Regional Market Sector Leader - Design-Build

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

Job summary

Dewberry Design-Builders Inc. seeks a Regional Market Sector Leader to guide and grow our design‑build water and wastewater practice across the Carolinas and Mid‑Atlantic.

This senior role focuses on strategy, pursuits, pricing, subcontractor development, and project execution with a strong network of regional partners. You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams through pursuit to commissioning, shape client relationships, and drive backlog while upholding safety, quality, schedule, and financial

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Strategic planning

Contract strategy

Team building

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Dewberry Design-Builders Inc. is seeking a Regional Market Sector Leader 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

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*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.