you watched a playoff game in. The arena with the screen that broke the internet in Las Vegas. The mixed use district that changed a city skyline. The data center campus that showed up in your feed as a "$2B investment" headline.

Someone had to figure out how those sites actually worked. The ground beneath them, the water off them, the entitlements around them, the logistics of building them.

That is this firm.

Started in the 70s in New Jersey with a simple idea: be the consultant developers call when the site is difficult. Brownfields nobody wanted. Waterfronts nobody could figure out. Urban infill everyone else passed on.

Fifty plus years later that reputation has taken them from one office to a global platform, with teams across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and a permanent home on ENR's list of the top design firms in the world.

They are employee owned, with private equity backing behind the growth. Rare combination. You build real equity, and there is genuine capital behind expansion rather than a five year plan sitting in a drawer.

What They Actually Do

Land development is the core. Around it sits geotechnical, environmental, site civil, survey, traffic, and natural resources, all in house. Which means when a site throws a curveball, the answer is down the hall instead of out to a sub.

Sectors include commercial and mixed use development, industrial and advanced manufacturing, hyperscale and colocation data centers, higher education, healthcare, energy, transportation, and a sports and entertainment practice ranked among the top five globally.

The Michigan Opportunity

This is not a seat on an existing team. This is the flag in the ground.

You will open and build their Michigan land development practice. Client base, team, project pipeline, market strategy, all of it. You will have a national brand, a national client list already active in the Midwest, and technical bench strength on speed dial. What you will not have is a manual telling you how to do it.

If you have spent the last few years thinking you could run your own shop but do not want to give up resources, reputation, or a balance sheet, this is that scenario with the risk stripped out.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish the Michigan office and setting its growth strategy
• Winning work with developers, industrial clients, municipalities, and national accounts
• Recruiting and building a team from the first hire forward
• Technical oversight and quality across land development projects
• P&L accountability for the office
• Plugging into national practice groups to pull the right expertise onto your pursuits
• Representing the business across Michigan's development and industry community

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or similar
• Michigan PE strongly preferred, or the ability to obtain it quickly
• 12+ years in land development or site civil, including project and team leadership
• A track record of winning work, not just delivering it
• Real relationships in the Michigan development market
• The temperament for a build, meaning comfortable with ambiguity and motivated by ownership

Benefits

• Base of $150,000 to $250,000 depending on experience and book of business
• Performance bonus tied to office growth
• Employee ownership and equity participation
• Full medical, dental, and vision
• Strong retirement contribution
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Direct access to executive leadership