Senior Project Engineer - Transportation

GAI Consultants • Jacksonville, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

GAI Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Project Manager with 18+ years of experience in Transportation and Roadway Design Management to join our talented and energetic team to work out of our Jacksonville, FL office. An ideal candidate has design experience and client relationships with FDOT and/or counties and municipalities in NE Florida. We are looking for a motivated person to join our team to build our business with sales and technical experience. This opportunity is an excellent opportunity for the right individual to grow into a leadership position. Excellent communication skills are required. The successful candidate must perform and manage related design/planning/engineering tasks in the transportation market. Technical experience in roadway design is required.

Requirements

• 18+ years of experience in Transportation and Roadway Design Management
• Design experience and client relationships with FDOT and/or counties and municipalities in NE Florida
• Motivated person to join our team to build our business with sales and technical experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Perform and manage related design/planning/engineering tasks in the transportation market
• Technical experience in roadway design
• B.S. in Engineering required
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states
• Driver’s License

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Technical execution and oversight of engineering projects
• Participation in project pursuits
• Management of technical projects
• Mentorship and development of junior staff
• Planning and managing projects with a wide range of value, with a single or multi-discipline focus
• Independently perform and guide others on the completion of transportation projects within the NE Florida region
• Delivering scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability of all projects managed
• Demonstrating mastery of project management concepts and using advanced techniques to effectively manage projects and portfolios by increasing productivity, efficiency, and accuracy
• Directly managing multiple projects with experience in managing over $1 Million of total annual billings
• Assembling and leading the project team to execute the scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability of all projects managed
• Working with Accounting staff to monitor and control project costs and billings to meet budgeted profit and to develop recovery plans as needed
• Serving as a seller/doer leading significant business development pursuits as company representative to the client, in the community, and with contractors
• Uses creativity, foresight, and mature judgment to anticipate and solve new problems
• Sets priorities and reconciles directions from competing interests
• Leads projects with complex features with work performed directly, or by others
• Integrates engineering economics and risk analysis into the solutions of complex engineering problems
• Integrates solutions to complex problems across specialty areas
• Demonstrates leadership
• Predominantly develops standards and guidelines
• Leads a project in the practice in their area of specialization
• Predominantly develops appropriate design alternatives for complex engineering projects that consider realistic requirements, constraints, community input, permitting, and other regulatory constraints
• Integrates advanced concepts to solve complex problems
• Oversees large or multidiscipline project teams
• Recommends personnel and funds required to carry out projects
• Oversees technical, legal, and financial issues of an entire project
• Integrates these components into a complete project management plan for a complex engineering project
• Determines project objectives and requirements
• Implements staff development plans within their organizational segment, including technical, management, and leadership skills
• Possesses exceptional oral and written communication skills, including negotiation of critical issues and effective persuasive communication
• Demonstrates financial acumen and familiarity with legal issues related to engineering practice
• Initiates and maintains extensive contacts with key engineers and officials, or other organizations and companies

Benefits

• Competitive Pay & Recognition
• Market based, competitive compensation
• Performance driven recognition and development bonuses
• Comprehensive Health & Wellness
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company paid short-term and long-term disability
• Company paid life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources
• Meaningful Work–Life Balance
• Generous paid time off + 7 paid holidays
• An additional floating holiday—use it for what matters to you
• Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Growth, Learning & Financial Security
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Support and rewards for professional development and certifications

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior