Director of Land Development

Job Description

Job Description

You deserve a job that you feel proud of, where you can channel your knowledge and skills into projects that positively affect communities, and where you design your own path. This is Alliant. Become an employee-owner of a growing engineering and consulting firm where we value collaboration with opportunities to grow and succeed. Our success is driven by our employee-owners, and we’re excited to have you be a part of it.

The Impact You'll Have:

Alliant has an exceptional opportunity available for a Director of Land Development for our Land Development team in the  Jacksonville , Florida office. This position will lead and manage the Land Development team in the region. We value building better communities, collaboration and looking forward to the next solution, the next idea. We encourage development, mentoring, volunteer activities and social events here at Alliant. If that resonates with your core values and an environment you want to be a part of, this is the company for you!

Responsibilities:

• Utilize your leadership and business development skills to continue growing Alliant’s presence in the southeast.
• As a Practice Lead, you will provide guidance and direction for the LD Team in the Jacksonville office and support of other Alliant offices.
• Planning, organizing, monitoring, and directing work activities and resources necessary to provide excellence in Client Service and project deliverables.
• Coordinate and communicate with other staff, departments, municipalities, and private land development clients.
• Manage projects for consistency with established processes, schedules, budgets, design criteria, standards, and specifications and to ensure projects are on-time and on-budget.
• Develop and manage client relationships.
• Work with Alliant leadership to develop strategies to increase market share in the southeast market.
• Lead, mentor and develop the entire Land Development Team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• 12+ years of Land Development design in the NE Florida market required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Experience with development of residential, commercial, office and industrial development projects in the NE Florida region.
• Must possess a high capacity for self-motivation and be able to apply engineering knowledge to a variety of projects.
• Strong relationships and contacts with regional developers, architects, municipal staff, and other regulatory agencies.
• Strong working technical knowledge of engineering principles and practices.
• Strong leadership and project management skills.

Benefits:

At Alliant, we take care of our employees by offering a world class benefit package including:

• Competitive Salary with Bonus Opportunities
• Market-Leading Profit Sharing, ESOP and 401k Contribution Programs
• Medical (with HSA Contribution), Dental, and Vision Plans
• Company Paid Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
• Wellness Programs and Competitions
• Generous Annual Leave and Compensatory Time Off Programs
• Flexible Schedules
• Casual Work Environment
• Paid Professional Development and Training
• Community Involvement/Charity Events
• Numerous Employee Focused Events (Lunch & Learns, Office Recreation Room, Off-Site Socials, Etc.)

Who We Are:

Recently named as one of Northeast Florida’s Top Places to Work, Alliant Engineering, an employee-owned company, is a growing engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and surveying firm with a strong culture of quality, delivery, and innovation. Our employee owners are driven by a commitment to build better communities with excellence and passion. At Alliant we work hard; we have fun; and we love it.

Within our Minnesota and Florida offices, we blend collaboration with integrity and forward-thinking to develop design solutions that address current needs and future aspirations. Internally, we strive to provide a diverse and equitable culture of support and opportunities. Then, it extends outwardly by giving back to charitable organizations in our communities. Alliant Engineering seeks straightforward people who value smart solutions, intelligent discussion, and a collaborative approach to achieving great things. Always humbly confident, we believe in creating work that speaks for itself.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.