Senior Civil/Site Dept. Leader & Client Growth

Colliers Engineering & Design; Holmdel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 152,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Colliers Engineering & Design in Holmdel, NJ seeks an experienced Civil/Site Department Manager to lead, grow, and mentor the Holmdel practice. This seller-doer role blends project leadership with client relationship development, staff mentoring, and financial accountability across land-development projects.

You will guide feasibility, entitlement, design, permitting, and construction, coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams and municipal agencies to deliver complex projects and sustainable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering required.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible civil/site or land development experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Professional Planner (PP) license preferred.
• Strong knowledge of NJ land development, entitlement, permitting, and approval processes.
• Experience managing projects, budgets, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD Civil 3D for design review.

Responsibilities

• Provide department-level leadership for the Holmdel Civil/Site practice, including staff development, workload and resource planning, project delivery, recruiting and retention, utilization, and profitability.
• Lead complex Civil/Site and land-development projects from initial concept through construction and closeout.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and primary relationship manager for key clients.
• Develop and maintain client relationships that result in repeat work and new business opportunities.
• Identify and pursue opportunities consistent with growth objectives of the Civil/Site practice.
• Prepare and oversee proposals, scopes, fees, schedules, and contract amendments.
• Manage project budgets, schedules, staffing, invoicing, profitability, and overall project performance.
• Balance staff availability, backlog, project schedules, and anticipated workload for efficient delivery.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams and coordinate Survey, Traffic/Transportation, Environmental, Geotechnical, SUE, Planning/Landscape Architecture, and other disciplines.
• Provide senior technical leadership for site feasibility, due diligence, conceptual planning, grading, stormwater management, utilities, access, entitlement, permitting, and construction matters.
• Coordinate with municipalities, utilities, NJDEP, NJDOT, county agencies, and other reviewing agencies.
• Provide QA/QC and senior technical review of plans, reports, calculations, and other deliverables.
• Mentor and develop engineers, designers, and emerging project managers.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relations

Mentoring staff

Budget management

Resource planning

AutoCAD Civil 3D familiarity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

PE license

PP license preferred

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Job description

Colliers Engineering & Design in Holmdel, NJ seeks an experienced Civil/Site Department Manager to lead, grow, and mentor the Holmdel practice. This seller-doer role blends project leadership with client relationship development, staff mentoring, and financial accountability across land-development projects.

You will guide feasibility, entitlement, design, permitting, and construction, coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams and municipal agencies to deliver complex projects and sustainable