Regional Director, Civil and Land Development, SoCal

Noor Staffing Group • Irvine, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As our Engineering Market Leader, you will build and grow our civil engineering and land development practice in Southern California. You will develop client relationships, win profitable work, guide project delivery, and build a strong local engineering team. You will report to the Executive Vice President of Engineering. This position partners with business development, engineering leadership, and project managers, backed by a national firm with over 130 years of history delivering civil engineering, land surveying, environmental assessment, zoning, and construction services in all 50 states.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• Active Professional Engineer license in California
• 12+ years of civil engineering experience, including substantial Southern California land development experience
• Established relationships with developers, owners, architects, homebuilders, or other engineering buyers
• Proven record of personally winning work and developing repeat clients
• Experience leading profitable projects and mentoring technical staff
• Strong understanding of Southern California entitlement, permitting, and agency review processes
• Ability to combine business development, sound engineering judgment, and team leadership

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a market growth plan focused on clients and project types aligned with the firm's capabilities
• Generate new engineering opportunities through established relationships, direct outreach, industry involvement, and collaboration with the business development team
• Expand relationships with existing clients by identifying engineering and related service needs
• Lead client meetings, qualifications presentations, proposals, scope development, and fee negotiations
• Coordinate project staffing and schedules with engineering leadership and project managers
• Provide technical leadership in site development, grading, drainage, utilities, and permitting
• Own client satisfaction, project budgets, scope changes, invoicing, and collection support
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers and project managers as the practice grows
• Maintain accurate pipeline forecasts and report on backlog, revenue, profitability, and staffing needs
• Uphold the firm's quality standards and professional engineering responsibilities

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 100% company-paid Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) with company match: 100% of deferrals up to 3% of compensation, plus 50% of deferrals over 3% (not exceeding 5%)
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Professional development support and dedicated business development resources
• Ownership of a local practice with access to a national network of surveying, engineering, environmental, and construction professionals

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior