Geotechnical Design Manager

DGI - Menard INC•Mandeville, LA

22d

About The Position

The Geotechnical Design Manager will be responsible for technical reviews of all designs in the region, providing technical guidance, training, and mentoring to the regional design team. This role involves problem-solving, coordinating project meetings, communicating with clients, and serving as a senior technical resource for regional design issues. The manager will also perform design tasks as needed, assist the sales team with design input at the bid stage, and investigate complex issues. Logistically, the role includes managing workload, assigning new projects, overseeing project schedules, and ensuring deliverables are met. The manager will collaborate with other Regional Design Managers and the Director of Engineering for project coverage and will set and confirm adherence to project design procedures. Managerial duties include understanding team workload and morale, addressing personnel issues, conducting performance reviews, identifying training opportunities, fostering a team environment, hosting meetings, sharing lessons learned, coordinating onboarding, and holding regular check-ins for technical reviews. The role also involves coordinating and attending site visits, scheduling technical training, and serving as an advocate and liaison for regional designers.

Requirements

Strong understanding of geotechnical design and calculation principles.
Strong understanding and experience with ground improvement design and construction.
Proficient with slope stability analysis and finite element modeling.
Proficient with MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Familiar with AutoCAD.
Ability to effectively communicate in group settings.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to develop ideas and offer alternatives to facilitate solutions.
Ability to manage multiple commitments and consistently meet deadlines.
Master’s or bachelor’s degree in civil engineering plus 5-7 years of geotechnical design experience or coursework preferred -OR- any equivalent combination of education and experience which meets the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
Professional Engineering License

Responsibilities

Perform technical reviews of all designs in the region.
Provide technical guidance, training, and mentoring for the regional design team.
Get involved in problems and issues as they happen.
Coordinate internal and external project meetings, correspond with clients, and represent Menard well in all communications.
Serve as a senior technical resource and the main point of contact for regional design issues.
Perform design tasks, as needed.
Work with the sales team to provide design input at the bid stage.
Investigate issues or problems to find solutions, even when they are outside the scope of our typical work.
Manage overall workload and assign new projects for the regional design teams.
Manage project schedules and confirm that deliverable dates are met.
Work with other Regional Design Managers and the Director of Engineering to provide appropriate coverage of projects.
Set the general outline for project design and confirm adherence to that procedure.
Understand the designers’ workload, morale, technical or personnel issues and address items, as needed.
Perform performance reviews and identify training opportunities for the regional design engineers.
Provide a team environment for the regional design engineers.
Host regular Teams meetings or in-person meetings.
Inform regional design engineers of lessons learned or updates from other regions.
Coordinate the onboarding process for new members of the regional design team.
Hold regular check-in meetings to perform technical reviews and recaps of projects.
Coordinate and attend site visits to provide an understanding of how we execute our work.
Schedule technical training for new Design Engineers in Carnegie office.
Perform additional technical training for new Design Engineers during project work and as knowledge gaps or lack of training are identified.
Serve as an advocate for your regional designers and a liaison to upper management – communicate for them and to them.