Area Lead, Engineering & Construction Management

Alpha Corporation; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha Corporation is seeking an Area Lead to manage our Virginia Beach office, guiding project delivery and client relations across Southeast Virginia. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, pursue growth opportunities, and position Alpha for continued success with state, local, federal, and private-sector clients.

The role combines office leadership with client-facing, technical seller-doer responsibilities, demanding hands-on leadership and a proactive growth mindset.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in civil engineering, construction management, program management, infrastructure delivery, or related consulting services.
• Experience leading projects, field operations, staff, office activities, or client-facing delivery teams.
• Track record of building client relationships and helping win work.
• Established network in Hampton Roads or Virginia preferred, esp. transport or municipal clients.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary infrastructure teams across scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Experience in a field-oriented office with construction managers, inspectors, schedulers, PMs, engineers, and field crews.
• Preferred background includes CM, program mgmt, site civil eng, transportation design, port facilities, or water/wastewater infra.
• Strong communication, organization, leadership and client-service skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Virginia Beach office as the primary local contact for staff, clients, partners, and project teams.
• Support growth strategy, annual business planning, client development, and key pursuits with Southeast Regional VP.
• Build relationships with clients, partners, agencies, contractors, and community stakeholders across Hampton Roads and beyond.
• Identify and pursue new opportunities through client engagement, pipeline management, and proposal leadership.
• Represent Alpha in the local market through client meetings and industry events.
• Oversee a multidisciplinary office team including field staff, PMs, engineers, and designers.
• Provide hands-on support to project teams resolving staffing, coordination, and client-service issues.
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client satisfaction to ensure compliance.
• Promote clear communication among staff, field teams, clients, subcontractors, and leadership.
• Track milestones, staffing needs, deliverables, and action items to keep work moving.
• Use data to support forecasting, budgeting, workload planning, and decisions.
• Recruit, onboard, mentor, and retain local engineering and construction staff.
• Foster a responsive, safety-focused, client-centered office culture.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationships

Communication

Project delivery

Education

Bachelors in Civil Eng/related field

PE license (VA) or CCM

Job description

Alpha Corporation is seeking an Area Lead to manage our Virginia Beach office, guiding project delivery and client relations across Southeast Virginia. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, pursue growth opportunities, and position Alpha for continued success with state, local, federal, and private-sector clients.

The role combines office leadership with client-facing, technical seller-doer responsibilities, demanding hands-on leadership and a proactive growth mindset.