Remote Senior Director, Civil Engineering—Multi-Site Growth

Core States Group; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Core States Group is seeking a Senior Director of Civil Engineering - Multi-Site to lead national teams, align delivery models, and drive growth across markets. You will shape client programs, establish standards, and build leadership depth to ensure reliable, scalable results for major clients.

The role requires strategic vision and hands-on execution across multi-site civil engineering programs, with a focus on performance, quality, and accountability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineering license strongly preferred.
• MBA, advanced business degree, or demonstrated business leadership experience strongly preferred.
• Significant civil engineering leadership experience, including responsibility for client relationships, team leadership, program delivery, overall financial performance, and operational execution.
• Demonstrated success leading national client programs, scaling delivery teams, improving operational performance, or managing complex client portfolios.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including ability to evaluate client growth opportunities, financial performance, staffing, resource planning, workload management, and operational priorities.
• Strong understanding of civil engineering delivery for multi-site, national, or programmatic clients, including scope, schedule, budget, permitting, quality, and client communication.
• Experience in civil site development, multi-site engineering, land development, infrastructure, national accounts, or related growth markets.
• Ability to lead through influence, build trust, align teams, mentor leaders, and communicate effectively with clients, teams, and company leadership.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to identify practical uses for company-approved AI tools to improve team processes, support better decisions, and increase efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to review AI-generated content for accuracy, protect confidential information, and remain responsible for the final work product.

Responsibilities

• Lead the performance, growth, and delivery consistency of national Multi-Site Civil Engineering teams, with accountability for client service, team performance, overall financial performance, quality, and sustainable growth.
• Strengthen delivery systems, team structures, workflows, quality expectations, communication standards, and performance expectations across national program teams.
• Build a national delivery platform that strengthens client confidence, improves execution, supports growth, and becomes a competitive advantage for Core States Group.
• Build, mentor, and develop high-performing Multi-Site Civil Engineering teams with the leadership depth and technical capability required to support national client programs.
• Create a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, service, and continuous improvement.
• Strengthen national client relationships by understanding client needs, improving responsiveness, and helping teams deliver with consistency and trust.
• Partner with client leaders, project teams, market leaders, and technical teams to support program delivery, strategic pursuits, and expanded client opportunities.
• Drive consistent execution across client programs, including scope management, schedule performance, budget accountability, project setup, change management, invoicing discipline, and closeout.
• Use performance data, client feedback, and business insight to identify trends, address gaps, improve resource planning, and strengthen delivery outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Client management

Strategic thinking

Operational execution

Communication

AI tools awareness

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineering license

MBA or advanced business degree

Job description

Core States Group is seeking a Senior Director of Civil Engineering - Multi-Site to lead national teams, align delivery models, and drive growth across markets. You will shape client programs, establish standards, and build leadership depth to ensure reliable, scalable results for major clients.

The role requires strategic vision and hands-on execution across multi-site civil engineering programs, with a focus on performance, quality, and accountability.