Assistant Engineering Director

GAI Consultants, Inc.•Cranberry Township, PA

70d•Onsite

About The Position

GAI Consultants seeks an Assistant Director of Engineering for our Pittsburgh, PA offices. This position will partner with GAI’s leadership to assist in the growth of the Pittsburgh market. As one of the region’s largest engineering firms, GAI has a significant presence in the Pittsburgh market with staff supporting numerous key public and private clients with exceptional planning, landscape architecture, surveying and engineering services. The successful candidate will play an integral role in growing the business and will have the opportunity for future growth with success.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. Engineering, master’s degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred.
Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.
Makes decisions with broad influence on activities of their organizations.
Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding projects and activities of major consequence.
Provides leadership and develops and engages others to create a common vision for their projects and the organization.
Assesses the acceptability of engineering economic analyses and the risks associated with solutions to complex engineering problems.
Evaluates solutions to complex problems that involve multiple specialty areas of engineering.
Assesses courses of resolution to ethical dilemmas in complicated situations.
Performs advisory or consulting work for the organization across broad project areas or within a specialized area with innovative/complex aspects.
Assesses practices and requirements to achieve sustainable performance of complex engineering projects from a systems perspective.
Oversees multiple large or multidiscipline project teams.
Develops projects needed for accomplishing the objectives of the practice.
Evaluates project management plans for complex engineering projects.
Develops risk mitigation plans to address project risks.
Evaluates effectiveness of leaders and teams.
Receives general administrative direction.
Develops organizational strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development.
Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership.
Represents the organization at important functions and conferences.

Nice To Haves

May manage projects, up to $250,000 in yearly value, without GAI President’s approval, but is a small component of overall work.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of project managers, engineers, and technicians for the implementation of public infrastructure projects and/or private land development projects.
Identify project pursuits, market clients, and manage pursuits including proposal and presentation preparation. Coordinate and develop proposed scope, schedule, and fee for projects pursued and lead the interview team.
Actively win new work from both new and existing clients by building and maintaining customer relationships, monitoring future work opportunities, communicating regularly, and attending client events.
Collaboration with other GAI services such as transportation, water, CEI, planning, and landscape architecture/planning to market and deliver full-service project opportunities to clients.
Directly manage projects on time and within the project budget and maintain a high level of client satisfaction.
Monitor and manage the financial aspects of all projects within the group.
Develop and implement strategic plans to grow client base and increase revenue.