Assistant Engineering Manager

GAI Consultants has a career-building opportunity for an Assistant Engineering Manager within our Power Business Unit’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Business Sector. GAI is an established multi-discipline engineering firm with tremendous growth opportunities in Ohio. The successful candidate will enjoy working in a challenging, fast-paced, and team-oriented environment that will utilize their related experience to develop professionally and grow in today's global environment. In addition to GAI’s generous Employee Stock Ownership profit sharing and Employer 401K Plan match, this position is eligible for GAI’s flexible Hybrid workplace place/Telework Policy and a Sign-on Bonus. This position will be based out of GAI’s Canton, OH office. GAI’s Power Business Unit focuses on developing and supporting Energy, Institutional, Industrial, and Manufacturing clients.

As an Assistant Engineering Manager at GAI, you will have the opportunity to manage civil engineering and permitting tasks, delegate and provide direction to engineering/drafting staff, lead and review the development of calculations, drawings, and associated project deliverables. You also will develop proposals and monitor budgets. Communication skills are essential to this position, as an Assistant Engineering Manager will need to effectively coordinate with internal and external clients as well as their Engineering Division Manager, Business Sector Leader, and other engineering discipline leads (such as mechanical, electrical, process, environmental, and geotechnical engineering).

Job Duties:

• Plans, designs, and facilitates civil engineering project design tasks such as site grading and drainage design; access road design; erosion and sediment pollution control design; stormwater management design; report preparation; and permitting.
• Task management duties include being in responsible charge of technical work, staff planning, budget/schedule management, scope change management, quality assurance/peer reviews, report writing, staff mentorship, and client coordination.
• Proposal preparation including the scope and budget development and interdisciplinary coordination.
• In addition to proposal preparation, written communication may include the preparation of site reports, narratives, meeting minutes, and project memorandums.
• Collaborate with other engineering leads to schedule resource and QA/QC peer reviews.
• Independently conduct field condition assessments.
• Performance of bid and construction phase services including responding to bidder questions, responding to contractor requests for information, and submittal reviews, site visits, and verifying change order documentation.

• A current, valid driver’s license is required.

• Ohio Professional Engineering License required. P.E. license in other states is a plus.

• Travel to other offices/meet with clients/attend project-specific meetings.

Staff Management Duties:

• Planning, mentoring and coaching junior-level engineering, drafting, and field staff, as well as hiring and recruiting.
• Leading, and training staff to perform field visits to client sites to obtain photos, physical measurements, view site conditions, inspect E&S and Stormwater Management BMPs, and perform infiltration testing.

Physical Requirements:

Physical requirements of this position include hiking moderate distances through unimproved terrain, utility rights-of-way, in remote areas, etc. in various temperatures and weather conditions. There is a potential for hazardous conditions during fieldwork or site visit situations.

• This position requires lifting up to 50 lbs., climbing ladders, and working at heights over 25 ft.
• Personal Protection Equipment is required during hazardous conditions.

Safety:

Safety is the foundation of our success and a core corporate value at GAI Consultants, Inc. (GAI). Our policy is to comply with all applicable safety, health, and environmental regulations, client requirements, and corporate policies and procedures. We make every effort to provide and maintain the safest possible working conditions for all employees by identifying, assessing, and reducing the risk of our work tasks to the lowest possible level.

Benefits to working at GAI include:

• Competitive salary - GAI is committed to paying market-based salaries
• 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
• Employee-Owned Company with annual company contributions to your ESOP account
• 401k company match
• Ability to participate in our Direct Stock Ownership program
• Tuition Reimbursement

Experience

• 9 - 15 years: Relevant experience.
• 9 year(s): Proficiency in Civil Site Design, NPDES Permitting requirements, and construction practices.
• 9 year(s): Experience with GIS, AutoCAD Civil 3D, HY-8, Pondpack, Hydraflow, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and other related engineering software.

Education

• Bachelors or better in Civil Engineering or related field

Licenses & Certifications

• Driver's License
• Professional Engineer

Skills

• Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Teamwork

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)