Senior Civil Designer/Project Lead
The selected individual will be responsible for leading various civil-site engineering and site planning tasks, including but not limited to jurisdictional zoning code research and interpretation, spatial infrastructure layout, grading plans, roadway plan and profile, utility layout and coordination, and erosion control typically associated with telecommunication, renewable energy, and small commercial (data center, fiber huts, etc.) site development plans. The ability to manage multiple projects from feasibility assessment through the issuance of a building permit, including correspondence with subcontractors, governing agencies, and client representatives is required.
The selected candidate will be expected to lead projects from scoping to completion, including but not limited to:
- Completing spatial layout of telecommunication, renewable energy, and small commercial facilities based on governing municipality zoning requirements.
- Completing and optimizing design of facilities from an earthwork, drainage, spatial, construction feasibility, and cost-efficiency perspective.
- Performing design tasks including roadway plan / profile, grading, erosion control, and permitting.
- Coordinating with client representatives, governing agency personnel, and other project stakeholders to determine various design and permitting requirements.
- Managing projects to ensure they are on time, on budget and within scope.
- Coordinating with sub-consultants and intra-company personnel to provide clients with turn-key solutions.
- Attending site meetings with client representatives to discuss design concept and solutions.
- Reviewing and QA/QC of assigned tasks completed by other engineering and technical staff.
- Assisting younger engineers and drafters regarding site development design and drafting principles
Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the selected individual should be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic and social ability to succeed in a fast- paced environment where communication with co-workers and strategic partners is paramount.
Land Acquisition Specialist
Delta Oaks Group is seeking a Land Acquisition Specialist to support our telecommunications, fiber, renewable energy, commercial, and governmental infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will drive site identification, landowner engagement, and lease negotiation efforts, ensuring timely delivery of land rights and easements. Ideal applicants will have hands-on experience securing ground leases, option agreements, and permits, combined with strong interpersonal skills and a thorough understanding of real-estate due diligence and regulatory requirements.
The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of land acquisition workflows, property-owner negotiations, and site feasibility assessments. You will serve as the primary point of contact for landowners, legal teams, and internal stakeholders throughout the acquisition lifecycle. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as the role involves coordinating with internal teams, clients, and regulatory agencies.
- Identify and qualify prospective sites through mapping tools, public records, and field reconnaissance.
- Conduct detailed site-feasibility analyses, evaluating zoning, access, environmental, and utility constraints including civil design issues.
- Initiate and manage outreach to landowners, brokers, and property managers to secure site selection and leasing rights.
- Draft, review, and negotiate landowner agreements, including ground leases, option contracts, and easements.
- Collaborate with legal and title teams to obtain title commitments and resolve encumbrances
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of site acquisition activities. Prepare reports, summaries, and documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
- Proactively identify and address site selection challenges (including zoning and permitting, environmental, and landowner concerns). Collaborate with cross-functional teams to find creative solutions and ensure project success.
- Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of zoning and building review procedures including the ability to comprehend Civil/A&E/Environmental deliverables, thoroughly assessing materials for accuracy and clarity in the site acquisition process.
- Cultivate positive relationships with local planning departments, zoning boards, landowners, and community stakeholders. Represent the company in zoning hearings and community meetings.
- Work closely with internal teams to coordinate the site acquisition aspects of various industry projects. Ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the selected individual should be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic and social ability to succeed in a fast- paced environment where communication with co-workers and strategic partners is paramount.
Construction Foreman
The individual will be responsible for directing the field execution of construction projects and managing a crew of field personnel for the Construction and Maintenance Department in the telecommunications vertical. Positional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, project management, field technical evaluations, troubleshooting, rigging, and crew management while ensuring quality work in compliance with project design and safety requirements. This position requires a minimum of two (2) years of demonstrated experience as a crew foreman in the telecommunications construction field.
The Foreman will be required to manage the day-to-day aspects of construction projects and field crews. Positional responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Thorough understanding of and ability to safely direct field crews and perform ground and aerial construction work for telecommunication structures
- Demonstrated knowledge of tower components, tower connections, and foundations including the ability to read and understand construction documents and plans
- Ability to effectively utilize company and/or client software systems to provide daily updates and compile close-out packages for the various construction services as project requirements dictate
- Possess strong verbal and written communication skills to facilitate professional interaction with clients, vendors, internal personnel, and other project stakeholders
- Strictly obey and enforce all safety in accordance with company, client, industry, and governmental regulations and policies
- Ability to troubleshoot site specific field issues and effectively communicate with engineering and management to promote timely and safe solutions
- Knowledge of rigging techniques and principles including compilation of project specific rigging plans
- Detailed oriented
- Manage project specific budgets based on job cost analysis
- Provide training and support, including hands-on training, to field crews
- Ability to operate and provide general maintenance on mechanical equipment and possess the ability to identify materials, tools, and specialty equipment required to complete project scopes
- Possess strong housekeeping skills to maintain well-organized, clean, and secure project sites, vehicles, trailers, toolboxes, and equipment
- Ability to work well with your hands
Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the selected candidate(s) should be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic and social ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment where timely communication with co-workers is paramount
Tower Infrastructure Inspector
Delta Oaks Group is seeking individuals to perform tower and foundation inspection services in the telecommunication vertical. These services include but are not limited to various tower structural, maintenance, construction and foundation inspections. Career and/or educational experience associated with gathering telecommunication structure field data and the inspection methodology required to obtain such data is a plus.
