Senior Director of Civil Engineering

They are a nationally recognized, industry-leading architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) firm that has been designing, building, and managing programs across North America since the 90s. What began as a single-location business has grown into an integrated A/E/C powerhouse of several hundred people across 20+ offices in the US and Canada, regularly recognized on the industry's top design-firm lists.

The firm is privately held and financially strong, backed by significant investment to fund continued growth and acquisition. Their model is built around national, multi-site programs - delivering thousands of repeatable projects for many of the world's most recognizable brands, with a reputation for speed to market, cost certainty, and compelling design.

The Work

Through a fully integrated, in-house team spanning civil, structural, MEP, architecture, survey, planning, and permitting, the firm delivers site development and program work across a diverse set of markets, including:

• Convenience, fueling, and car wash brands (ground-up builds, raze-and-rebuilds, and remodels).
• Retail, restaurant, grocery, and financial branch programs for major national brands.
• Industrial, housing, semiconductor, and mission-critical / high-tech facilities.
• Energy, distributed generation, and EV / zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to help shape and scale the firm's national Civil Engineering platform. You will influence how national client programs are led, how teams are structured, how delivery systems mature, and how the business continues to deliver with quality, speed, consistency, and accountability.

The best national clients don't simply need projects completed - they need a partner they can trust to deliver reliably across markets, programs, and changing business needs. This role exists to build the people, systems, standards, and leadership depth required to deliver consistently at scale, turning delivery into a genuine competitive advantage.

Role Overview

The Senior Director of Civil Engineering - Multi-Site is responsible for leading and owning the performance, growth, and delivery consistency of the firm's national multi-site civil engineering teams. It calls for a leader who can operate at both a strategic and execution-focused level - aligning people, process, client expectations, financial performance, and delivery standards, and creating delivery models that support continued growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the performance, growth, and delivery consistency of national multi-site civil engineering teams, with accountability for client service, team performance, financial performance, quality, and sustainable growth.
• Strengthen delivery systems, team structures, workflows, quality expectations, communication standards, and performance benchmarks across national program teams.
• Build a national delivery platform that strengthens client confidence, improves execution, supports growth, and becomes a competitive advantage.
• Build, mentor, and develop high-performing teams with the leadership depth and technical capability required to support national client programs.
• Strengthen national client relationships - understanding client needs, improving responsiveness, and helping teams deliver with consistency and trust.
• Partner with client leaders, market leaders, and technical teams to support program delivery, strategic pursuits, and expanded client opportunities.
• Drive consistent execution across client programs - scope management, schedule performance, budget accountability, project setup, change management, invoicing discipline, and closeout.
• Use performance data, client feedback, and business insight to identify trends, address gaps, improve resource planning, and strengthen delivery outcomes.
• Create a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, service, and continuous improvement.

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline required.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license strongly preferred.
• MBA, advanced business degree, or demonstrated business leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Significant civil engineering leadership experience - including responsibility for client relationships, team leadership, program delivery, financial performance, and operational execution.
• Demonstrated success leading national client programs, scaling delivery teams, improving operational performance, or managing complex client portfolios.
• Strong business and financial acumen - evaluating growth opportunities, financial performance, staffing, resource planning, and workload management.
• Strong understanding of civil engineering delivery for multi-site, national, or programmatic clients (scope, schedule, budget, permitting, quality, and client communication).
• Experience in civil site development, multi-site engineering, land development, infrastructure, national accounts, or related growth markets.
• Ability to lead through influence - building trust, aligning teams, mentoring leaders, and communicating effectively with clients, teams, and company leadership.
• Comfort identifying practical uses for company-approved AI tools to improve processes, while reviewing AI-generated content for accuracy, protecting confidential information, and remaining accountable for the final work product.

The Leader We're Looking For

This role suits a leader who operates with ownership, sound judgement, accountability, humility, and a growth mindset. Highly motivated and business-minded, you're able to make thoughtful decisions in a complex, fast-moving environment, and to build trust with senior leaders, clients, technical experts, and delivery teams alike. Above all, you can build on what is already working - strengthening performance, developing people, and growing client relationships to set the standard for national program delivery.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive six-figure base salary in the $200,000-$250,000 range, plus bonus programs including professional licensure bonuses.
• 100% employer-paid employee benefits - including fully covered health coverage on the base plan, so there are no premiums for your own medical.
• 401(k) match with immediate vesting.
• Generous PTO, paid parental leave, and tuition reimbursement.
• A flexible, values-driven culture recognized as a top workplace, with genuine leadership autonomy and long-term progression.