Regional Market Sector Leader - Design-Build

Dewberry; Merrifield (VA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Dewberry seeks a Regional Market Sector Leader to guide the water and wastewater practice across the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic from Raleigh, NC, with a hybrid work model. This is a senior leadership role focused on strategy, pursuits, pricing, and subcontractor development while ensuring safety, quality, schedule, and client satisfaction.

You will partner with market leadership and multidisciplinary teams to drive projects from pursuit through construction and commissioning, expanding client

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in water/WWTP or related field involving construction of complex MEP intensive projects.
• Experience with water/wastewater projects for municipal and industrial facilities.
• Strong knowledge of design-build or alternative delivery methods.
• Proven leadership in safety, QA/QC, risk management, and financial performance.
• Strong business development skills and client network in the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic.

Responsibilities

• Direct business development efforts and pursuit strategies for water/wastewater design‑build projects.
• Manage construction planning, estimating, pricing, and execution for complex infrastructure projects.
• Oversee multidisciplinary design and construction teams through full project delivery.
• Lead subcontractor identification, vetting, partnering, and contract strategy.
• Review and manage prime contracts and subcontract agreements.
• Partner with HSE leadership to promote a strong safety culture across all projects.
• Drive collaboration across Dewberry offices and water sector teams.
• Ensure projects meet schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations.
• Supports recruiting efforts aligned with market growth strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Client relationships

Communication

Project leadership

Education

Bachelors in CM/Civil/EnvEng

Job description

Job Description

Dewberry Design-Builders Inc. is seeking a Regional Market Sector Leader in Raleigh, NC to help lead and grow our design‑build water and wastewater practice across the Carolinas and Mid‑Atlantic.This is a senior leadership opportunity for a construction professional who enjoys shaping strategy, delivering complex infrastructure projects, and brings strong relationships with civil and specialty subcontractors throughout the region. This role offers a hybrid schedule.

Why This Role Matters

You’ll play a key role in advancing Dewberry’s design‑build delivery strategy—leading pursuits, pricing, subcontractor development, and execution planning—while ensuring excellence in safety, quality, schedule, client satisfaction, and financial performance.

You’ll work closely with water market leadership and multidisciplinary teams to take projects from pursuit through construction and commissioning, while also helping grow our client relationships and backlog.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

• Direct business development efforts and pursuit strategies for water/wastewater design‑build projects
• Manage construction planning, estimating, pricing, and execution for complex infrastructure projects
• Oversee multidisciplinary design and construction teams through full project delivery
• Lead subcontractor identification, vetting, partnering, and contract strategy
• Review and manage prime contracts and subcontract agreements
• Partner with HSE leadership to promote a strong safety culture across all projects
• Drive collaboration across Dewberry offices and water sector teams
• Ensure projects meet schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations
• Supports recruiting efforts aligned with market growth strategies

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil, or Environmental Engineering (preferred)
• 15+ years of experience in water/WWTP or related field involving construction of complex MEP intensive projects
• Experience with water/wastewater projects for municipal and industrial facilities
• Strong knowledge of design‑build or alternative delivery methods
• Proven leadership in safety, QA/QC, risk management, and financial performance
• Strong business development skills
• Strong client relationship and subcontractor network in the Carolinas and Mid‑Atlantic
• Excellent communication and team‑building skills

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Salary Range

The projected range for this position is $175,000 - $210,000 annually. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly.