GAI Consultants Inc

Senior Engineering Traffic Manager

GAI Consultants Inc • $110K — $130K *
Columbus, OH 43230In-Person
Transportation
11 - 15 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in managing traffic and engineering projects.
  • Knowledge of and experience with State Agencies is essential; preference for Design-Build experience.
  • Professional Engineer (P.E.) License is required, with flexibility to achieve compliance in additional states.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, with advanced degrees preferred.
  • Strong analytical and leadership skills for handling complex engineering projects.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee engineers in plan development and financial monitoring.
  • Act as client representative for project-related communications and decisions.
  • Develop standards and guidelines that shape engineering practices.
  • Lead projects in specialized areas, addressing complex requirements and regulations.
  • Manage technical, legal, and financial aspects of projects to ensure successful execution.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation aligned with market rates.
  • Bonuses for performance-driven recognition and development opportunities.
  • Comprehensive health plans including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Generous paid time off policy plus floating holiday and paid leave for family events.
  • 401(k) with company matching and tuition reimbursement support.
Full Job Description
Senior Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience in managing traffic and engineering projects. This position will be on-site or hybrid at any of our Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, or West Virginia Offices and will be eligible for a sign-on bonus.

Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience working with State Agencies is required; additional state and local government experience, as well as Design-Build expertise, is preferred.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for the oversight of engineers in the development of plans, financial monitoring, and acting as GAI's client representative.
  • PE Registration is required with ability to attain PE in additional surrounding states.

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
  • 15+ 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.

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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