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Civil Engineering Manager / Division Leader
Location: South Shore, MA
Compensation: $170,000–$200,000 plus a performance-based bonus
Lead the team. Win meaningful work. Shape the direction of a civil engineering practice.
A multidisciplinary engineering consulting firm is seeking an experienced civil engineering leader to head its Massachusetts civil division. This is an opportunity to combine your technical expertise, client relationships, and business development experience in a role with responsibility for both the team's performance and the practice's growth.
The firm serves public and private clients across infrastructure, transportation, and site development. Expanding its private-sector presence is a key priority, and this leader will help determine where the practice goes next.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
Lead the division: Set priorities, guide project delivery, and help shape the group's strategy and direction.
Put your relationships to work: Build on your established network while developing new opportunities and strengthening existing client partnerships.
Make a visible impact: Play a central role in expanding the firm's private-sector civil business in Massachusetts.
Stay connected to the work: Combine business development and team leadership with active involvement in client service and project execution.
Collaborate across disciplines: Partner with other engineering leaders to pursue and deliver projects that draw on the firm's broader capabilities.
Earn competitive compensation: Receive a base salary of $170,000–$200,000 plus a performance-based bonus.
Your Role
You will run the civil engineering group, balancing business development, staff leadership, and successful project delivery. As a seller-doer, you'll help bring work into the firm and ensure the team has the direction and resources to deliver it well.
This role is well suited to an established practice leader or an experienced civil engineering manager ready to take on broader division responsibility.
What You'll Do
Lead the civil engineering division, setting priorities for growth, team performance, and project execution.
Develop new business, with a particular focus on private-sector clients and opportunities.
Strengthen existing client relationships and build a pipeline through your professional network and active outreach.
Lead project pursuits, proposals, scope development, and fee negotiations.
Oversee staffing, budgets, schedules, technical quality, and project financial performance.
Manage and mentor engineering staff, identifying hiring needs and opportunities for professional development.
Remain involved in client service and project delivery, helping resolve challenges and maintain strong working relationships.
Collaborate with other discipline leaders to identify opportunities and deliver coordinated engineering solutions.
What You'll Bring
Ten or more years of relevant civil engineering experience, including team leadership and project management.
A demonstrated seller-doer track record: winning work, maintaining client relationships, and overseeing successful delivery.
An established client network and book of business that can support practice growth.
Experience managing engineering teams and project financial performance.
Experience developing proposals, defining scopes, and negotiating fees.
Private-sector consulting experience is strongly preferred.
The judgment and leadership to guide a team while balancing client needs, technical quality, and business goals.
Help Shape What Comes Next
If you're ready to lead a civil engineering group and have a direct hand in its growth, we'd welcome a conversation. Bring your project experience, client relationships, and vision for building a strong Massachusetts civil practice.
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