RECRUITING FOR HEAVY CIVIL INFRA ENGINEERING
OPTEK PARTNERS LLC
PRECISION SEARCH POWERED BY ENGINEERING EXPERTISE.
Using custom in-house AI tooling, on-staff engineers, and tenured recruiters, we run technically informed recruiting campaigns at scale and with precision that nobody else can match.
WHAT WE DO
Sector 00
DEPARTMENT & PRACTICE LEADERS
Placing senior leadership for infrastructure-focused design firms. We identify Department Managers, Practice Leaders, and Regional Directors who can scale teams and win work.
Sector 01
STRUCTURAL & BRIDGE ENGINEERS
Engineers who design and rehabilitate bridges, box culverts, MSE walls, and drainage structures. We source structural talent with DOT standards experience and PE licensure for infrastructure-focused design firms.
Sector 02
PROJECT ENGINEERS & MANAGERS
Mid-level talent that keeps projects on schedule and clients happy. We find PEs and PMs with DOT, municipal, and private-sector delivery experience.
Sector 03
CEI PROFESSIONALS
Resident Engineers, Senior Inspectors, and Contract Support Specialists for DOT and municipal oversight. Navigating the industry's most critical talent bottleneck.
Sector 04
WATER & UTILITIES ENGINEERS
Specialists in water resources, stormwater, wastewater, and utility design. We place engineers for municipal projects, treatment facilities, and infrastructure systems.
Sector 05
Environmental engineers
Specialists in environmental impact assessments, wetland delineation, stormwater permitting, and erosion control design. We find engineers fluent in state and federal environmental regulations for DOT and municipal infrastructure.
Sector 06
Market INTELLIGENCE
Comprehensive market mapping and competitive intelligence. We track hiring signals, salary benchmarks, and backlog strength—so you find candidates before your competitors know they exist.
COMPETITIVE CONSULTATION
Sector 07
We don't just fill roles—we arm you with intelligence. Our market reports analyze competitor hiring activity, compensation trends, contract awards, and talent movement. The result: a strategic foundation that informs workforce planning before and long after a placement is made.
Sector 08
Targeted Recruting Campagins
Powered by custom agentic AI, we build campaigns that target candidates invisible to traditional recruiters. We map the talent landscape, identify passive candidates, and execute precision outreach at granular scale. Before you see a resume, every candidate is technically vetted by a licensed engineer.
TARGETED TALENT Pipelines DRIVEN BY MARKET INTELLIGENCE
OpTek Partners builds intelligence-driven recruiting campaigns. Our custom and engineer informed agentic AI maps real-time market intelligence revealing who's scaling, who's bleeding talent, and who's ready to move before the market knows.
We're a long-term partner, not a vendor. Continuous market intelligence informs your workforce planning and compensation strategy—so when critical roles open, we move fast because the work is already done.
THE OPTEK DIFFERENCE
Traditional Recruiters
- Generic outreach and "spray-and-pray" headhunting tactics
- Limited understanding of senior technical engineering requirements
- Slow, manual search cycles with poor quality shortlists
- Key word searches and asking AI Chat bots: "is this a good one?"
- High turnover risk due to poor cultural and technical vetting
OpTek Partners
- Technical screening performed by licensed in-house engineers
- Custom granular AI-driven market intelligence distilled from thousands of market data-points
- Aggressive human-in-the-loop validation and customization baked into our Intelligence Platform desinged by an in-house AI tools developer
- High-speed shortlisting specifically for heavy civil design firms
- Expert and tenured recruiting for targeted outreach and delivery