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Why This Opportunity Matters
This is an opportunity to help shape and scale Core States Group's national Multi-Site Civil Engineering platform. The Senior Director of Civil Engineering - Multi-Site will influence how national client programs are led, how teams are structured, how delivery systems mature, and how Core States continues to deliver with quality, speed, consistency, and accountability.
The best national clients do not simply need projects completed. They need a partner they can trust to deliver reliably across markets, programs, and changing business needs. This role exists to help Core States be that partner by building the people, systems, standards, and leadership depth required to deliver consistently at scale.
This is a high-impact operational leadership opportunity for someone who knows how to strengthen client programs, improve performance, develop leaders, grow market share, and create a delivery platform that becomes a competitive advantage. Core States offers the client base, geographic reach, multi-disciplinary platform, and entrepreneurial environment for the right leader to make a meaningful impact on the business.
Summary of the Role
The Senior Director of Civil Engineering - Multi-Site, is responsible to lead and own the performance, growth, and delivery consistency of Core States Group's national multi-site Civil Engineering teams.
This role requires someone who can operate at both a strategic and execution-focused level, align people, process, client expectations, financial performance, and delivery standards, and create delivery models that support continued growth.
Key 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.
Success Measures
Success in this role will be measured by the degree to which the Senior Director of Civil Engineering - Multi-Site strengthens national client delivery, improves operational performance, develops leaders, grows market share, and builds a more scalable civil engineering platform.
- More consistent delivery across national client programs.
- Stronger client relationships, improved responsiveness, expanded repeat business, and greater market share.
- Improved overall financial performance, resource planning, and workload management.
- Greater consistency in quality, communication, schedule performance, and execution.
- Stronger leadership depth and team accountability across national program teams.
- A stronger culture of excellence, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
We are looking for a senior civil engineering leader with strong business judgement, operational leadership capability, technical credibility, and the ability to lead complex teams serving national and programmatic clients. The right leader must understand how to scale delivery, improve performance, and grow client relationships as a buisness.
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline required.
- 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 the 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.
Leadership Qualifications
The Senior Director of Civil Engineering - Multi-Site must lead with ownership, sound judgement, accountability, humility, a strong sense of stewardship, and a servant leadership mindset.
This person must be highly motivated, business-minded, and capable of making thoughtful decisions in a complex, fast moving environment. They must be able to build trust with senior leaders, client leaders, technical experts, and delivery teams while raising the standard for how national program teams operate and serve clients.
This role requires someone who can build on what is already working, strengthen operational performance, develop people, grow client relationships, and help Core States Group set the standard for national program delivery in the markets we serve.
Work Location
This can be a an on-site, hybrid or remote role across the United States with travel as required.
Company Overview
Core States Group designs, builds, and manages programs and projects across North America and has been recognized on top lists throughout the architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) industry. Established in 1999, we offer integrated solutions with seamless continuity, and many of the world’s most notable brands count on us to deliver speed to market, cost certainty, and compelling design.
With 24 offices across the United States and Canada, Core States Group is an industry powerhouse that drives innovation and improves everyday life for countless people across several markets, including Convenience, Distributed Generation, Financial, Grocery, Housing, Industrial, Restaurants, Retail, Semiconductor, Tribal, Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Infrastructure, and more. Visit us at www.core-states.com.
A Note to Candidates
Please do not be concerned if you do not meet every requirement. At Core States Group, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
This position will remain open until it is filled.
