Land Development Engineering Team Lead

The Opportunity

RETTEW is seeking an experienced Land Development Project Manager and licensed Professional Engineer to join our Planning & Design practice as a Land Development Engineering Team Lead.

This is an opportunity for an accomplished project leader who is ready to expand their impact beyond individual project delivery. As Team Lead you will guide and develop Project Managers and technical staff strengthen project and financial performance help balance team resources and support the continued growth of RETTEWs Land Development practice.

You wont leave project work behind. Youll remain connected to complex land development projects and key client relationships while helping other professionals become stronger project managers technical contributors and future leaders.

What Youll Do

As Land Development Engineering Team Lead you will:

• Lead coach and mentor Project Managers and technical staff supporting professional development accountability and team performance.
• Provide leadership and technical oversight for complex land development projects helping teams achieve quality schedule budget and client expectations.
• Serve as a resource to Project Managers for project strategy technical challenges client engagement and delivery decisions.
• Coordinate team workload staffing and resource allocation while collaborating across RETTEW offices and disciplines.
• Monitor team and project financial performance forecasting workload and established operational metrics; work with Project Managers to address performance concerns and opportunities.
• Maintain and strengthen client relationships and identify opportunities to expand RETTEWs services.
• Partner with RETTEWs Business Development team to support proposals pursuits cross-selling and client-growth initiatives.
• Promote multidisciplinary collaboration and effective use of technical resources across the organization.
• Reinforce RETTEWs quality standards policies and expectations.
• Foster a team culture built around ownership communication accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.

What Were Looking For

Required

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license with Pennsylvania licensure or eligibility to obtain Pennsylvania licensure through reciprocity.
• Demonstrated experience managing land development projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of land development engineering and project delivery.
• Experience leading mentoring supervising or developing professionals in a project or team environment.
• Experience managing project scope schedule budget and competing priorities.
• Ability to plan workload and coordinate resources across multiple projects.
• Experience building and maintaining strong client relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients technical professionals Project Managers and organizational leadership.
• Interest and ability to support business development and client growth in partnership with RETTEWs Business Development team.

Preferred

• Experience managing complex or multidisciplinary land development projects.
• Demonstrated success expanding existing client relationships or identifying new project opportunities.
• Experience with team-level financial tracking forecasting workload planning or operational performance metrics.
• Experience developing Project Managers or emerging leaders.

Why This Role

This position offers the opportunity to:

• Move into a defined engineering leadership role while remaining connected to meaningful technical and client work.
• Develop Project Managers technical professionals and future leaders.
• Influence team culture engagement accountability and performance.
• Gain broader exposure to financial operational and resource-management responsibilities.
• Partner with Business Development professionals rather than carrying business-development responsibility alone.
• Help shape the continued growth and success of RETTEWs Land Development practice.
• Collaborate with professionals across offices and disciplines on challenging projects.

Work Environment

• Workplace Designation: Hybrid
• Location: Lehigh Valley and Berwyn PA

This role requires regular in-office collaboration with team members and leadership. Regional collaboration across offices is expected to support team alignment resource sharing client needs and successful project delivery.

About RETTEW

RETTEW is a 100% employee-owned engineering consulting firm that has been helping clients solve complex challenges since 1969. Our teams collaborate across disciplines to deliver innovative practical solutions that strengthen infrastructure and support the communities we serve. Built on a culture of ownership collaboration and continuous improvement we empower our employee-owners to grow their careers while delivering meaningful results for our clients.

RETTEW is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation or gender identity) national origin age disability veteran status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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