This position is responsible for gathering structural field data for telecommunication structures under the direction of the Compliance Manager and Director. The selected individual(s) will be required to perform inspections as a part of a two-person crew with little supervision. Anticipated tasks include but are not limited to:
-
-
- Ascending telecommunication structures (typically ranging from 10 feet to in-excess of 300 feet of height) to perform structural mappings, maintenance inspections and construction inspections
- Performing foundation investigations for buried concrete elements to include non-destructive testing, physical probing, hand augering and hand excavation
- Successfully complete and maintain the required training and certifications to adhere to all government, industry and company standards; including all applicable safety requirements
- Developing a working knowledge and thorough familiarity with codes and standards relating to telecommunication structures, including TIA/EIA-222 requirements
- Adhere to all government, industry and safety standards and procedures
- Ability to work in two-person teams independently with limited supervision
- Prepare drawings and field sketches
- Demonstrate effective communication skills and professional demeanor while interacting with clients, co-workers, landowners, client representatives and regulatory safety officials
- Representing Delta Oaks Group in a professional manner at all times on field rotation trips
- Appropriate utilization of company equipment and property including adherence to all applicable safety, maintenance, storage and security protocols
-
The selected individual will be expected to have or develop a thorough understanding of telecommunications mapping services, procedures and techniques. Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the selected candidate(s) should be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic and social ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment where timely communication with co-workers is paramount
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
The CFO owns and drives the financial strategy, operations, systems, and reporting infrastructure to optimize profitability, increase enterprise value, and support long-term scalability. This hands-on executive partners with the CEO and leadership team to shape strategic direction, identify growth opportunities, and prepare the company for capital events such as M&A or private investment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Financial Strategy & Executive Leadership
- Owns and drives all aspects of financial strategy, serving as the CEO’s key financial advisor.
- Leads strategic planning and capital structuring to support growth objectives, geographic expansion, and potential transactions.
- Designs and implements predictive financial models to guide decision-making, mitigate risk, and drive profitability.
2. Operational Excellence & Margin Expansion
- Partners with operations leadership to optimize project profitability and operational efficiency.
- Owns the development and implementation of cost management frameworks, including benchmarking against industry norms.
- Drives ROI analysis for new initiatives, markets, and service lines to ensure resource allocation is aligned with company objectives.
3. Reporting, Forecasting & KPI Ownership
- Owns and drives the monthly and quarterly close process to deliver accurate, timely reporting by department, service line, and geography.
- Develops and maintains rolling forecasts, variance analysis, and dynamic dashboards to provide forward-looking insights.
- Builds a KPI architecture aligned with company OKRs to monitor and influence department performance.
4. Cash Flow & Capital Readiness
- Owns and manages short- and long-term cash planning to ensure liquidity, healthy working capital, and investment capacity.
- Leads financial readiness for M&A, investment, or recapitalization, including data room development, earnings normalization, and diligence preparation.
5. Systems, Process & Scalability
- Evaluates and selects accounting/ERP platforms that enable scalability, technical discipline-based reporting, and automation of manual workflows.
- Owns the design and implementation of SOPs for all finance-related processes, removing CEO dependency.
- Champions automation and AI-based tools to streamline reporting, AP/AR, invoicing, and reconciliation.
6. Budgeting & Planning
- Owns the annual budgeting process and leads quarterly reforecasting in collaboration with department heads.
- Ensures budget alignment with project timelines, resource constraints, and organizational priorities.
- Designs tools and templates to support decentralized, accountable budget management across teams.
7. Tax, Compliance & Risk Management
- Owns and oversees all income, property, and franchise tax matters in coordination with external tax advisors.
- Proactively recommends tax optimization strategies for both the company and its partners.
- Maintains compliance with all industry-specific regulatory and reporting requirements.
8. Banking, Treasury & Relationship Management
- Owns and leads all banking relationships, including optimization of credit facilities and capital access.
- Monitors treasury functions and proactively manages the company’s liquidity strategy.
- Evaluates capital structure options and proposes solutions aligned with growth goals.
9. People Development & Financial Culture Building
- Coaches department leaders on financial literacy and the key levers impacting their team’s performance.
