Northern California Construction Leader (Water/Wastewater)
About the role
Founded in 1919, KJ has always looked to the future. With a talented team of professionals and a culture of continuous improvement, we deliver exceptional engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management services, with a focus on innovation and sustainability.
What You’ll Do
- Drive market growth: Identify, pursue, and win new Construction Management opportunities with municipal and private sector clients.
- Expand client relationships: Use local relationships, market knowledge, and industry involvement to strengthen KJ’s presence.
- Build and lead teams: Mentor staff, support hiring strategy, and scale resources to meet project demand.
- Lead pursuits and delivery: Manage key projects while guiding pursuit strategy, proposal development, and client engagement.
- Guide project performance: Oversee scope, schedule, staffing, financial performance, risk, and client satisfaction.
What Makes This Role Different
- Market ownership: Shape client strategy, team expansion, and long-term growth in a priority market.
- Strong foundation: Build from existing relationships, trusted delivery teams, and active infrastructure opportunities.
- Broad influence: Help guide hiring, pursuit strategy, delivery approach, and practice direction.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: 10+ years of relevant Construction Management experience, including business development, project delivery, and team leadership.
- Technical background: Experience with water, wastewater, stormwater, pipeline, or related infrastructure projects.
- Licensure: PE license in California required.
- PREFERRED: Familiarity with alternative delivery methods such as GCCM, PDB, or DB.
What You Bring
- Growth mindset: Energy for opening doors and turning market momentum into sustainable practice growth.
- Client credibility: Relationship-building skills with the ability to earn trust, represent KJ externally, and guide strategic conversations.
- Seller-doer leadership: Comfort balancing business development, project leadership, mentoring, and operational decision-making.
- Collaborative influence: Ability to align internal teams, regional partners, and technical contributors around shared goals.
- Practical judgment: Sound decision-making in complex construction, client, staffing, and pursuit environments.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance;
- A health savings account;
- A 401(k);
- Bonus programs;
- Tuition reimbursement;
- Employee ownership opportunity;
- Professional registration support;
- Business travel assistance;
- Competitive paid time off and holidays;
- An employee assistance program;
- Additional programs that support your wellbeing and professional growth.
Pay
Salary Range for this position is anticipated to be $185,000 to $275,000, and may vary based on education, experience, qualifications, licensure/certifications, and geographic location.
Schedule
This role requires full-time presence on project sites and in the office as needed.
Company Information
Kennedy Jenks is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship status, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.