Nichole Langley
Nichole Langley is an Associate and Senior Project Manager at Highpoint Engineering, where she has been a foundational team member since the firm’s launch in 2010. With more than 25 years of experience in civil engineering and land development, she specializes in site design, stormwater management solutions, site planning, and permitting. A graduate of Wentworth Institute of Technology, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Nichole combines technical expertise with a strong commitment to mentorship and industry advancement.
Nichole began her career in 2001 at Cubellis Associates, Inc., where she worked closely with colleagues who would later become co-founders of Highpoint Engineering. When Cubellis closed in 2009, she joined the four-member team that established Highpoint, helping grow the company from day one. Over the years, her role has evolved from project management and design to executive leadership responsibilities. She now oversees complex land development projects, maintains key client relationships, presents before municipal boards such as Conservation Commissions and Zoning Boards, and plays an active role in business development and strategic growth initiatives.
In addition to her project leadership, Nichole manages Highpoint’s co-op program, mentoring civil engineering students from her alma mater and fostering the next generation of industry professionals. She serves on the Economic Development Board of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce and is an active member of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women). Her dedication to excellence and leadership in the field has earned her recognition, including being named among the Outstanding Women in Commercial Real Estate by the Boston Real Estate community. Through her technical skill, community involvement, and commitment to quality, Nichole continues to shape impactful development projects across Massachusetts.
• Title V Inspector Certification
• Wentworth Institute of Technology - BS
• Trailblazing Women in Commercial Real Estate Award - Boston Real Estate Journal
• CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women)
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• South Shore Chamber of Commerce
• Arc of the South Shore
• Road to Responsibility
• Friendship Home
What do you attribute your success to?
I think I've been lucky in my career to have some great mentors. It started with Don Springetti, who was the principal at Cubellis when I first started, and he was a very knowledgeable man, and very patient, and he took the time to help me. He was always very reassuring to me in saying, oh, you're gonna do great things, and he took the time to help me figure things out. Then, I met Doug Hartnett and Michael Fabiano, who are both now the owners of High Point, where I work. I started working with Michael Fabiano in 2001, and Doug Hartnett in 2004, and I've been lucky to grow my career with them. I trust them, they trust me, and they've kind of helped shape me who I am as a professional.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've ever received is probably to not second-guess myself, to be true to who I am, and if I'm not sure, ask. Don't be afraid to say to someone, I don't know that answer, instead of making something up and telling them you'll get back to them. Being as true to yourself and your clients as you can be, so that there's no mystery or no falsehoods that you say to them. Just be confident in your ability, and what you don't know, you don't know, and you can find it out. You want to be a good person. You want to be a trusted person.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would tell young women entering my industry to make sure they try everything. Don't settle. Don't get pigeonholed into something. Make sure you're doing something you love, because in the future, that's going to be so important. Be confident in yourself. Don't second-guess yourself, and ask questions, because that's how you learn. Find people that are more experienced than you, watch how they do things, ask them questions, and learn from them. You're not going to have all the answers in the beginning and just know that it's a process. I'm still learning new things each day. I told my last co-op student, who was a woman last summer, and she was great and very smart, to make sure she tries everything and doesn't settle, to make sure she's doing something she loves, and to be confident in herself.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
There are a couple different challenges in my field right now. We have global warming, as they say, or the rising sea elevations. Design is a lot stricter than it was in the past, which is a good thing because it protects the environment more, but it makes it much more challenging to come up with affordable solutions for developers. In order to provide the treatment of stormwater that's required can get very, very expensive nowadays. So trying to be creative and finding ways to not break the bank or make the project infeasible because of the high cost of the stormwater solution is definitely a challenge.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Taking pride in your work is most important to me. I would never put anything out that I'm not proud of, even if there's a rush or a deadline. I'm always making sure that whatever I do is done to the best of my abilities. I'm very detail-oriented, and doing the research up front to make sure there's no surprises during the process is important to me. I think just taking pride in your work and making sure you're doing the best that you can, with no cutting corners, is what matters most.