- Cultivates a culture of fiscal discipline, transparency, and strategic accountability.
- Develops tools, training, and processes to empower cross-functional leaders to make data-informed decisions.
Experience & Qualifications
- 8–10+ years of progressive finance leadership, including 3+ years in a senior executive role.
- Experience in engineering, architecture, construction, or professional services industries is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success owning finance strategy, budgeting, and reporting in a high-growth, project-based environment.
- Deep understanding of job costing, WIP schedules, GAAP, revenue recognition, and project profitability.
- Proficiency in QuickBooks, Excel, and ERP systems (experience with system upgrades or implementations a strong plus).
- Strong command of financial modeling, business case development, and scenario planning.
- Demonstrated M&A experience strongly preferred
- Collaborative, proactive, and roll-up-your-sleeves mindset with the executive presence to lead through influence.
Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the selected individual should be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic and social ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment where communication with co-workers and strategic partners is paramount.
Vice President - Fiber Infrastructure Development
Delta Oaks Group is seeking a highly motivated individual to fulfil the Vice President role for Fiber Infrastructure Development. This individual will be responsible for managing and setting the enterprise fiber strategy.
The responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the following:
-
Set the Enterprise Fiber Strategy
- Own the development (feasibility → construction → handoff) playbook for DCI, long-haul, metro, and campus builds (OSP with ISP handoff), including route diversity, resiliency, acceptance criteria, and documentation standards.
- Define KPIs for safety, design, quality, schedule, and cost; drive continuous improvement and standardization
-
Lead Programs End-to-End
- Lead project scoping, pricing, scheduling, workforce planning, and the development and evaluation of production KPIs
- Develop, scale and implement multi-market programs/protocols that govern the fiber infrastructure development process from feasibility → audit → design → permitting → construction → testing → handoff.
- Govern QA/QC for feasibility, permitting, plan sets, splice schematics, BOMs, redlines/as-builts; ensure complete OTDR and power-meter acceptance packages.
-
Client Engagement & Growth
- Leverage your network to originate and expand enterprise programs; shape SOWs, pricing, and proposals; serve as executive sponsor.
- Lead and participate in Client facing conversations to understand Client needs, resolve issues, serves as an escalation point and deepens Client Relationships
-
ROW, Easements & Complex Stakeholders
- Direct ROW/permitting across DOTs, municipalities/counties, utilities, and railroads; oversee MOT/TCP/TTCP, inspections, and compliance.
-
People & Partners
- Build, coach, and scale a high-performing team (PMs, designers, field engineers, inspectors)
Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the candidate should be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic and social ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment where communication with co-workers and strategic partners is paramount.
Vice President of Geotechnical Engineering
Delta Oaks Group is a multi-discipline Engineering and Inspections firm focusing on civil infrastructure in the telecommunications, energy, utility, and commercial industries. We are founded on the core belief that the Company’s success is only achieved through focusing on the two most important assets of the technical service business: our clients and our employees.
Delta Oaks Group is seeking an individual to lead its Geotechnical Engineering services in the telecommunication, energy, utility, and commercial sectors. The ideal candidate will strategically complement existing leadership and better position Delta Oaks Group for its next phase of growth through the strengthening of current industry contacts, recruitment efforts, technical breadth, operational strategy, and business acumen. This is an opportunity to join the executive team of an established turn-key engineering firm that has generated 50% revenue and 60% profit growth over the past 3 years while maintaining above-industry standard profit margins and increasing head count by 100% over that same time frame.
If you are an aspiring or current executive seeking an exciting opportunity to elevate your career by personally tailoring the further development of a Geotechnical Engineering group without the constraints often associated with larger firms, but with minimized risks of an established company that features a consistent client base, a team of talented engineers, supporting operational and production processes and proven deliverables, please review the details below and consider applying.
The Vice President role is critical for The Company’s future, and we are seeking a candidate with a special combination of technical expertise, business development skills, and a passion for leadership and entrepreneurial growth. This role is ideally suited for an aspiring or current executive capable of using their experience, business acumen, management abilities, and industry contacts to guide a team of talented engineers to an expanded level of success. Anticipated tasks include but are not limited to:
- Accountable for the fiscal responsibility and sound financial management of their department through developing, recognizing, and implementing practices that increase revenues and decrease costs as well as driving revenue generation through client development and retention.
- Evaluate existing workflows and processes and determine which require documentation, cross-training, redesign, or automation.
- Maximize utilization of existing resources, equipment, and personnel, making changes as necessary
- Lead the formulation and implementation of a strategic plan that guides the direction of the department and achieves the department’s financial initiatives.
- Review and track departmental financial performance and budgets, including the communication and resolution of significant variances as well as the authorization of budget expenditures.
- Recruit, manage, and retain department personnel, including ensuring that their team has the right processes and tools to be successful.
