Get hands-on with real land entitlement work most engineers don't see until year ten.
We're hiring a Junior Civil Engineer to work directly alongside a team of land planning professionals with 35+ years of combined experience, managing entitlement projects for a U.S. real estate investment fund, from initial site layout through final county approval. Fully remote.
A U.S. real estate fund built around a niche most engineers never get exposed to
Phoenix RE Capital is a Delaware-based real estate investment fund specializing in land entitlement and minor subdivision projects: we acquire undervalued land and increase its value 50-200% by securing the zoning approvals, permits, and subdivision plats needed to make it build-ready, then sell to homebuilders and developers.
Most real estate investors avoid this segment because of its regulatory complexity. That complexity is exactly why the engineers who learn to navigate it become indispensable, and why we're building this role from the ground up around someone who wants to specialize in it early, with real exposure to how an active investment fund actually operates.
What land entitlement actually involves
The U.S. has a housing deficit of more than 4 million homes, the widest gap in 14 years. The bottleneck isn't labor or capital, it's the shortage of build-ready, entitled land. Entitlement is the process, typically 18 to 36 months, run in direct coordination with the county and approving agencies, that turns raw land into a build-ready asset. It's the process you'll learn to run.
Identify & Acquire
Sourcing undervalued land in high-growth markets through off-market channels and the fund's network.
Due Diligence
Feasibility studies: zoning analysis, environmental review, infrastructure and utility access, comparable sales.
Entitlement Process
Managing government approvals: zoning changes, conditional use permits, subdivision plats, environmental clearances.
Value Creation
Approved land commands a 50-200% premium, becoming a build-ready asset that homebuilders actively compete for.
Exit to Builder
Sale to a homebuilder or developer at market value. Zero construction risk, a clean, high-margin exit.
Junior Civil Engineer, Land Entitlements & Project Management
You'll join the team managing entitlement projects, both for the fund's own deals and for our partners'. You'll work alongside our senior land planning professionals through every phase: preliminary site layout, feasibility and civil review, county submittals, and final approval, through to delivery of a build-ready parcel to the builder. This isn't an administrative support role: you'll be the coordination point between the technical team, the county, approving agencies, and the fund.
Direct interface with counties and approving agencies
Manage zoning, permitting, and subdivision plat submittals on behalf of the fund, in coordination with the senior team.
End-to-end technical involvement
From preliminary site layout through civil review, due diligence, and final approval, you follow every phase.
Project management of the full due diligence process
Feasibility studies, zoning analysis, comparable sales, coordination with surveyors and civil engineering consultants.
Real estate specific tools for project tracking
You'll run projects using dedicated tools built for the entitlement workflow, tracking milestones and reporting at every stage.
Regular progress reporting
Update the fund manager and team on project status, milestones hit, and risks to manage.
Ownership through final delivery
Carry each project to a final approved plan, ready for sale to the builder.
This isn't an entry-level filing job. It's an early specialization in a niche most engineers never touch.
Real mentorship, real access, real deals, with actual capital behind them.
Mentorship from professionals with 35+ years of experience
Our senior land planning team has run dozens of active projects and manages a $100M+ portfolio. You learn from people who built this specialty.
Real on-the-job training, on live deals
Not case studies, you work active projects with real capital, spread across 13 U.S. states in the team's track record.
Direct access to top-tier professionals
From the fund's advisors, including a former Bloomberg Top 10 hedge fund manager and a $607M AUM fund manager, to a network built over decades in municipal land planning.
A direct line to the team
Weekly calls dedicated to guidance, feedback, and direction on every phase of your projects.
A path that may lead to a long-term role
Engineers who prove out may become part of the core team, including work on deals for our partners outside the fund itself. Not guaranteed, but the real trajectory for the right person.
Fully remote, full autonomy
No office requirement. Company phone and professional tools provided.
Exposure to institutional real estate
Work inside a fund structured under SEC rules (Delaware LP, Reg D), a track most engineers don't encounter this early in their career.
A rare, in-demand specialty
Most engineers never touch entitlement work directly. The ones who do become highly marketable across land development firms, real estate funds, and municipal work.
The kind of projects you'll be working on
These aren't academic case studies, they're closed or active fund deals. Queens Chapel, in particular, is the active project the selected candidate will start working on immediately.
Mill Creek Road
Austinburg, OhioReserve at Moccasin Bayou
AlabamaQueens Chapel
South CarolinaPast performance is not indicative of future results. Data reflects the fund's acquisition pipeline as of May 2026.
The right fit, more than the perfect résumé
No prior entitlement experience required, that's exactly what you'll learn on the job, working alongside our senior land planning team. We're looking for a strong civil engineering foundation, real curiosity about land development, and the discipline to own a project end to end.
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, recent graduate or up to ~2 years of experience
- Familiarity with site civil concepts: zoning, grading, utilities, subdivision platting, from coursework or internship experience
- EIT (Engineer in Training) certification is a plus, not required
- U.S.-based or able to work U.S. business hours, you'll be liaising directly with county offices
- Organized, detail-oriented, comfortable owning multiple project phases in parallel
Paid hourly, in line with market rates
Hourly compensation, not project-based
This role is paid on an hourly basis, in line with current market rates for a Junior Civil Engineer. The exact rate will be discussed and agreed during the interview, based on your experience and availability.
Four steps to joining the team
Apply
Submit your profile through the form below, two minutes, no rigid résumé format required.
Intro Call
30 minutes with the team to understand your background, motivation, and availability.
Technical Interview
A direct conversation with the senior team about the role, the compensation, and real project work.
Onboarding
Initial training, tools provided, straight onto the first active project.
Learn the real estate specialty of tomorrow, in the field, today
A single position, a real career track. Tell us who you are, we'll get back to you within a few days.
