Philadelphia-based Hill International announced that J. Charles Levergood, P.E. has joined the company as senior vice president and is in charge of business development for the Americas region of Hill’s project management group.

Levergood will be based out of the company’s Washington, D.C. office. Levergood is a professional engineer with 33 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry. Prior to joining Hill, he worked for 13 years at Pasadena, Calif.-based Jacobs Engineering Group in a variety of positions, most recently as vice president of mega sales and global strategy for Jacobs’ global buildings and infrastructure group.