Transportation Engineering Director

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

•     20+ years of 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.