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.

Bachelors of Engineering (required)

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)

Driver's License (required)
Professional Engineer (required)