Practice Leader, Land Development

Kimley-Horn; Tyler (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exceptional Retirement Plan

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Flexible scheduling

Tuition reimbursement

Family building benefits

Job summary

Kimley-Horn is seeking a motivated Practice Builder to join our Development Services team in Tyler, Texas. The Practice Builder will lead business development efforts, manage client relationships, and oversee project tasks while mentoring younger staff.

This role requires a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and at least 10 years of experience in residential land development. Key benefits include a competitive retirement plan, comprehensive health coverage, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading residential land development.
• Strong communication skills across organizational levels.
• Ability to manage and mentor staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead Land Development team and manage client relationships.
• Oversee project tasks, ensuring quality and budget compliance.
• Mentor and recruit new staff while directing practice growth.

Skills

Business development

Client relationship management

Project management

Staff mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Overview

Kimley-Horn has a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a motivated Practice Builder to join our Development Services team in our Tyler office. This individual will have an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for a Development Services practice while growing their own projects, clients and team around them.

This position leads business development efforts, manages relationships with key clients, and oversees all project tasks while mentoring the growth of younger staff. The successful candidate will have a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business.

Practice Builders are encouraged to pursue opportunities that fuel their professional passion and contribute to firmwide success. Our system for rewards is designed to recognize staff as they move along a path to success. Bonuses, promotions, path to ownership recognition, and other forms of advancement are performance based, because as a firm we focus on results.

Leadership responsibilities include:

• Lead a Land Development team while building and managing relationships with key clients.
• Operate with integrity and sound business principles.
• Provide practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships.
• Open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Land Development practice.
• Manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.

Management responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Meeting or exceeding client expectations.
• Identifying and tracking leads.
• Making presentations, writing proposals and scopes of work.
• Establish budgets, ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables, and supervising the execution of work.
• Accounting, administrative, marketing, recruiting, IT and production support will be provided.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Extensive client contacts and relationships with local or national architects, developers, land use attorneys, planners and/or land owners as well as local jurisdictional staff.
• P.E. with at least 10 years of experience growing and leading a residential land development practice in the Tyler regional market.
• Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgeting for projected work.
• Ability to effectively communicate positively at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage & mentor staff, and direct resources effectively in a positive manner.
• Demonstrated ability to manage land development projects profitably.

Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn

• Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to-1 company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
• Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for Kimley-Horn in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. We do not typically sponsor H1-B or any other work visa petitions at this time.