Senior Civil Engineer - Office Leader
hace 2 días
Maitland
SCS Engineers is seeking a licensed Senior Civil Engineer / Orlando Office Leader to lead, develop, and expand its growing Orlando-area operation. This is a rare opportunity for an accomplished civil or environmental engineer who wants to take the next meaningful step into office leadership—or for an experienced office, department, or practice leader who wants greater autonomy, visibility, and long-term growth potential within a nationally recognized, 100% employee-owned organization. The Orlando office currently consists of three employees, giving the selected leader an immediate opportunity to shape the office's future. This person will establish the local culture, mentor and develop employees, strengthen project delivery, expand client relationships, recruit additional talent, and build the office into a larger multidisciplinary operation serving Central Florida. This is not a purely administrative position. Approximately 50% of the role will remain focused on technical production and project delivery, with the remaining 50% dedicated to leadership, client development, staff management, operational oversight, and strategic growth. The ideal candidate is a technically credible, client-oriented Professional Engineer who enjoys both engineering and leadership. Candidates do not need to have previously held the title of Office Leader. SCS is open to an established Senior Project Manager, Project Director, Department Manager, Practice Leader, or Senior Civil Engineer who is ready to move into a broader leadership role. This position offers the chance to lead a small office with the backing, resources, technical specialists, and project history of a well-established national firm. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to: • Lead and expand an existing three-person Orlando office., • Influence local hiring, market strategy, client development, and office culture., • Continue performing meaningful technical work instead of moving completely away from engineering., • Build a team around their technical strengths, client relationships, and vision., • Access companywide environmental, civil, geotechnical, solid waste, energy, and regulatory specialists., • Work with public- and private-sector clients throughout Central and South Florida., • Participate in the financial success of a 100% employee-owned company., • Pursue a defined pathway toward broader regional and executive leadership., • Relocate to Central Florida with company-supported relocation assistance. SCS Engineers is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting and construction firm that has delivered sustainable environmental solutions for more than 56 years. The firm studies complex environmental and infrastructure challenges, designs practical solutions, remediates sites, builds and operates environmental and energy systems, and monitors environmental-control infrastructure. SCS operates as a national organization while maintaining locally led offices staffed by professionals who understand regional conditions, clients, and regulatory requirements. Local offices can draw upon specialists and technical resources throughout the company, combining national capabilities with local relationships and market knowledge. The company's work contributes to safer, healthier, and more resilient communities—from stormwater infrastructure and land-development projects to solid waste systems, landfill-gas management, renewable energy, contaminated-property redevelopment, and regulatory compliance. As an employee-owned organization, SCS emphasizes personal ownership, long-term decision-making, collaboration, technical quality, and shared success. Its stated workplace principles include trust, care, and growth, supported by a culture that values teamwork, tenacity, safety, mentorship, and professional advancement. The Orlando-area office supports public- and private-sector clients across Central and South Florida. Its current and anticipated workload includes civil engineering, stormwater, development, solid waste, environmental, and infrastructure assignments. SCS's published Orlando opportunities identify a primary emphasis on stormwater and development projects, with additional work involving solid waste management, landfill gas, landfills, and landfill infrastructure. The work can span engineering design, permitting, construction support, operations support, compliance, and client consultation. The Orlando operation also benefits from SCS's established Florida presence, with offices across the state, including Jacksonville, Tampa, Sarasota, West Palm Beach, Miami, and South Florida. Depending on the selected leader's experience and the evolving needs of the Orlando office, the project portfolio may include: • Site planning and civil infrastructure design, • Paving, grading, and drainage design, • Stormwater-management systems, • Utility coordination and infrastructure, • Erosion and sediment-control planning, • Site-development and redevelopment projects, • Facility and operational site improvements, • Construction documents, specifications, and cost estimates, • Construction administration and engineering support, • Stormwater modeling, analysis, and design, • Drainage studies and master planning, • Stormwater conveyance and treatment systems, • Retention and detention facilities, • Water-quality and regulatory-compliance programs, • NPDES and stormwater permitting, • Flood-resilience and infrastructure-improvement projects, • Inspection, monitoring, reporting, and corrective-action programs, • Municipal and private landfill engineering, • Landfill expansions and cell development, • Landfill closure and post-closure projects, • Transfer stations and materials recovery facilities, • Landfill-gas collection and control systems, • Leachate collection, storage, and treatment infrastructure, • Groundwater and stormwater-monitoring systems, • Solid waste planning and feasibility studies, • Facility compliance and operational improvements, • Construction oversight and certification, • Environmental permitting and compliance, • Regulatory strategy and agency coordination, • Site assessment and remediation, • Contaminated-site redevelopment, • Groundwater, stormwater, landfill-gas, and leachate reporting, • Environmental due diligence, • Air, water, and soil compliance, • Technical studies and regulatory submittals, • Environmental-control systems, • Sustainability and resilience initiatives, • Landfill-gas-to-energy systems, • Renewable natural gas and biogas facilities, • Organics management and composting, • Methane-emissions reduction, • Resource recovery and recycling programs, • Alternative-energy infrastructure, • Carbon-management and sequestration-related services Primary Responsibilities • Provide day-to-day leadership for the Orlando office and its current three-person team., • Establish a clear vision and sustainable growth plan for the local operation., • Create an engaged, accountable, collaborative, and safety-focused office culture., • Serve as the primary local representative of SCS Engineers in the Central Florida market., • Coordinate the office's workload, staffing priorities, project assignments, and resource needs., • Maintain visibility into project schedules, budgets, quality, profitability, and client satisfaction., • Work with regional and national leadership to establish annual office goals and performance priorities., • Identify operational challenges and implement practical solutions., • Promote collaboration between the Orlando office and other SCS offices and technical practices., • Help determine which services, markets, and client segments offer the strongest growth opportunities., • Support the development of annual revenue, backlog, hiring, and profitability objectives., • Represent the office at company leadership meetings, industry events, and professional organizations., • Spend approximately 50% of the position actively engaged in technical production, project management, design leadership, and quality control., • Prepare or oversee engineering calculations, drawings, technical reports, specifications, cost estimates, and permit applications., • Lead civil designs involving paving, grading, drainage, stormwater, utilities, and related site infrastructure., • Serve as Project Manager, Technical Lead, and, where appropriate, Engineer of Record., • Review technical deliverables for accuracy, constructability, regulatory compliance, and alignment with client expectations., • Establish project scopes, schedules, staffing plans, budgets, and quality-control procedures., • Coordinate civil, environmental, geotechnical, survey, CAD, and field resources., • Direct and review work completed in AutoCAD and Civil 3D environments., • Lead permitting and regulatory-agency coordination., • Participate in field investigations, inspections, construction observations, data collection, and project meetings as needed., • Resolve complex design,