Civil Engineering Team Leader

Description

The Civil Engineering Team Leader is a leadership position responsible for the overall success of an assigned civil engineering team. This role shifts the primary focus from managing individual projects to leading people, supporting Project Managers, ensuring technical excellence, balancing team workload, overseeing financial performance, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous professional growth.

The Civil Engineering Team Leader is a leadership position responsible for the overall success of an assigned civil engineering team. This role shifts the primary focus from managing individual projects to leading people, supporting Project Managers, ensuring technical excellence, balancing team workload, overseeing financial performance, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous professional growth.
The Civil Engineering Team Leader provides leadership, direction, and support by developing and leading employees, promoting collaboration, driving operational excellence, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality projects. While Team Leaders may continue to manage select projects as business needs require, their primary responsibility is to lead and develop their team, oversee team performance, and provide the guidance and resources necessary for employees to succeed.
Serving as a trusted resource for employees, clients, and company leadership, the Civil Engineering Team Leader removes obstacles, supports project execution, and ensures SW+ standards, processes, and values are consistently upheld. This role also plays a key part in developing future leaders, strengthening client relationships, supporting business development initiatives, and contributing to the long-term growth and success of the Civil Engineering department.

Since the company’s beginning in 1985, we’ve blended the disciplines of civil engineering and landscape architecture from concept to completion to create places of legacy and inspiration for our clients, community, and family. There is a big difference in how engineers and landscape architects visualize a project. At SW+, we approach every plan from both points of view, working together to create a successfully integrated venture.

In our world, that’s a good thing.

With the goal of being the best design firm in the region, the SW+ leadership team continues to attract the brightest talent, each with a unique expertise in one of the many facets of land design. SW+ has a diverse portfolio at a variety of scales in both the public and private sectors, including mixed-use commercial developments, urban and suburban multifamily, healthcare, office, high-end resort, and parks and recreation projects.

With over 200 employees and offices in Mount Pleasant, Greenville, Summerville, Spartanburg, and Columbia, SC, as well as Charlotte, Raleigh, and Asheville, NC, SW+ inspires employees to stand behind its tagline, “Elevating the site design experience.” Company culture is at the core of who we are. SW+ offers a mentorship program and other professional growth opportunities.

In addition, company-sponsored events such as golf tournaments, sports teams, and happy hours, along with philanthropic endeavors, provide opportunities throughout the year to lift morale and strengthen bonds between coworkers.

• Directly supervise and manage a minimum of one Project Manager with Project Manager’s support staff as part of the standard Civil Engineering team structure.
• Lead, mentor, coach, and support Project Managers, designers, and other assigned team members to foster individual and team success.
• Foster a positive, collaborative, and accountable team…