CEI Manager - Northeastern Florida Region

Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

At Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP, we are "People Focused and Project Driven". We have been in business for more than 110 years and we are known for our quality work and promoting employee career growth. We are seeking the very best and most talented to join our team of approximately 250 Construction Management & Inspection staff and more than 1,000 professionals. This is your chance to join our team - help us take on today’s challenges, develop vision solutions, innovate, design, and build the multi-modal infrastructure that transforms the world’s future mobility, safety, and environmental needs! As we enter our 111th year in consulting engineering, we are seeking individuals who are eager to work in a collaborative team-focused environment where creativity, energy, and innovation are rewarded with promotions and challenging roles on interesting projects and career developing practice building. WRA is seeking an experienced CEI Senior Construction Manager to develop and build WRA’s CEI practice in Northeastern Florida out of our existing Jacksonville Office. WRA is a recognized leader in providing CEI services throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, with approximately 250 CEI staff. This position will be instrumental in expanding WRA’s CEI services into Northeastern Florida; implementing strategies for growth for WRA’s Northeastern Florida CEI practice; developing teaming partner and client relationships; pursuing work with FDOT, local governments, and other CEI clients; hiring and managing CEI staff; performing services on successfully awarded projects; and managing area contracts from successful award to contract closeout.

Requirements

Applicants must demonstrate progressive transportation construction engineering and inspection leadership and management experience, performing the duties associated with the position, including extensive knowledge of and management of roadway and bridge construction programs/projects in Florida, personnel management, and business development.
Experience working on Florida Department of Transportation programs and projects required.
Minimum 10 years of FDOT Construction Engineering Inspection / Construction Management experience
Demonstrated experience on a broad range of project types, including Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build, and for a broad range of clients including FDOT and local governments
Demonstrated business development and client services management experience
CEI experience assigned to FDOT projects and/or local government transportation projects
Excellent communication skills required for establishing and maintaining relationships with clients including:
Client relationship development and maintenance
Marketing for CEI pursuits and proposal development
Contract and task management
CEI personnel management and mentoring
CEI team building and training
Construction Partnering expertise
Excellent oral and technical writing skills including:
Oral presentation skills for client interviews (In-Person and virtual)
Proposal writing - technical and task proposals
Construction Progress Reports for status reports and invoicing
Construction schedule reviews and reports
Meeting agendas
Microsoft Office applications including MS Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
Ability to develop and manage scope, manhour and fee estimates, and schedules
Experience mentoring, training, and managing staff
Ability to manage and lead multiple projects and assignments, and develop a team’s positive attitude and willingness to work cooperatively through team leadership

Nice To Haves

4 Year BS degree in relevant discipline preferred
Certified Construction Manager (CCM) certificate desirable
Experience as a Senior Project Engineer or Project Administrator on FDOT projects
Experience working on local government administered programs/projects preferred
Experience performing CPM scheduling, constructability reviews, claims analysis and other project controls services preferred
Construction scheduling experience using Primavera P6, MS Projects, and PSP certified (all desired)
Construction phase engineering services experience with RFI’s, schedules, pay request documentation and monitoring, and field verifications of design (all preferred)
Experience with utility projects, including public utilities, IT (fiber optics) and private dry utilities by others

Responsibilities

The CEI Senior Construction Manager – Northeastern Region will be an integral part of strategizing, growing, initiating and implementing WRA’s CEI practice in Northeastern Florida out of WRA’s Jacksonville Office.
The position will collaborate with WRA’s Florida CEI Manager and Transportation leadership team, and WRA’s Executive CEI leadership to develop and implement a plan to grow WRA’s CEI practice in Northeastern Florida, including developing and advancing existing teaming partner and client relationships; supporting business development efforts to pursue CEI opportunities in Northeast Florida; assisting in preparing Letters of Response for Project Advertisements and Requests for Proposal; leading teams in pursuing potential work and securing project assignments; preparing CEI scopes and budgets for submission and negotiation; overseeing the hiring, managing, training and retaining CEI staff for awarded work; managing contracts and performing technical assignments awarded to WRA on Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build projects with federal, state and local clients and funding sources; assuring high quality of work and client satisfaction; reviewing and approving invoices; and supporting WRA’s other planning and engineering services in Northeast Florida.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule options
Competitive salary
Leave accrual and paid holidays
Healthcare benefits
Group Life Insurance, as well as additional optional life Insurance, short and long term disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care reimbursement
401(k) Retirement Plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
Parental and maternity leave benefits