Regional Group Leader

Jobtailor; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Verdantas is seeking a senior leader to provide visible, accountable local leadership for the Delaware and Maryland teams while representing the firm externally with municipal, county, state, institutional, and private-sector clients.

You will maintain external visibility through meetings, events, and community engagement, identifying opportunities in transportation, municipal planning, and infrastructure, and guiding pursuit strategies and multidisciplinary project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Planning, Environmental Science, Construction Management, Business, or related field.
• 24+ years of progressively responsible experience in engineering, consulting, project management, operations, or public-sector infrastructure services.
• PE, Professional Planner (PMP) or other relevant credential preferred.
• Delaware and/or Maryland professional registration or ability to obtain registration preferred, as applicable to the candidate’s discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing staff, growing teams, coordinating office operations, and managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of Delaware and/or Maryland public-sector markets, municipal clients, transportation agencies, and regional infrastructure needs and trends.
• Experience supporting business development, client relationship management, proposals, and project delivery.
• Existing relationships and name recognition with relevant transportation, municipal, county, public works, institutional, or infrastructure organizations preferred.
• Background in transportation, government, planning, municipal engineering, roadway and traffic engineering, complete streets, multimodal planning, land development, environmental permitting, utility coordination, or grant-funded public infrastructure programs preferred.
• Ability to build trust and collaboration across offices, disciplines, service lines, and leadership groups.
• Active external involvement in relevant professional and civic organizations preferred.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible, accountable local leadership for the Delaware and Maryland teams
• Represent Verdantas externally with municipal, county, state, institutional, and private-sector clients
• Maintain external visibility through client meetings, industry events, professional organizations, and community engagement
• Identify, position for, and pursue transportation, municipal, planning, environmental, and infrastructure opportunities
• Develop pursuit strategies, teaming approaches, and proposal positioning
• Support project delivery, resource planning, quality standards, and risk management procedures
• Support delivery of transportation, municipal, and multidisciplinary projects meeting schedule, budget, quality, communication, and responsiveness expectations
• Advance the Delaware and broader Delmarva growth strategy
• Foster collaboration and cross-selling across multiple service lines
• Expand municipal engineering, roadway and traffic engineering, complete streets, multimodal planning, stormwater, permitting, and grant-funded infrastructure programs
• Participate in strategizing potential growth areas for the group and MidAtlantic Division

Skills

Project Management

Municipal Engineering

Transportation Engineering

Environmental Permitting

Proposal Development

Risk Management

Resource Planning

Multimodal Planning

Grant-Funded Infrastructure Programs

Roadway and Traffic Engineering

Relationship-Building

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) Certification

Job description

• Provide visible, accountable local leadership for the Delaware and Maryland teams


• Represent Verdantas externally with municipal, county, state, institutional, and private-sector clients


• Maintain external visibility through client meetings, industry events, professional organizations, and community engagement


• Identify, position for, and pursue transportation, municipal, planning, environmental, and infrastructure opportunities


• Develop pursuit strategies, teaming approaches, and proposal positioning


• Support project delivery, resource planning, quality standards, and risk management procedures


• Support delivery of transportation, municipal, and multidisciplinary projects meeting schedule, budget, quality, communication, and responsiveness expectations


• Advance the Delaware and broader Delmarva growth strategy


• Foster collaboration and cross-selling across multiple service lines


• Expand municipal engineering, roadway and traffic engineering, complete streets, multimodal planning, stormwater, permitting, and grant-funded infrastructure programs


• Participate in strategizing potential growth areas for the group and MidAtlantic Division

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Planning, Environmental Science, Construction Management, Business, or a related field


• 24+ years of progressively responsible experience in engineering, consulting, project management, operations, or public-sector infrastructure services


• Professional Engineer (PE), Professional Planner, Project Management Professional (PMP), or other relevant professional credential preferred


• Delaware and/or Maryland professional registration or ability to obtain registration preferred, as applicable to the candidate’s discipline


• Demonstrated experience developing staff, growing teams, coordinating office operations, and managing multidisciplinary teams


• Strong understanding of Delaware and/or Maryland public-sector markets, municipal clients, transportation agencies, and regional infrastructure needs and trends


• Experience supporting business development, client relationship management, proposals, and project delivery


• Existing relationships and name recognition with relevant transportation, municipal, county, public works, institutional, or infrastructure organizations preferred


• Background in transportation, government, planning, municipal engineering, roadway and traffic engineering, complete streets, multimodal planning, land development, environmental permitting, utility coordination, or grant-funded public infrastructure programs preferred


• Ability to build trust and collaboration across offices, disciplines, service lines, and leadership groups


• Active external involvement in relevant professional and civic organizations preferred


• Strong communication and relationship-building skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in civil and transportation engineering, project management, and business development within the public-sector infrastructure domain. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, develop strategic growth initiatives, and foster client relationships in Delaware and Maryland markets.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering


• Professional Engineer (PE) Certification


• 24+ Years of Engineering Experience


• Business Development Experience


• Strong Communication Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Management


• Municipal Engineering


• Transportation Engineering


• Environmental Permitting


• Proposal Development


• Risk Management


• Resource Planning


• Multimodal Planning


• Grant-Funded Infrastructure Programs


• Roadway and Traffic Engineering

Soft Skills

• Relationship-Building


• Collaboration


• Team Development


• Client Relationship Management


• Trust Building

Certifications & Qualifications

• Professional Planner


• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Industry Keywords

• Public-Sector Infrastructure


• Delaware and Maryland Markets


• Municipal Clients


• Transportation Agencies


• Infrastructure Opportunities


• Community Engagement


• Cross-Selling


• Office Operations Coordination


• Civic Organizations Involvement


• Strategic Growth Areas