Principal Engineer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages highly complex projects and provides technical review and project management support of projects for clients with multiple technical disciplines.
• Prepares and makes decisions for major proposals and contracts.
• Prepares complex engineering reports giving professional opinions and practical geotechnical solutions.
• Perform engineering analysis using company and industry methodologies and standards and makes engineering decisions using standard formulas and computer software.
• Interfaces with federal and state regulatory authorities on complex projects.
• Develops and delivers client presentations as part of relationship development and assists with marketing strategies and activities pertaining.
• Understand and manage the needs of clients through communications and proposal/project work.
• Oversees client contracting in unit with support from corporate legal.

• Develops and maintain internal and external client relationships, including project and non-project related face-to-face meetings.
• Understands Braun Intertec services and has the ability to market such to clients.
• Coordinate project assignments with other engineers and technicians within the discipline group.
• Reviews drawings supplied by vendors, clients, engineers, and architects and recommends necessary changes.
• Review engineering work of others and technical reports.
• Identifies complex problems/possible solutions and take the appropriate action to resolve.
• Efficiently and effectively manages project teams including engineering and field support personnel.
• Leads, mentors, manages, and develops technical staff.
• Works within established procedures and/or protocols with the ability to manage and migrate risk.
• Represents BIC internally and externally as a technical leader and resource.
• Consistently follows all safety policies and practices and communicates project safety requirements to all team members assigned to projects managed.

REQUIRED SKILLS/COMPETENCIES

• Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills.
• Creative and innovative thinking in bringing successful resolution to high-impact, complex, and/or cross-department problems.
• Ability to qualify professional opinions and recommendations of less experienced engineers and mentor in applying engineering principles and practices.
• Ability to influence others, delegate and develop direct reports.
• Reputation of being a technical leader in the industry regionally or nationally.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to develop and progress multiple positive client relationships.
• Highly organized and ability to prioritize work.
• Ability to work both independently and as a team member.
• Ability to create, maintain, and communicate project budgets.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education Requires Bachelor's Degree in civil or geotechnical engineering or closely related field, MS or PhD desirable

Experience and/or Training Minimum 15 years of geotechnical engineering experience within professional consulting services within Texas, managing client relationships, and developing new business

Licenses/Certificates Valid Driver's License, Requires PE Certification.

Technology/Equipment

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS:

Essential:
Hearing and vision (both correctable), continuous sitting or standing at desk or workstation, wrist turning, grasping, pinching, and finger manipulation, other physical requirements typical of working on a computer and talking on a phone (65%-100% of the time worked); frequent walking, lifting or carrying up to 30 lbs, turning and twisting (30%-64% of the time worked); occasional reaching, lifting or carrying up to 20 lbs, and push/pull up to 10 lbs (11%-29%…