Transporation Engineering Director
About The Position
GAI Consultants is seeking an Assistant Engineering Director for a leadership position within their comprehensive statewide Transportation practice. GAI has a well-established and rapidly growing company, with immediate opportunities for industry leaders. This position requires significant client interaction, and the candidate must possess the strategic skills to identify and develop a marketing strategy for winning specific project opportunities. The successful candidate will be responsible for the business development strategy along with oversight of engineers in the development of plans, financial monitoring, and acting as GAI’s client leadership representative.
Requirements
- 20+ years of Project Management on complex roadway design projects for FDOT and other local agencies throughout Florida.
- Significant client interaction.
- Strategic skills to identify and develop a marketing strategy for winning specific project opportunities.
- Knowledge and experience with FDOT D5, Florida’s Turnpike, and CFX are required.
- PE Registration in Florida is required.
- B.S. or M.S. Engineering, master’s degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred.
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.
Nice To Haves
- Other FDOT district experience
- Design-Build expertise
Responsibilities
- Develops organizational strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development.
- 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 system 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.
- May manage projects, up to $250,000 in yearly value, without GAI President’s approval, but is a small component of overall work.
- Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership.
- Represents the organization at important functions and conferences.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental
- Company paid Long Term Disability
- Company paid Short-Term Disability
- New paid Maternity/Paternity/Adoption program
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 7 paid holidays
- 401k company match
- Tuition Reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
