Regional Manager of Land Development
$180,000–$240,000 year
HybridIrvine, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead and mentor Cannon's Development team across LA County, Orange County, and the Inland Empire, overseeing a diverse portfolio of residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects from proposal through delivery. Conduct business development activities to secure new opportunities with private developers, landowners, and higher education institutions while managing multiple civil engineering land development projects. Coordinate with jurisdictional agencies to obtain approval of improvement plans, ensure budgets and schedules are met, and maintain quality assurance and control standards. Represent Cannon with professionalism in all client, agency, and community interactions. This senior leadership role reports to the Director of Development, driving business growth within Southern California operations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an accredited college
- California P.E. license
- 15+ years' experience in civil engineering specifically pertaining to land development projects
- 10+ years demonstrated experience supervising and successfully managing projects within the constraints of scope, schedule, budget, and performance requirements, providing technical oversight for projects and all related project phases and tasks, to include quality assurance reviews
- Experience with business development and client management (obtaining new and repeat business)
- Maintains strong, active relationships across the Southern California developer and builder community, leveraging industry connections to identify opportunities and strengthen client partnerships
- Participates in Land Development organizations such as BIA
- Proven ability to lead teams to success, including experience directly reviewing and managing employee performance, and mentoring a team of three or more direct reports
- Proven expertise in land development design
- Working knowledge of computer software programs used for civil engineering design (AutoCAD, Civil3D, AES, WSPG, Flowmaster, etc.)
- Proven experience in processing improvement plans with jurisdictional agencies
- Comfortable with public speaking, including presenting to clients, agencies, and internal teams
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