Description
GAI Consultants is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Northeast Transportation Business Sector in Pennsylvania to serve as Construction Inspection and Construction Management Service Manager for the municipal and private clients.
Job Duties:
- Manage Construction Inspection and Construction Management teams on roadway and bridge projects for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), and other Pennsylvania municipal and private clients.
- Direct highly complex and specialized construction inspection and construction management programs.
- Plan and organize the work of construction inspection and construction management staff members.
- Actively market projects and lead proposal preparation.
- Manage existing client relationships and develop new clients with the firm.
- Recruit construction inspection and construction management staff for marketing pursuits and construction project staffing.
- Oversee completeness and accuracy of the project team's work by actively supervising and guiding the team to overall project objectives.
- Perform project management duties and other tasks, as required.
General Characteristics
- Makes decisions with broad influence on activities of their practices.
- Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that are conclusive and have a far-reaching impact on the practice and the industry.
- 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 practice.
- 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.
- Advocates for ethical behavior in the practice of engineering and assesses courses of resolution to ethical dilemmas in complicated situations.
Experience
Education
- B.S. or M.S. Engineering, Master's Degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred
Certification/Licensure
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.
- Driver's License
Technical Responsibilities
- Frequently performs advisory or consulting work for the practice 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.
Project and Task Management
- Evaluates project management plans for complex engineering projects.
- Develops risk mitigation plans to address project risks.
- Evaluates effectiveness of leaders and teams.
Communication, Teamwork and Leadership
- Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership of other practices.
- Represents their practice at important functions and conferences.
Management, Supervision and Guidance
- Leads an entire project of critical importance.
- Develops projects needed for accomplishing the objectives of the practice.
- Develops practice strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development.
- Instills and fosters professional attitudes within the practice.
Qualifications Education Bachelors of Engineering (required) Experience 20 years: Manage Construction Inspection and Construction Management teams on roadway and bridge projects for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), and other Pennsylvania municipal and private clients. (required) Licenses & Certifications Driver's License (required) Professional Engineer (required) Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)