GAI Consultants is seeking a Senior Drainage Engineer to lead transportation drainage projects across Florida, requiring 15+ years of FDOT drainage experience and strong expertise in stormwater management, permitting, and hydraulic analysis. The ideal candidate has experience with urban and limited-access roadway drainage systems, local government transportation projects, and permitting through Florida water management districts and regulatory agencies. This is a senior leadership role focused on guiding drainage teams, influencing statewide transportation initiatives, mentoring staff, and providing strategic engineering direction on complex projects.
Key attributes and experience should include:- 15 years+ of experience working in Transportation drainage projects with the Florida Department of Transportation across the State. Experience with FDOT D5, D2, D3, and the Turnpike is preferred.
- Urban drainage and large-scale limited access drainage experience is desired.
- Experience with local government clients on transportation and/or trail projects
- Experience in obtaining stormwater permits with SJRWMD, SFWMD, SWFWMD, FDEP, and/or NWFLWMD.
- Proficiency in Pond Siting and Bridge Hydraulic reports is preferred.
- Knowledge of ICPR, HEC-RAS is preferred.
- Direct experience in MicroStation ORD Drainage and/or GeoPAK Drainage is preferred.
- Experience in managing a drainage team and staff is preferred.
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.
ExperienceEducation- 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.
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.
Communication, Teamwork and Leadership- Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership of other practices.
- Represents their practice at important functions and conferences.
