Regional Group Leader

Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability, and your career finds purpose! At Verdantas, we’re redefining environmental consulting and sustainable engineering through our use of cutting-edge modeling and digital technology and our genuine commitment to people. Our work spans high-growth sectors like water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.

Our commitment to excellence, across more than 90 offices, is championed by a team of over 2,000 experts, scientists, engineers, geologists, and technical specialists, embedded in a people-focused culture, prioritizing the well-being of our employees, clients, and the communities we serve. We partner with clients to deliver smart, data-driven solutions to complex environmental and infrastructure challenges. We don’t just solve problems;

we help shape a more sustainable future. Join a people-first culture that values your well-being, empowers your growth, and amplifies your impact. At Verdantas, your career goes beyond the expected, and your work helps build a better world. Ready to shape the future of resilient communities? Verdantas is seeking a highly motivated Regional Group Leader for our Delaware and Maryland teams.

In this role, you are responsible for providing local leadership and operational coordination. In addition, the right candidate for this position will also be visible externally in the industry and have demonstrated strong client engagement and support for the strategic growth of Verdantas’ Mid Atlantic Division throughout Delaware and into Maryland. This position is suited for someone who is a leader internally and externally, energized to help strengthen Verdantas’ presence in Delaware and eventually Maryland, and committed to fostering internal collaboration across various services such as transportation, municipal, civil, survey, geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and related service lines.

The Group Leader will partner with the Division and Department Leaders, peer Group Leaders, and Area and National Practice Leaders to support project delivery, optimize resource utilization, and enhance client relationship development and business growth throughout Delaware and the broader Delmarva region. The successful candidate will be a visible, accountable, and collaborative leader who can represent Verdantas locally while helping advance our services.

A candidate with a transportation, state/municipal government, and/or planning focus and existing name recognition in these markets is preferred.
What You'll Do:

• Provide visible, accountable local leadership for the Delaware and Maryland teams, promoting a positive culture rooted in safety, accountability, teamwork, inclusion, and professional growth
• Represent Verdantas externally in Delaware, Maryland, and the broader Delmarva region with municipal, county, state, institutional, and private-sector clients, with emphasis on transportation, state and municipal government, and planning markets
• Maintain strong external visibility through client meetings, industry events, professional organizations, and community engagement that strengthen Verdantas’ regional presence and name recognition
• Identify, position for, and pursue transportation, municipal, planning, environmental, and infrastructure improvement opportunities that support strategic growth in Delaware and expansion into Maryland
• Develop pursuit strategies, teaming approaches, and proposal positioning in partnership with Division, Department, Area, National Practice, and peer Group Leaders
• Partner with Division and Department Leaders, peer Group Leaders, and Area and National Practice Leaders to support project delivery, resource planning, quality standards, and risk management procedures
• Support delivery of transportation, municipal, and multidisciplinary projects that meet client expectations for schedule, budget, quality, communication, and responsiveness and deliver financial success to the business
• Support and help advance the Delaware and broader Delmarva growth strategy aligned with Verdantas’ transportation, municipal, land development, environmental, water resources,…