Practice Leader - Land Development

Sambatek, LLC is a professional services firm that specializes in engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental services. We serve public and private clients throughout the country with office locations in Minnesota, Texas, and North Carolina. We embrace challenging projects and work hard to help our clients find success.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of Minnesota's premiere land development practices. Our team has legacy clients and a portfolio of exciting and diverse projects. The team is experienced and established, and needs a leader to help build upon decades of success to support future growth and opportunity.

The Practice Leader oversees the operations of the MN Land Development team, working directly with staff and clients to ensure the successful delivery of projects. This group's project work is primarily focused in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, but we frequently deliver projects in surrounding areas and occasionally work nationally for select clients. In this role, you will oversee the project and design managers that deliver the work and collaborate with the client service managers to secure new project opportunities.

Work Location: Hybrid role based in Minnetonka, MN, with 3-5 days per week in the office to lead and collaborate with the local production team.

The qualified candidate will:

• Provide leadership to the Minnesota Land Services department
• Provide mentorship and career path planning for direct reports and emerging leaders
• Contribute to business development efforts, including attendance at client meetings and industry events, and preparation of project proposals
• Lead design on a variety of select projects. This includes the ability to design and oversee site layout, grading, drainage, infrastructure, erosion and sediment control, etc. from concept through completion. This role has a target billable rate of 50%.
• Work with the Division Director and Client Service Managers to prepare one- and three-year business plans
• Prepare annual department budget
• Represent Sambatek at meetings with cities, clients, and external project team members
• Collaborate with practice leaders across other departments to share resources and maximize efficiency across the business while ensuring client needs are met
• Build and grow a production team-- leading hiring and recruiting in collaboration with the HR team
• Provide day to day guidance to project team staff

Qualifications

• Strong leadership qualities
• A drive to exceed expectations and win over clients
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• Professional Engineer license in Minnesota
• 10+ years of consulting experience in land development
• Effective written and verbal communication is necessary and independent judgment is essential
• Good mentoring skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Possess the ability to change focus quickly during a typical day
• Positive and solution-oriented approach to problems

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Work is primarily performed in an office environment
• Ability to occasionally move equipment/objects weighing up to 10 pounds

Sambatek, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. We select candidates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, and any other category protected by law.