National Service Line Leader – Infrastructure (Water/Wastewater + Civil/Transportation)

Are you driven to grow, lead, and make a meaningful impact? At Apex, we’re building more than a consulting and engineering firm—we’re creating a place where your career accelerates, your contributions matter, and your potential is fully realized. We believe your growth is our growth, which is why we invest in your development at every stage of your career. Here, you’ll work on projects that shape communities, protect the environment, and create lasting impact, all while being empowered with the autonomy and flexibility to do your best work.

Fueled by high quality delivery, exceptional client retention, and strategic acquisitions, Apex Companies continues to rank among the fastest-growing firms in the AEC industry, recently recognized by the Zweig Group for our industry-leading growth. Our success is grounded in strong leadership, a collaborative culture, and a shared commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes.

As we continue to grow, we’re focused on building a team of high-performing professionals who are ready to lead, collaborate, and push what’s possible. At Apex, you don’t just join a company, you help shape what comes next.

Job Posting: National Service Line Leader – Infrastructure (Water/Wastewater + Civil/Transportation)

Location: Flexible / Remote (U.S.)

Reports To: Chief Growth Officer

Employment Type: Full-Time

Annual bonus opportunity: This position falls within a career level eligible for participation in Apex's Annual Incentive Plan (AIP), with a target bonus opportunity of up to 25% of base salary , based on a blended evaluation of company and individual performance.

About the Role

Apex is seeking a bold, growth-driven National Service Line Leader – Infrastructure to build and execute a national infrastructure strategy that accelerates our expansion in water and wastewater infrastructure , civil/site engineering , and transportation engineering services. This role is designed for a strategic leader who can unify and amplify our existing teams, identify and scale high-potential disciplines and geographies, and drive an aggressive growth agenda through modern delivery models —including communities of practice , engineering design centers , and AI-enabled design and delivery .

This role will also fully own the infrastructure regulatory and funding landscape - federal and state - including how mandates translate into client demand, how programs are funded (formula, SRF and grant mechanisms), and how those funding pathways drive timing, procurement, and win strategy.

This position will sit at the intersection of strategy, growth, operations, talent, and innovation —partnering closely with Regional Business Unit P L Leaders and Growth teams to strengthen collaboration across markets, unlock capacity, increase win rates, expand key accounts, and create repeatable delivery excellence at scale.

What Success Looks Like

You will be successful if you can:

Evolve our compelling national infrastructure strategy and translate it into an executable plan that drives measurable growth.

Connect and elevate existing infrastructure teams into one coordinated, high-performing national capability.

Support recruiting and retention efforts that attract seller-doers and technical leaders in priority disciplines and geographies.

Help advance alternate delivery models (engineering centers, communities of practice, standardized toolkits, AI-enabled workflows) that improve efficiency, quality, margin, and consistency.

Build a scalable model that balances local client intimacy with national expertise deployment via design centers and communities of practice.

Create and scale US-based engineering centers (discipline-based and/or regionally distributed) to increase utilization, speed, quality, and delivery consistency—while improving access to specialized expertise.

Implement standardized delivery frameworks (templates, design standards, checklists, workflows) that improve schedule certainty and reduce rework.

AI-Enabled Technology-Forward Infrastructure Delivery

Champion AI and digital enablement to transform how infrastructure engineering work is delivered—accelerating delivery, strengthening QA/QC, and improving project predictability and margin.

Partner with operations, technology, and delivery leaders to pilot and scale tools such as:

AI-assisted drafting and design automation

Intelligent QA/QC workflows

Proposal automation and pursuit intelligence

Knowledge management systems and reusable design libraries

Digital delivery standards for multi-office execution

Build an innovation pipeline: identify use cases, measure benefits, and create adoption playbooks that spread across regions.

Delivery Excellence Performance Management

Ensure consistent delivery of high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective engineering solutions across water/wastewater, civil, and transportation services.

Track and report on KPI performance including pipeline, bookings, revenue growth, effectiveness of regulato…