Senior Roadway Engineer

Senior Roadway Engineer

GAI Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Senior Roadway Engineer with 15+ years of experience in Transportation and Roadway Design Management to join our talented and energetic team to work out of our Jacksonville, FL office. An ideal candidate has design experience and client relationships with FDOT and/or counties and municipalities in NE Florida. We are looking for a motivated person to join our team to build our business with sales and technical experience.

• Approximately 40% of job duties are dedicated to project management and 10% to technical delivery.
• Delivers scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety and profitability of all projects or portfolios managed.
• Plans and manages projects of high value with high risk profiles or a portfolio of multiple projects.
• Directly manages over $3 million per year of total billings and portfolios of higher value.
• Projects managed are typically time‑sensitive, unique and /or very complex, of significant magnitude, scope, and difficulty.
• Demonstrated expertise in the development of project schedules, cost budgets and understanding and analysis of the financial data.
• Works closely with Project Controls staff to monitor and control project cost and billings to meet budget profit, to analyze project and portfolio performance data on an ongoing basis, and to develop recovery plans as needed.
• Has in-depth understanding of project and/or portfolio goals, drivers, strategies, risks, and opportunities.
• Understands the company’s businesses, competing projects or portfolios, and profit impact of decisions.

• Up to 40% of job duties may be dedicated to Business Development.
• Often serves as a primary seller/doer for a client or group and leads significant business development pursuits.
• Acts as senior company representative to the client, in the community and with contractors.
• Provides guidance and oversight for significant projects or a portfolio of client projects managed by multiple PMs.
• Leads contract negotiations with clients, with assistance from senior management.

• Assembles and leads large project teams covering several specialties with staff from more than one office and work in several locations.
• Serves as mentor to all levels of PMs.

Acts independently within broadly defined objectives, limits, and long‑term goals. Work is reviewed by senior management only to the effectiveness of results obtained, typically requiring a long‑term perspective.

• Minimum of 15 years of total engineering or technical experience, with at least 10 of those years serving as a Project Manager leading and directing projects or portfolios, preferably with an engineering consulting organization or similar professional services firm.
• Demonstrated track record of external customer engagements and building and maintaining successful client relationships.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering or applicable technical discipline is required.
• Advanced technical degree or MBA is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated mastery of fundamental project management skills and use of PM advanced techniques and practices to increase productivity, efficiency and accuracy.
• Willingness to learn GAI‑specific project management procedures and requirements.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.
• Current valid state‑issued driver’s license.
• Relevant professional license or certification in applicable technical discipline is required (PE, PLS, PG, RLA, etc.).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred or desire to obtain.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with and garner support from key stakeholders and staff.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical reports and procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports and other business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.