GAI Consultants Inc

Senior Engineering Manager 1

GAI Consultants Inc • $120K — $145K *
Glen Allen, VA 23060In-Person
Energy & Utilities
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Qualifications

  • 16 years of experience in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Sales
  • Proven ability to build and maintain client relationships
  • Strong understanding of project management skills, including budgeting and profit calculation
  • Willingness to adapt to GAI's project management processes
  • Excellent communication and technical writing skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage geotechnical projects for the Power Generation Group
  • Provide technical leadership in engineering tasks
  • Oversee and mentor project staff
  • Actively pursue and secure new business opportunities
  • Engage with clients and maintain strong professional relationships

Benefits

  • Market-based, competitive compensation
  • Performance-driven bonuses for recognition and development
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability and life insurance
  • Generous time off including 7 paid holidays and a flexible floating holiday
  • Paid parental leave and support for adoption
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Tuition reimbursement and support for professional development
Full Job Description
GAI Consultants is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager 1 for Geotechnical Engineering in the Richmond, VA Area. Your responsibilities in this position will include leading managing geotechnical projects and staff within the Power Generation Group and for clients serviced by GAI as well as business development initiatives. The successful candidate will be eligible for a sign-on bonus.

Essential Duties:

  • Lead and manage projects primarily for Geotechnical Market
  • Technically lead engineering tasks in the area of expertise
  • Manage staff
  • Function as a seller/doer
  • Identify, chase, and successfully win new business opportunities


Business Development Responsibilities:

  • Up to 25% of job duties will be dedicated to Business Development
  • May serve as client contact for projects managed with support from PM Coach.
  • Actively wins new work from both new and existing clients by building and maintaining customer relationships, monitoring future work opportunities, communicating regularly, and attending client events.
  • Works closely with their PM Coach and/or more experienced PMs to coordinate and develop the proposed scope, schedule, and fee for the entire project.
  • Supports senior management in contract negotiations with clients.


Experience Required:

  • 16 years: Geotechnical Engineering/Engineering Sales experience
  • Demonstrated track record of external customer engagements and building and maintaining successful client relationships
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of fundamental project management skills and concepts such as: developing pricing, cost budget monitoring, calculating profit, etc.,
  • Willingness to learn GAI-specific project management procedures and requirements
  • Motivated, focused, and hard-working
  • Solid communication and technical writing skills


General Characteristics

  • Uses creativity, foresight, and mature judgment to anticipate and solve new problems.
  • Practice activities and culture. Sets priorities and reconciles directions from competing interests.
  • Leads projects with complex features with work performed directly, or by others.
  • Integrates engineering economics and risk analysis into the solutions of complex engineering problems.
  • Integrates solutions to complex problems across specialty areas. Demonstrates leadership


Minimum Years of Experience

  • 16+ Years


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.


Technical Responsibilities

  • Frequently develops standards and guidelines.
  • Leads a project in the practice in their area of specialization. Frequently develops appropriate design alternatives for complex engineering projects that consider realistic requirements, constraints, community input, permitting, and other regulatory constraints.
  • Integrates advanced concepts, including sustainability, to solve complex problems.


Project and Task Management

  • Frequently oversees technical, legal, and financial issues of an entire project.
  • Recommends facilities, personnel, and funds required to carry out projects.
  • Integrates these components into a complete project management plan for a complex engineering project.
  • Implements effective teamwork and leadership principles into solutions for engineering problems. Determines project objectives and requirements.
  • May serve as the Project Manager for certain projects with prior approval from GAI's President up to $150,000 per year.


Management Responsibility

  • Supervises a major practice segment or several teams.
  • Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
  • Implements staff development plans within their practice segment, including technical, management, and leadership skills.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of leaders and teams.


Communication Skills

  • Possesses exceptional oral and written communication skills, including negotiation of critical issues.
  • Integrates different forms of effective and persuasive communication to technical and nontechnical audiences.
  • Demonstrates financial acumen and familiarity with legal issues related to engineering practice.
  • Initiates and maintains extensive contacts with key engineers and officials.


Physical Requirements

  • Lifting/maneuvering requirements: Up to 50 lbs.
  • Exposure to outdoor elements: approximately 25% of the day
  • Walking long distances outdoors on uneven terrain: approximately 25% of the day
  • Operating mid-size or full-size trucks offroad in various weather conditions: approximately 25% of the day
  • Climbing, walking, bending, navigating construction landscapes: approximately 25% of the day
  • Office environment: 75 %


Benefits To Working at GAI Include:

Competitive Pay & Recognition

  • Market based, competitive compensation
  • Performance driven recognition and development bonuses


Comprehensive Health & Wellness

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability
  • Company-paid life insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources


Meaningful Work-Life Balance

  • Generous paid time off + 7 paid holidays
  • An additional floating holiday-use it for what matters to you
  • Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave


Growth, Learning & Financial Security

  • 401(k) with company match
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Support and rewards for professional development and certifications


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About GAI Consultants Inc

GAI Consultants, Inc. is a multi-discipline engineering and environmental consulting firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with over 1,000 employees in offices throughout the eastern United States. GAI provides local expertise to worldwide clients in the energy, transportation, development, government, and industrial markets.
Learn more about GAI Consultants Inc
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$10 million
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$150 million
* Ladders Estimates

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