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This role exists to lead the technical excellence, financial performance, and strategic growth of the department while developing strong teams and delivering exceptional work for our clients.

HCL Engineering & Surveying LLC, headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, has been serving the Colorado Front Range and Western Slope since 1999. We are a multi-disciplinary firm providing civil and structural engineering, land surveying, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), and architectural services for public and private sector clients.

We’re known for technical excellence, practical solutions, and a collaborative approach that keeps projects moving forward. We believe great work happens when talented people enjoy what they do. Our culture values integrity, teamwork, innovation, and yes, having some fun along the way. We’re proud of our diverse project portfolio and steady growth, and we’re looking for experienced engineers who want to do meaningful work, build strong client relationships, and be part of a team that genuinely enjoys working together.

Our Values: Integrity, Innovation, Communication, Learning, Teamwork, and Having FUN!

About the Role

As a leader at HCL, you will guide the technical direction, financial performance, and long-term growth of our Civil Engineering Department. You are a licensed Professional Engineer with 14+ years of experience, extensive expertise in land development, and a strong record of delivering public-sector projects for cities, municipalities, and other public agencies. You understand that great engineering firms are built on more than strong designs. They require disciplined financial management, clear standards, intentional staffing, trusted client relationships, and leaders who invest in their people. You won’t just manage projects, you will shape strategy, mentor future leaders, strengthen our public and private market presence, and ensure your department operates with technical excellence and sound business performance. If you’re ready to lead a high-performing team while protecting quality, client service, and profitability, let’s chat.

Your Values: Leadership, Accountability, and Strategic Vision

How You’ll Spend Your Days

• Leading and supervising Project Managers, Engineers, and Designers, building a culture of accountability and collaboration
• Serving as the responsible Professional Engineer and technical leader for a variety of civil engineering projects
• Overseeing land development and public infrastructure projects from planning and entitlement through design, permitting, bidding, and construction
• Providing technical direction for site development, grading, drainage, stormwater, utilities, roadway, and related civil infrastructure
• Maintaining strong working relationships with cities, municipalities, public agencies, reviewing authorities, developers, and teaming partners
• Completing quality-control and constructability reviews for engineering projects managed by peers
• Coordinating permitting, agency reviews, project specifications, and construction administration with Project Managers
• Owning the financial performance and profitability of all projects within your department
• Developing and managing department budgets, staffing plans, backlog, and utilization targets
• Making go/no-go decisions on new opportunities and assigning projects strategically
• Ensuring all projects meet established technical, quality, budget, schedule, and client-service standards
• Overseeing billing, accounts receivable, scope management, and margin protection across the department
• Strengthening client relationships and pursuing repeat and new work opportunities in public and private markets
• Assisting with proposal strategy, scope development, fee negotiation, interviews, and contract negotiations
• Implementing department objectives aligned with firm-wide strategy and championing professional growth within your team

What You’ll Bring to the Role

• Colorado PE licensure, or the ability to obtain it promptly, and 14+ years of relevant civil engineering experience, including 5+ years as a Project Manager
• Extensive expertise delivering land development projects, including due diligence, entitlements, site planning, grading, drainage, stormwater management, utility design, roadway improvements, and construction support
• Significant experience working in the public arena with cities, municipalities, counties, special districts, and other public agencies
• A strong understanding of municipal standards, permitting and review processes, public procurement, stakeholder coordination, and agency relationship management
• Experience leading both public infrastructure and private development projects through design, approval, bidding, and construction
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D and familiarity with common civil design, drainage, hydrology, and project-management tools
• Demonstrated success driving project profitability and department-level financial performance
• Experience supervising, mentoring, and developing engineers and designers at multiple levels
• Strong understanding of budgeting, staffing, backlog, utilization metrics, resource allocation, scope control, and change management
• The confidence and presence to serve as the technical and professional leader of the civil discipline
• A relationship-driven approach to business development, client service, and collaboration with internal disciplines and external partners
• Strategic thinking paired with hands-on execution and sound engineering judgment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to align teams, clients, and stakeholders around shared goals
• A proactive, detail-oriented approach and a genuine desire to train, mentor, and equip others for long-term success

Our Team Members Enjoy

• Salary $130,000 – $150,000, commensurate with your experience and project impact
• Competitive 401(k)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 4 weeks of PTO
• Hybrid work environment
• Opportunity to shape the future of a respected, multi-disciplinary engineering firm

HCL Engineering & Surveying does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from staffing agencies or recruiters. Agency submissions will not create an obligation for HCL to pay a fee. Recruiters may only submit candidates pursuant to a current written agreement authorized by HCL’s Human Resources department. No other employee, manager, or officer of HCL has the authority to enter into such an agreement or to accept resumes on the company’s behalf.

HCL Civil Department Manager – Job Description