Management consulting and investment banking for engineering and construction firms
FMI is a 70-year-old consulting and investment-banking firm focused exclusively on the built environment. The tech stack reveals a traditional professional-services operating model: Microsoft 365, Salesforce, NetSuite, and Tableau dominate, with no AI/ML or modern data tooling in active use. Active hiring spans consulting, finance, operations, and strategy roles at mid-level seniority, while projects show internal operational friction—email security migrations, SIEM onboarding, research-workflow modernization—suggesting the firm is tightening internal controls and analytics infrastructure rather than expanding service delivery.
Notable leadership hires: Program Director
FMI advises engineering, construction, and infrastructure companies on management strategy, performance improvement, and capital transactions through its consulting and investment-banking divisions. The firm operates from Raleigh, North Carolina, and serves mid-market and large clients across heavy civil, cleantech, and environmental sectors. Active projects focus on operational due diligence, construction-performance optimization, and client data analytics, alongside internal modernization efforts in cybersecurity and research workflows. The consulting-heavy hiring mix reflects steady demand for advisory capacity.
FMI uses Microsoft 365 (Defender, Entra ID, Office, Teams), Salesforce, NetSuite, Tableau, Power BI, HubSpot, and DealCloud. The stack is traditional enterprise SaaS with no modern data or AI platforms active.
Internal projects include email security policy migration, SIEM data onboarding, onboarding automation and SSO integration, and modernizing research workflows and client analytics processes.
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