Public Infrastructure Engineering Lead
hace 2 días
Lewisville
Job Description McAdams is a full-service land planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, transportation, and geomatics firm located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Florida. We seek to partner with our clients to create meaningful experiences through inspired design. Our employees are what make McAdams different. We bring experiences to the forefront of everything we do, and to do that takes special people. Position Overview McAdams is seeking a motivated Public Infrastructure Engineering Lead to lead the successful delivery of municipal infrastructure projects across Texas. As our communities respond to unprecedented growth, this role offers the opportunity to help shape infrastructure solutions that improve quality of life, strengthen resilience, and support long-term community development. This position is ideal for a client-focused leader who is energized by meaningful public-sector work and brings the technical expertise and leadership presence needed to guide teams and deliver results. As a Public Infrastructure Engineering Lead, you will oversee projects from pursuit through closeout—driving scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk management—while serving as a trusted advisor to municipal clients. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to develop innovative, practical solutions and will play a key role in expanding McAdams' municipal presence through strategic business development, strong relationships, and consistently exceptional client service. At McAdams, we invest in growth-minded leaders who are eager to build, innovate, and elevate those around them. You will have the autonomy to shape strategy, influence market direction, and expand capabilities—supported by a collaborative leadership team, robust internal resources, and a strong platform for long-term career development. This is an opportunity for a leader who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment, values continuous improvement, and is motivated by creating lasting impact in the communities we serve. Key Responsibilities Business Development + Winning Work • Lead and support pursuit strategies for municipal and public-sector opportunities (roadway, drainage, water/wastewater, parks, and related infrastructure)., • Build and maintain a healthy pipeline by identifying opportunities, developing capture plans, and positioning McAdams for selection., • Serve as a key contributor (or lead) in the preparation of SOQs, proposals, interviews, scopes, schedules, and fee development, including negotiation and contract execution., • Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for municipal clients and stakeholder groups., • Proactively manage expectations, communicate project status, and resolve issues to protect client satisfaction and long-term relationships., • Provide overall delivery leadership from planning through construction, including scope definition, risk management, budgeting, forecasting, staffing plans, and schedule control., • Ensure strong project financial performance (WIP, invoicing, change management, subconsultant management, and profitability)., • Coordinate and collaborate with internal disciplines, technical specialists, and subconsultants to deliver quality outcomes., • Hire, develop, and lead teams of project engineers, designers, and technicians to support workload and long-term growth., • Set clear performance expectations; provide coaching, mentorship, and regular feedback to support individual development and accountability., • Partner with highly skilled professionals for surveying, entitlement, permitting, landscape architecture, traffic engineering and construction administration to serve full client needs., • Manage work planning and delegation across the team to meet project goals within defined budgets and schedules., • Provide technical oversight and guidance for municipal designs and deliverables from conceptual through final design., • Review plans and deliverables for constructability, compliance, and quality, including grading, roadway, drainage, water, and sanitary sewer improvements., • Oversee production and/or review of drawings and models developed in AutoCAD Civil 3D., • Performing research and completing technical design tasks as required and/or assigned, • Preparing documents for public and/or private public works infrastructure projects (i.e., grading, street, highway, drainage, water, and sanitary sewer improvements) from conceptual to final design, under the direction & supervision of a professional engineer, • Develop detailed civil drawings and plans using AutoCAD Civil 3D., • Assisting in the preparation of proposals, reports, opinion of probable cost, construction specifications and contract documents, under the direction & supervision of a professional engineer, • Establishing good communication and collaborative working relationships with team members & clients, • Organizing and scheduling your own work, and at times, the work of other team members to accomplish project goals within established budgets and schedules, • Effectively coordinating & collaborating with technical experts, other engineering design teams and sub-consultants, • Bachelor's degree from an accredited program, • Professional Engineer. Texas (PE) license preferred, • Minimum 8 years of site/civil engineering experience, • Strong skills in client development, communication, and management., • Proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D. The characteristics described below are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position. When properly requested and when feasible (without undue hardship to the company), reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. • Work will primarily be in an office setting with limited opportunities to be exposed to adverse environmental conditions, however when conducting field work, exposure to outside environmental conditions should be expected., • Work will be primarily working with fingers by picking, pinching, typing, and grasping often with repetitive motion., • Must have visual acuity for viewing a computer screen, the ability to talk, hear and sit for extended periods of time., • Must be able to carry, lift and push/pull up to 5 pounds frequently and up to 30 pounds occasionally. When working in the field, the need to carry, lift and push/pull up to 50 or higher pounds may occur., • Field based work will involve long-term standing and frequent walking as well as include common hazards encountered while maneuvering through project sites., • Must have the ability to see, smell, hear, talk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel and twist, crouch, crawl, reach, grasp, sit, stand, and walk. If you need assistance with our online application system process, please contact the Human Resources Team at 919.361.5000 or . Please read these notices for important information regarding applying for work with McAdams. • Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal, • E-Verify (English/Spanish), • Right to Work (English/Spanish)