The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act committed over $1.2 trillion to rebuilding and expanding America's roads, bridges, water systems, energy grids, broadband networks, and public transit. That investment is now in full deployment — and the engineering firms, government contractors, and infrastructure developers tasked with delivering it are facing a severe and sustained shortage of qualified civil and infrastructure engineering talent.
The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that the US will need over 25,000 additional civil engineers annually just to keep pace with infrastructure demand. Meanwhile, the pipeline of graduating engineers is not growing fast enough, experienced professionals are retiring in large numbers, and competition for mid-career talent is intense across every market.
For AEC firms and infrastructure contractors, this creates a very real operational problem. Projects are being delayed not because of funding or permits — but because there are not enough qualified engineers to staff them. Firms are winning contracts they cannot fully resource. Clients are waiting longer for deliverables. And the engineers who are available are fielding multiple competing offers simultaneously.
Job boards and passive advertising do not solve this problem. The civil and structural engineers, environmental specialists, and AEC project managers who can step into a role and deliver from day one are not sitting idle and browsing job boards. They are busy, in demand, and only move for the right opportunity presented by someone who understands their field.
That is what we bring to every civil and infrastructure engineering search.
ROLES WE RECRUIT FOR
Civil & Infrastructure Engineering Roles We Place — Permanently and Directly
We recruit experienced civil and infrastructure engineering professionals across the following roles. Every search is tailored to your firm's project type, technical requirements, and seniority needs.
Civil Engineer — Project Engineer to Senior Level
- Salary range:$80,000 – $130,000
- Experience:3–15 years
- Key skills:AutoCAD Civil 3D, site design, grading, drainage, roadway design, permitting
- Project types:Roads, highways, site development, municipal infrastructure, land development
Structural Engineer — EIT to PE Level
- Salary range:$85,000 – $135,000
- Experience:3–15 years
- Key skills:Structural analysis and design, RISA, SAP2000, RAM, steel and concrete design, bridge design
- Project types:Bridges, buildings, industrial structures, transportation infrastructure
Environmental Engineer / Environmental Scientist
- Salary range:$80,000 – $120,000
- Experience:4–12 years
- Key skills:NEPA, environmental impact assessment, remediation, stormwater management, regulatory permitting, CERCLA
- Project types:Infrastructure, land development, industrial, government, utility
Geotechnical Engineer
- Salary range:$85,000 – $125,000
- Experience:4–12 years
- Key skills:Subsurface investigation, soil mechanics, foundation design, slope stability, geotechnical reporting
- Project types:Transportation, heavy civil, building foundations, dam and levee, mining
Transportation Engineer / Traffic Engineer
- Salary range:$80,000 – $120,000
- Experience:4–12 years
- Key skills:Traffic impact analysis, signal design, MUTCD, Synchro, highway design, ITS
- Project types:Highways, urban road networks, transit, airport landside
AEC Project Manager
- Salary range:$100,000 – $145,000
- Experience:8–18 years
- Key skills:Project delivery, client management, scope and budget management, team leadership, QA/QC
- Project types:Transportation, water and wastewater, site development, bridges, public works
Water Resources Engineer / Hydraulic Engineer
- Salary range:$85,000 – $125,000
- Experience:4–12 years
- Key skills:HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, floodplain modeling, stormwater design, FEMA mapping, drainage systems
- Project types:Flood control, stormwater, water supply, dam safety, coastal
Construction Inspector / Special Inspector
- Salary range:$70,000 – $100,000
- Experience:4–10 years
- Key skills:Field inspection, materials testing, documentation, plan reading, ACI, ICC certifications
- Project types:Transportation, municipal, vertical construction, utility
Land Development Engineer / Site Civil Engineer
- Salary range:$80,000 – $115,000
- Experience:3–10 years
- Key skills:Site grading and drainage, utility design, erosion control, subdivision design, local permitting
- Project types:Residential and commercial land development, mixed-use, industrial
Principal Engineer / Associate / Department Manager
- Salary range:$130,000 – $180,000+
- Experience:15–25+ years, PE required
- Key skills:Business development, client relationships, technical oversight, team management, project delivery
- Project types:All infrastructure and AEC sectors
Don't see your specific role?
We recruit across the full breadth of civil, structural, environmental, and infrastructure engineering disciplines.
If the role you need is not listed above, get in touch.
MARKET CONTEXT
The Largest Infrastructure Investment in US History Is Creating Sustained Engineering Demand Through the Decade
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is not a one-year spending program. It is a multi-year deployment of funding across roads and bridges, water systems, broadband, energy grid modernisation, public transit, and environmental remediation — with project timelines stretching well into the 2030s.
For AEC firms, this represents an extraordinary pipeline of opportunity. Firms that can staff up quickly and maintain deep benches of experienced engineering talent will capture disproportionate market share. Firms that cannot staff their awarded projects face schedule risk, quality risk, and reputational risk with government clients who have limited tolerance for underperformance.
The talent competition is already intense. Large national firms like AECOM, Jacobs, WSP, and Stantec are aggressively hiring. Regional firms are competing for the same mid-career engineers. And the universities are not producing enough graduates to meet projected demand.
The firms winning this talent competition are not winning it on job boards. They are winning it through proactive outreach, strong employer branding, and recruitment partners who can identify and secure experienced engineers before competitors do.
We help engineering firms of all sizes compete for and secure the talent they need — on a contingency basis, with no upfront cost and no risk.
OUR CLIENTS
We Work With AEC Firms and Infrastructure Contractors of All Sizes
Our civil and infrastructure engineering recruitment clients range from boutique engineering consultancies with 15 staff to regional multi-discipline AEC firms and national infrastructure contractors. We work with firms at every stage — from established practices looking to add experienced capacity to growing firms scaling rapidly on new project wins.
We are the right recruitment partner for you if:
- You have one or more open civil or infrastructure engineering positions right now
- Your project pipeline is growing faster than your team headcount
- You have tried job boards and received applications from candidates who do not meet your PE or technical requirements
- You need engineers who can contribute quickly — not candidates who need 12 months of onboarding before they are productive
- You are competing with larger firms for the same experienced talent and need a recruitment partner who can move as fast as the market
- You want a recruiter accountable for results on a no-placement no-fee basis
Geographic coverage:
We recruit civil and infrastructure engineering professionals across all major US markets with high infrastructure activity including Texas, Florida, California, Virginia, Maryland, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and the broader Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest, and Mountain West regions.
