Construction Engineering Director / Temporary Works

Construction Engineering Director / Temporary Works

— relocation assistance available.

Falsework, shoring, erection plans, heavy lift. There's a team already doing this work, and real backlog behind it. What's missing is the person to lead it.

A growing engineering group in the Charlotte market is bringing on a director to take the reins of its construction engineering and temporary works practice. You'd step into an established team and an active book of work — this is a practice to lead and grow.

The work is bridge and heavy civil: falsework and shoring design, erection engineering, demolition engineering, heavy lift, work trestles, temporary structures. The kind of engineering design that gets built, not just stamped.

Why this role stands out:

• You inherit a working team and real backlog — the runway is there from day one
• You become the technical authority for the practice, with the standards and direction yours to set
• Room to grow the group and the client base as the practice expands
• Close to the field, close to the people building the work, and close to the decisions
• A seat at the table on where the broader organization goes next
• Relocation support available for the right person
• Salary range $185,000 - $200,000. (Range reflects the target band for this role. Compensation for an exceptional candidate is negotiable above it.)

What you'll be doing:

• Act as the final technical voice on falsework, shoring, erection, and heavy lift questions across the organization
• Lead, mentor, and grow the engineering team
• Work shoulder to shoulder with field leadership to solve problems that come up mid-build
• Set the design standards, procedures, and quality bar the practice runs on
• Oversee delivery on complex construction engineering work across multiple regions
• Keep an eye on the business side: staffing, workload, utilization, and margin
• Help win the work — client conversations, proposals, and positioning

About you:

• PE license
• You've spent years being the person others bring the hard problems to
• A decade or more designing falsework, shoring, erection schemes, demolition engineering, heavy lift, or temporary structures — whether or not you've ever called it "temporary works"
• Experience leading engineers, whether as a group manager, discipline lead, or senior technical authority
• A real feel for how contractors sequence and build work
• Experience building or growing a practice — or the ambition to do it for the first time

If you're ready to lead the practice rather than be the go-to engineer inside someone else's, let's talk.

We don't need to see your resume to have a conversation. Just reach out directly  and let us know you’re interested. Or, if you do have a resume ready, apply here.