Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.
Woodard & Curran is seeking an exceptional executive to lead our Consulting Division, an enterprise-wide role at the intersection of environmental services, professional engineering, technical leadership, and operational excellence. This leader will shape the future of our consulting businesses, strengthen integrated service delivery, and elevate performance across our water, environmental, and remediation practices.
This is a rare opportunity for a visionary, execution-oriented leader to influence how we deliver technically rigorous, client-focused solutions while advancing our mission and expanding our impact across the markets and communities we serve.
Office location is flexible and a virtual work arrangement can be accommodated. Travel up to 25%
About the Role
As the Consulting Division Leader, you will serve as the architect of a unified, high-performing environmental consulting organization. You will drive operational integration across diverse consulting disciplines, ensure consistent technical and project delivery excellence, and champion the systems, talent, and frameworks that enable scale, predictability, and innovation.
Partnering closely with executive leadership, you will help translate strategy into execution—guiding long-range planning, annual business plans, and enterprise initiatives that support sustainable growth, technical leadership, and client success.
This is a highly visible role requiring strategic insight, deep understanding of environmental and engineering consulting, strong project management discipline, and an inspiring leadership presence.
Why Woodard & Curran?
At Woodard & Curran, you’ll join a mission driven, people first firm committed to solving complex environmental and infrastructure challenges. You will lead within an organization that values innovation, empowers its leaders, and invests deeply in its people and clients. Your leadership will directly influence the success of our consulting businesses and strengthen our ability to deliver positive, measurable impact across communities nationwide!
What will you be doing at Woodard & Curran?
- Shape and execute a cohesive consulting strategy aligned with enterprise priorities and long term market opportunities.
- Partner across divisions—including Integrated Solutions, O&M, and Corporate Services—to support seamless, turnkey project delivery.
- Lead consulting planning efforts, annual operating plans, and executive level reporting.
- Build and implement standardized systems, processes, and tools that elevate delivery quality and operational predictability.
- Oversee the Project Management Office to ensure effective project execution, resource management, financial performance, and compliance.
- Foster agility and operational discipline across multiple consulting businesses.
- Develop and mentor high performing teams, creating consistent pathways for growth, skill development, and succession.
- Partner with Talent Management to attract, engage, and retain exceptional consulting talent.
- Build a culture rooted in collaboration, accountability, connection, and high performance.
- Support large, complex client engagements and ensure project teams deliver best in class service and technical rigor.
- Champion strong client relationships, integrated delivery approaches, and a culture of continuous improvement.
What will you need to succeed?
- 20+ years of industry experience, including at least 15 in senior operations leadership within environmental or engineering consulting.
- Demonstrated success leading large, matrixed organizations (1,000+ employees a plus).
- A proven ability to design and scale operational systems, drive financial performance, and enhance delivery quality.
- Exceptional leadership capabilities—visionary, decisive, courageous, and deeply collaborative.
- Strong project management acumen, business judgement, and the ability to balance enterprise standards with business specific needs.
- A track record of developing high performing teams and cultivating a culture of engagement and accountability.
- Outstanding communication, relationship building, and change leadership skills.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in engineering, business, or related field preferred.
Employee Support & Benefits
Retirement Savings:
•401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: The company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed
Time away from work:
•Observed holidays: Choose up to 8 holidays to observe annually
•Vacation: Accrued based on years of experience and calculated on hours worked
•Sick time: Paid sick time for non-work-related illness or injury.
•Parental leave: Up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding
Coverage and support for your needs and well-being:
•Disability: Paid short- and long-term disability
•Health: Medical plan options; plus dental and vision plans.
•Life: Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employees and families is available through Sun Life.
•Wellbeing: DarioMind assistance program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing resources.
Equal Employment Opportunity
If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to apply, please contact
Beth Sweitzer.
Inclusion & Belonging
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to apply, as we believe that different perspectives and experiences enrich our workplace and enhance our ability to serve our clients and communities effectively.
At Woodard & Curran, we are committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive work environment. We understand that the best solutions for our clients and communities come from a culture that nurtures the success and growth of all employees. As an employee-owned organization, our dedication to fostering growth, access and opportunity empowers us to serve our clients effectively and advance our mission of making a positive impact on the world. Our success is rooted in supporting our team members to reach their full potential, enabling us to deliver the most innovative, sound and effective solutions to improve our communities around us.
Non-Solicitation Disclosure:
Please be advised that we do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from recruitment agencies. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted without a signed contract in place will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for any referral fees. Recruitment agencies must have a valid signed agreement with our company prior to following the submission process to consider potential candidates.
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