Water-Wastewater Project Manager

Overview

GAI Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Professional Engineer (PE) to serve as a Project Manager with 10+ years of experience in water/wastewater engineering to join our talented and energetic team in our Jacksonville, FL office. An ideal candidate has planning, design, permitting, and construction experience as well as client relationships in the Florida municipal water/ wastewater market. We are looking for a motivated person to join our team to build our business with technical, project management, and business development abilities.

This position is an excellent opportunity to grow into a leadership position as the Florida Water Division expands its portfolio and range of services. The successful candidate will be eligible for a sign‑on bonus.

• Independently perform and guide multi‑discipline teams on the completion of water and wastewater planning, evaluation, design, and construction projects related to collection, conveyance, and distribution systems, pump stations, storage and treatment facilities, and pipeline renewal and replacement programs.
• Manage projects from inception through construction and start‑up, including client coordination, team chartering, scope, schedule and budget development and management, safety, quality assurance/quality control, project profitability, and staff workload coordination.
• Provide technical execution and oversight of design projects including schematic/preliminary design, design development, final design, specifications, permitting, bid‑phase services, and construction contract document production.
• Lead water/ wastewater consulting tasks, including flow projections, hydraulic modeling, master planning, detailed design calculations, alternative analysis and selection, cost estimating, equipment selection, project prioritization, and CIP development.
• Mentor and develop junior staff for both technical and project management knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Contribute to business development activities, including opportunity identification, proposal development, interviews/presentations, and client relationship cultivation.
• Serve as a primary doer/seller for the Florida Water Division, growing into a “go‑to” GAI representative to clients, key contractors and design partners, professional organizations, and in the communities we serve.

Required:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in the municipal water/ wastewater market involving master planning, hydraulic modeling, technical reports, design of conveyance systems (including pipelines in public rights‑of‑way), treatment process/facility design, regulatory permitting, services during construction, and/or other technical services.
• Minimum 2 years of experience serving as a Project Manager leading multi‑discipline project teams, both internally and externally, with a track record of delivering on time and on budget while meeting or exceeding client expectations.
• Excellent technical writing, verbal communication, and leadership skills working in a dynamic team environment.
• Sense of urgency and self‑initiative to meet deadlines and develop new business opportunities.
• Experience in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, AutoCAD/Civil 3D, 3D BIM Revit, ArcGIS, and industry hydraulic modeling software such as Info Water and Sewer
  
  GEMs.

Preferred:

• 10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 of those years serving in an engineer‑of‑record capacity for water and/or wastewater projects.
• Experience with the delivery of cross‑market projects.
• Trenchless pipeline design, permitting, and construction experience.
• Facility and pipeline condition assessment field and data management experience.
• Experience with 3D Utility Modeling for design of underground pipeline systems and treatment plant facilities.
• Alternative project delivery experience including Design‑Build, Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), and/or Design Criteria Professional methods.
• Successful client management/ business development experience in North Florida.

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