Transporation Engineering Director

Description

• Provides leadership and develops and engages others to create a common vision for their projects and the organization.
• Assesses practices and requirements to achieve sustainable performance of complex engineering projects from a systems perspective.
• Evaluates solutions to complex problems that involve multiple specialty areas of engineering.
• 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.
• Evaluates effectiveness of leaders and teams.
• Oversees multiple large or multidiscipline project teams.
• 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.
• Develops projects needed for accomplishing the objectives of the practice.
• Develops organizational strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development.
• Assesses the acceptability of engineering economic analyses and the risks associated with solutions to complex engineering problems.
• Performs advisory or consulting work for the organization across broad project areas or within a specialized area with innovative/complex aspects.
• Makes decisions with broad influence on activities of their organizations.
• Receives general administrative direction.
• Assesses courses of resolution to ethical dilemmas in complicated situations.
• Evaluates project management plans for complex engineering projects.
• Represents the organization at important functions and conferences.
• Develops risk mitigation plans to address project risks.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. Engineering, master’s degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred.
• Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding projects and activities of major consequence.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.
• Knowledge and experience with FDOT D5, Florida’s Turnpike, and CFX are required, with other FDOT district experience and Design-Build expertise being a plus.
• PE Registration in Florida is required.

Benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental, company paid Long Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability (benefits start within 30 days of hire)
• 401k company match
• Competitive salary - GAI is committed to paying market-based salaries
• New paid Maternity/Paternity/Adoption program
• Generous Paid Time Off and 7 paid holidays

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance