AEC / 01
Water
Conveyance, treatment, and distribution — the engineers keeping clean water moving through growing communities.
Project Engineer · Project Manager · Practice Leader
Specialist Search · United States
Rare talent, precisely placed.
EKM Consulting Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy for two demanding markets: the AEC sector — water, wastewater, land development, hydraulic modeling, transportation, and civil site — and quantitative finance. Deep networks, honest advice, no volume game.
Sector 01 — Built & Natural Environment
AEC — Water & Civil Infrastructure
Engineers and leaders for the firms designing America's water systems, land, and transportation networks — from EIT to Principal and market-sector director.
Explore AEC recruitment →Sector 02 — Quantitative Finance
Quant Research, Trading & Technology
Quantitative researchers, traders, and engineers for hedge funds, prop trading firms, and market makers — where a single hire moves the P&L.
Explore quant recruitment →Sector 01 — AEC
Water & civil infrastructure, coast to coast.
We recruit for consulting engineering firms, contractors, and owners across the US — placing technical specialists and the leaders who grow practices. These are the disciplines we know inside out.
AEC / 02
Wastewater
Collection systems, treatment plants, and reuse programs, from plant upgrades to full facility design.
Process Engineer · Design Manager · Client Service Manager
AEC / 03
Land Development
Residential, commercial, and mixed-use development — site design talent for the firms shaping how America grows.
Civil Engineer · Land Development Manager · Office Leader
AEC / 04
Hydraulic Modeling
H&H specialists building the models behind stormwater, floodplain, and system master plans — a rare and in-demand skill set.
H&H Modeler · Water Resources Engineer · Modeling Lead
AEC / 05
Transportation
Roadway, highway, and traffic engineering for DOT programs and municipal networks nationwide.
Roadway Engineer · Traffic Engineer · Transportation PM
AEC / 06
Civil Site
Site civil design across grading, drainage, utilities, and permitting — the backbone of every built project.
Site Civil Engineer · Project Manager · Department Head
Careers are built one right conversation at a time.
The EKM standard
Sector 02 — Quantitative Finance
Where one hire moves the P&L.
A separate practice with a separate network. We work with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and market makers on searches where the margin for error is zero — and discretion is everything.
QF / 01
Quant Research
Alpha researchers and signal generators across equities, futures, FX, and crypto — systematic and mid-frequency.
QF / 02
Quant Trading
Systematic and discretionary-quant traders, from junior seats to portfolio managers with a track record.
QF / 03
Quant Development
Low-latency engineers, research platform builders, and core infrastructure developers in C++, Python, and Rust.
QF / 04
Risk & ML
Quantitative risk, machine learning researchers, and data scientists supporting the trading stack.
Every quant search is handled with strict confidentiality — for candidates under non-competes and firms protecting their edge alike.
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How we work
Depth over volume. Always.
Generalist agencies send stacks of résumés. We send three people worth meeting. That difference comes from actually knowing the market we recruit in.
Sector fluency
We speak your language
Whether it's SWMM models and lift stations or Sharpe ratios and latency budgets, our consultants understand the work — so we can qualify talent properly before you ever see a profile.
Curated shortlists
Three to meet, not thirty to filter
Every shortlist is hand-built from mapped networks and direct approaches. If we can't find the right person, we tell you — and we tell you why.
Long-term view
Partners, not vendors
We measure success in retention and repeat business, not placement counts. Most of our work comes from clients and candidates who came back.
Ready to make your next critical hire?
Tell us about the role — or the career move — and we'll give you a straight answer on how we can help.