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About the Role
This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced construction professional to build and lead a public works division from the ground up. The successful candidate will operate effectively in both estimating and project management, bring established relationships with Bay Area public agencies, and possess the technical and commercial ability to pursue, estimate, win, and deliver public works projects. Working directly with ownership, this individual will have significant autonomy and the opportunity to shape the division's strategy, processes, team, and market presence, with a clear pathway toward executive-level leadership and potential equity/partnership.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead the public works division from strategy and pursuit through estimating and project delivery
- Develop and leverage relationships with Bay Area public agencies and municipalities
- Identify, pursue, and win public works opportunities ranging from approximately $100K to $3M
- Lead estimating, bidding, and bid strategy while also managing awarded projects
- Navigate public contracting requirements, including LBE/DBE programs, prevailing wage, bonding, and related compliance requirements
- Partner directly with ownership on business strategy and market development
- Independently oversee day-to-day project execution and client relationships
- Provide leadership for field operations involving shoring, tie-backs, micropiles, helical piles, drilling, sheet piling, earthwork, and demolition
- Establish the processes, documentation, reporting, and operational discipline required to support public-agency clients
- Recruit, develop, and lead the team as the division expands
- Help establish the division as a significant and sustainable public works operation within the company
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive construction experience, with significant responsibility in project management and/or operations
- Demonstrated experience combining estimating/bidding and project management responsibilities
- Established relationships with Bay Area public agencies, municipalities, or other public-sector clients
- Experience with heavy civil and/or specialty construction, including shoring, foundations, excavation, demolition, or related scopes
- Understanding of public contracting processes; experience with LBE/DBE, prevailing wage, bonding, and public procurement is strongly preferred
- Strong commercial and financial understanding of construction projects
- Ability to operate with significant autonomy in an entrepreneurial, smaller-company environment
- Strong leadership, communication, client-development, and relationship-management skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the desire to build something rather than simply maintain an existing operation
- This role is designed as a growth opportunity for an early-to-mid career leader with substantial career runway ahead, rather than a traditional caretaker position
Skills
- Public works division leadership
- Estimating
- Project management
- Relationship building with public agencies
- Business development
- Financial management
- Team leadership
- Client relationship management
- Public contracting navigation
- Heavy civil construction
- Specialty construction
Location
- Northern California
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Early-to-mid career leader
- 10+ years of progressive construction experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $250,000–$285,000 base salary
Benefits
- Opportunity for equity and/or partnership, based on the candidate and division's development
- High degree of autonomy and direct access to company ownership
- Opportunity to build and lead a new business division
- Clear potential for advancement into executive-level leadership
- Benefits package to be discussed with qualified candidates
About the Company
- Our client is a well-established heavy civil engineering and construction firm serving the Northern California market.
- The company self-performs a broad range of specialized work, including shoring, demolition, excavation and grading, concrete, utility installation, and specialty foundation construction.
- With an agile, entrepreneurial approach, the company provides an alternative to larger branded general contractors while maintaining the capabilities needed to execute complex projects.
- The organization also holds small-business and disadvantaged-business certifications and is actively expanding its presence in the public works market.