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GAI Consultants, Inc. · 1 day ago

Senior Civil Project Manager

Jacksonville, FL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

12+ years exp

GAI Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Senior Civil Project Manager with extensive experience in Civil Engineering to join their team in Florida. The role involves managing complex projects, ensuring client satisfaction, and leading business development efforts while maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Consulting

Responsibilities

Approximately 55% of job duties are dedicated to project management and 10% to technical delivery

Delivers scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability of all projects managed

Plans and manages projects of high value with medium to high-risk profiles

Projects managed are typically time-sensitive, unique and /or 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 performance data on an ongoing basis, and to develop recovery plans as needed

Has an in-depth understanding of project goals, drivers, strategies, risks, and opportunities

Understands the company’s businesses, competing projects, and profit impact of decisions

Works with technical and proposal staff to develop responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Requests for Qualifications (RFQs)

Develops project pursuit teaming relationships

Contributes to GAI's public profile by actively participating in leadership roles in the community and/or professional organizations

Serves as primary client contact for projects managed

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

Acts as senior company representative to the client, in the community and with contractors

Coordinates and develops proposed scope, schedule, and fee for the entire project and leads the interview team

Leads contract negotiations with clients, with assistance from senior management

Typically, does not have staff reporting to them

Assembles and leads large project teams covering several disciplines with staff from more than one office and working in several locations

Trains and coaches Task Managers and other PMs

Often acts independently within broadly defined objectives, limits, and long-term goals. Work is reviewed only to the effectiveness of results obtained, typically requiring a long-term perspective

Makes decisions with broad influence on activities of their organizations

Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding projects and activities of major consequence

Provides leadership and develops and engages others to create a common vision for their projects and the organization

Assesses the acceptability of engineering economic analyses and the risks associated with solutions to complex engineering problems

Evaluates solutions to complex problems that involve multiple specialty areas of engineering

Assesses courses of resolution to ethical dilemmas in complicated situations

Performs advisory or consulting work for the organization across broad project areas or within a specialized area with innovative/complex aspects

Assesses practices and requirements to achieve sustainable performance of complex engineering projects from a systems perspective

Oversees multiple large or multidiscipline project teams

Develops projects needed for accomplishing the objectives of the practice

Evaluates project management plans for complex engineering projects

Develops risk mitigation plans to address project risks

Evaluates the effectiveness of leaders and teams

May manage projects, up to $250,000 in yearly value, without GAI President’s approval, but is a small component of overall work

Receives general administrative direction

Develops organizational strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development

Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership

Represents the organization at important functions and conferences

Qualification

Civil EngineeringBusiness DevelopmentProfessional Engineer (P.E.) LicenseProject ManagementClient Relationship ManagementCommunication SkillsLeadershipTeam Management

Required

12+ years of experience in Civil Engineering

Design experience and client relationships in public and private sectors

Excellent communication skills

Technical experience in work for public sector and private sector

Validates mastery of foundation and advanced project management skills

B.S. or M.S. Engineering, master's degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred

Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states

12 years of related experience

Driver's License

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental, company paid Long Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability (benefits start within 30 days of hire)

New paid Maternity/Paternity/Adoption program

Generous Paid Time Off and 7 paid holidays

401k company match

Ability to participate in our Direct Stock Ownership program

Tuition Reimbursement

Company

GAI Consultants, Inc.

Transforming ideas into reality® since 1958, GAI Consultants is an engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firm that provides customized solutions and local expertise to clients in the power, transportation, development, government, and industrial markets.

Founded in 1958

Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA

501-1000 employees