Civil Engineering - Land Development Market Leader

Esp Associates; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Volunteer Time Off

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

ESP Associates, a Civil Engineering and planning firm, seeks a Land Development Market Leader in Raleigh. You will drive growth, lead an engineering team, manage projects and budgets, and coordinate with clients, staff, and sub-consultants to deliver multi-disciplinary site developments.

You will mentor staff, oversee proposals, and uphold QA/QC while aligning with firm strategy and client needs across commercial, residential, and institutional projects.

Qualifications

• BSCE or related engineering degree required.
• PE Registration in North Carolina preferred.
• 15+ years in civil engineering design and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead business planning and growth in Raleigh and surrounding markets.
• Direct engineering team and coordinate with staff, clients and sub-consultants.
• Manage contracts, proposals, schedules, budgets and invoicing.
• Ensure client satisfaction with designs meeting budget and timelines.
• Coordinate QA/QC reviews and permit submittals with authorities.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Client relations

Project management

Budget & financials

Mentoring

Communication

QA/QC

Coordination

Team development

Education

BSCE

Professional Engineer NC

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Job description

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Civil Engineering - Land Development Market Leader

Regular Full-Time Raleigh, NC, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 5549

Are you an established Civil Engineering land development professional looking to make a difference in the community around you? Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy empowering early-career professionals?

As a leader, you will contribute to setting the pace for ESP’s growth in the Raleigh market and beyond! You will lead decisions regarding strategy, market penetration, team growth/development, and continuous improvement.

We are excited to see how your leadership skills, experience, interests, and established local/regional connections will expand ESP’s presence in Raleigh and surrounding markets.

Reporting to the Engineering Director, the successful candidate will have an outgoing, can-do attitude to grow and develop staff while working closely with clients, engineers, and sub-consultants to ensure their needs are met. This will include leading business planning, marketing, meeting financial performance goals, and fulfillment of the firm’s strategy in Raleigh, as well as supporting the Community Infrastructure Business Unit from an overall perspective.

Responsibilities:

• Business development will be an important focus for this position – the manager will be responsible for involvement within the community to facilitate growth of the firm and coordination with corporate business development manager.
• Leadership of dedicated engineering team, including mentoring of staff and strategic growth of the department
• Focus on Client satisfaction through excellent communication and designs that meet budget and time goals.
• Project proposals, contract management, project scheduling, budgets, and monthly invoicing.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership and communication skills that allow you to effectively and professionally interact with staff, clients, authorities having jurisdiction and the public.
• Management of design development, preparation and/or administration of the contract documents, opinions of probable construction costs, agency correspondence, Client relations, staff supervision. Projects include but are not limited to commercial, residential, and multi-family developments, industrial, K-12 schools, mixed-use type projects, rezoning due diligence, public facilities, and other site development or utility projects.
• Quality Control - oversight and technical review of construction document preparation and design including site layouts, grading plans, utility plans, storm water plans, roadway plans, details, and other aspects related to project development.
• Coordination of permitting submittals and coordination with authorities having jurisdiction

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE) or related engineering degree.
• Professional Engineer (PE) Registration in North Carolina
• 15+ years of professional engineering design and project management experience
• Strong client relationships and ability to grow client base
• Excellent financial management skills
• Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment with tight deadlines and ability to adjust to project priorities and demands of multiple clients.
• A strong background in the land development industry, site planning, grading design and construction document preparation
• Ability to coordinate tasks and projects with other ESP Group Managers, engineers, surveyors, and planners.
• Prior experience mentoring project managers and engineers-in-training / design staff.
• AutoCAD Civil 3D and design software experience is preferred– this position must understand the design software, but the position is not to perform AutoCAD design.
• Experience working with review agency codes, standards, and technical specifications.
• Experience with a formalized QA/QC program.
• Strong collaborator and experience presenting in front of boards, commissions or councils is a plus.
• Candidate must be able to pass a drug screen, background check, and have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the company’s driving (MVR) policy.

Corporate Information:

ESP is a multi-discipline engineering design and consulting firm providing our clients with civil engineering, surveying, planning/landscape architecture, geosciences, environmental, subsurface utility engineering, and construction engineering inspection.

Through years of dedicated service to our clients, ESP has received a designation of 186 on the 2026 ENR Top 500 Design Firm rankings. For the firm's primary territory, the ENR Texas & Southeast Top Design Firms, ESP received a 2026 ranking of 53.

ESP offers an excellent employee benefits package including:

• Competitive compensation with yearly performance reviews and discretionary annual bonuses
• 401(k) (Traditional & Roth plans) with a guaranteed employer match of 100% up to the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% (eligibility after 60 days)
• PTO (Paid Time Off) & 10 Paid Holidays
• VTO (Volunteer Time Off) of 4 hours each year (prorated during first year based on hire date)
• Tiered Health, Vision & Dental Insurance Options (eligibility after 30 days)
• Behavioral Medicine through Teladoc
• Short-Term Disability Insurance (Employer paid)