- Manage department personnel and lead them to success through the implementation of innovative and efficient procedures and processes.
- Oversee the development of standard operating procedures for Geotechnical Engineering services.
- Serve as a senior technical resource for department personnel.
- Perform quality inspection of department deliverables, providing coaching/training to teams as necessary to improve delivered product.
- Contribute to the sales and profitability of the business through strategic business development.
- Develop client relationships, client retention practices, and grow/maintain revenue streams.
- Maintain awareness of both the external and internal competitive landscape, opportunities for expansion, customers, markets, and new industry developments and standards.
The selected individual will be expected to have a thorough understanding of Geotechnical Engineering services, particularly in the telecommunications and/or energy sector, including how they contribute to and affect the successful delivery of a turn-key end product from both a technical and scheduling standpoint. Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the selected candidate must be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic, interpersonal communication, and sociability skills to succeed in a fast-paced environment where timely, professional, and effective communication with co-workers, clients and strategic partners is paramount.
Construction Technician
The individual will be responsible for construction project duties for the Construction and Maintenance Department in the telecommunications vertical. Positional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting with conducting telecommunication tower construction and maintenance, troubleshooting, and ensuring quality workmanship in compliance with project design and safety requirements. The position requires zero (0) or up to two (2) years of tower construction or related experience.
The Technician will be required to execute the day-to-day tasks of construction projects. Positional responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Ability to safely perform ground and aerial construction work for telecommunication structures
- Develop a knowledge of tower components, tower connections, and foundations including the ability to read and understand construction documents and plans
- Possess strong verbal communication skills
- Strictly obey safety practices and policies in accordance with company, client, industry, and governmental regulations and policies
- Perform work duties related to maintaining and installing hardware and equipment on wireless telecommunication sites
- Develop the ability to troubleshoot site specific field issues
- Obtain a basic knowledge of rigging techniques and principles including the ability to adhere to rigging plans
- Ability to learn construction means and methods via hands-on training
- Ability to operate equipment and possess the ability to identify materials, tools, and specialty equipment required to complete project scopes
- Assist with daily housekeeping to maintain well-organized, clean, and secure project sites, vehicles, trailers, toolboxes, and equipment
- Ability to work well with your hands
- Accurately complete travel expense reports and timesheets each week
Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the selected candidate(s) should be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic and social ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment where timely communication with co-workers is paramount
Construction Top Hand
The individual will be responsible for assisting with the field execution of construction projects for the Construction and Maintenance Department in the telecommunications vertical. Positional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the tower foreman with conducting telecommunication tower construction and maintenance, troubleshooting, and directing field personnel while ensuring quality work in compliance with project design and safety requirements. The position requires a minimum of two (2) years of tower construction experience.
The Top Hand will be required to assist the Foreman with executing the day-to-day aspects of construction projects and field crews. Positional responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Ability to assist with safely directing field crews and perform ground and aerial construction work for telecommunication structures
- Knowledge of tower components, tower connections, and foundations including the ability to read and understand construction documents and plans
- Possess strong verbal communication skills
- Strictly obey and assist the Foreman with enforcing safety in accordance with company, client, industry, and governmental regulations and policies
- Ability to troubleshoot site specific field issues
- Knowledge of rigging techniques and principles including the ability to adhere to rigging plans
- Provide hands-on training to field crews under the direction of the Foreman
- Ability to operate equipment and possess the ability to identify materials, tools, and specialty equipment required to complete project scopes
- Assist the Foreman with housekeeping to maintain well-organized, clean, and secure project sites, vehicles, trailers, toolboxes, and equipment
- Ability to work well with your hands
Due to the nature and limited timelines of most projects, the selected candidate(s) should be willing and capable of exhibiting the work ethic and social ability to succeed in a fast-paced environment where timely communication with co-workers is paramount
Geotechnical Engineer I
Delta Oaks Group is seeking an individual to perform various geotechnical engineering services, as part of our Geotechnical Engineering Department located in Raleigh, NC. These services include but are not limited to various technical evaluations as well as project management/administrative support services associated with the practice of geotechnical engineering. This position will require zero (0) to seven (7) years of experience within the geotechnical or similar engineering field. Experience with deep and shallow foundations, laboratory soil analyses, and technical reports issuance with limited supervision is a plus.
Under the supervision of senior engineering professionals, the selected individual will be expected to apply strong analytical skills in areas of geotechnical engineering across multiple markets, including the commercial and telecommunications industries. Anticipated tasks include but are not limited to:
-
- Soil and rock classification, soil laboratory testing and analysis
- Technical analyses of earth retention systems
- Technical analyses of shallow, deep, and specialized foundations
- Report and supporting document preparation and compilation (for all technical analyses)
- Providing communication and support services to subcontractor partners
- Knowledge of Bishop’s Method of Slices and Infinite Slope failure analysis is a plus