Practice Leader, Land Development

Kimley-Horn has a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a motivated Practice Builder to join our Development Services team in our McKinney office. This individual will have an entrepreneurial spirit and create a vision for growth for a Development Services practice while growing their own projects, clients, and team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Land Development team while building and managing relationships with key clients.
• Operate with integrity and sound business principles.
• Provide practice vision, business planning and strategy, establishing goals, building and maintaining positive client relationships.
• Open communication with partners and team, along with growing and directing a Land Development practice.
• Manage projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.
• Meet or exceed client expectations.
• Identify and track leads.
• Make presentations, write proposals and scopes of work.
• Establish budgets, ensure quality and timeliness of deliverables, and supervise the execution of work.

Accounting, administrative, marketing, recruiting, IT, and production support will be provided. With success, this individual will enjoy the rewards of an impressive bonus program with the potential to advance to ownership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Extensive client contacts and relationships with local or national architects, developers, land use attorneys, planners, and/or land owners as well as local jurisdictional staff.
• P.E. with at least 10 years of experience growing and leading a residential land development practice in the Dallas regional market.
• Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgeting for projected work.
• Ability to effectively communicate positively at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage and mentor staff, and direct resources effectively in a positive manner.
• Demonstrated ability to manage land development projects profitably.
• Must be legally authorized to work for Kimley-Horn in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

Benefits

• Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to-1 company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
• Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.

At Kimley-Horn, one of the nation’s premier planning and design consultants, our professionals are experts in many disciplines yet share one passion: making our clients successful. Ranked as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” Kimley-Horn prides itself on hiring high-achieving, dedicated, and reliable professionals.