Director of Environmental Engineering

Maverick Engineering•Midland, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Maverick Engineering is seeking a Director of Environmental Engineering – Land Development to lead and grow the firm’s environmental engineering capabilities in support of residential subdivisions, master-planned communities, commercial development, and municipal infrastructure throughout Texas and Utah markets. This position is for an experienced professional who understands that successful land development requires more than regulatory compliance. It requires identifying environmental and development constraints early, finding practical solutions, working collaboratively with civil engineers, surveyors, developers, municipalities, and contractors, and keeping projects moving from raw land to finished communities. The Director will integrate environmental engineering into Maverick’s land development process from initial property evaluation and due diligence through entitlement, design, permitting, construction, and final project closeout. The successful candidate will combine technical expertise with the practical, responsive, client-centered approach expected at Maverick Engineering. The Director’s mission is straightforward: Identify environmental risk early, develop practical solutions, protect the client’s investment, and help Maverick move land development projects forward. This position will serve as the environmental engineering leader within Maverick’s multidisciplinary land development practice and will work closely with civil engineering, surveying, CAD, project management, construction, and development teams.

Requirements

Experienced professional who understands that successful land development requires more than regulatory compliance.
Ability to identify environmental and development constraints early, find practical solutions, and work collaboratively.
Ability to translate conditions into practical recommendations for developers and engineering teams.
Ability to solve problems quickly and professionally, while protecting the client and Maverick Engineering.
Understand that strong client relationships are built by being responsive, knowledgeable, practical, and dependable.
Ability to stand on an undeveloped West Texas property with a developer, surveyor, and civil engineer and quickly begin identifying what could prevent that property from becoming a successful subdivision or community.

Nice To Haves

West Texas development frequently requires working around existing infrastructure, easements, oil and gas activity, drainage challenges, and historical land uses.

Responsibilities

Participate in projects from the earliest stages of development, including raw-land evaluation, conceptual planning, due diligence, entitlement, engineering design, permitting, construction, and final acceptance.
Work directly with Maverick’s land development team to identify environmental constraints before they negatively affect project layout, lot yield, infrastructure costs, schedules, or development economics.
Lead or coordinate environmental due diligence for prospective development properties.
Provide leadership regarding applicable federal, Texas, and local environmental requirements.
Build and expand Maverick’s environmental engineering practice.
Develop relationships with developers, homebuilders, landowners, municipalities, contractors, architects, and other development partners.
Participate in early development and feasibility meetings with clients.
Assist developers in evaluating potential properties before acquisition.
Develop proposals, scopes, budgets, and schedules.
Identify opportunities to expand Maverick’s services with existing clients.
Pursue new land development and environmental engineering opportunities.
Support Maverick leadership in expanding the firm’s presence throughout Texas and other strategic markets.
Represent Maverick Engineering within development, business, municipal, and professional organizations.
Be accountable for the business performance of environmental engineering projects.
Participate in establishing annual revenue, backlog, utilization, and business-development goals.