Assistant Technical Director

Gai-Consultants; Homestead (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Company-paid short-term and long-term

Company-paid life insurance

Employee Assistance Program andwellN3

Generous paid time off + 7 paidholid

Floating holiday

Paid maternity, paternity, and adoptio

401(k) with company match

Support and rewards for professional

Job summary

GAI Consultants Inc. is seeking a seasoned Assistant Technical Director to lead and deliver complex industrial water and wastewater design projects. This role requires a dynamic professional with a passion for water infrastructure and a proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and client relationships.

Your next career move should challenge you, support you, and elevate you. If you're looking for a place where your expertise makes a real difference, this is it.

Qualifications

• B.S. Engineering or other technical degree; Master’s degree preferred.
• 20 years of experience in process engineering and consulting.
• Delivering water and wastewater treatment projects.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Deep knowledge of advanced treatment processes and facility design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design, and construction services for industrial water and wastewater projects.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and quality across multiple disciplines.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with clients.
• Develop and implement sales strategies for services.
• Mentor and develop a team of engineering professionals.
• Ensure technical excellence in advanced treatment facilities and process engineering.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Client relationships

Education

B.S. Engineering or other technical degree

Master's Degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred

Job description

GAI Consultants is seeking a seasoned Assistant Technical Director to lead and deliver complex industrial water and wastewater design projects. This role is ideal for a dynamic professional with a passion for water infrastructure and a proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and client relationships.

Your next career move should challenge you, support you, and elevate you. If you're looking for a place where your expertise makes a real difference, this is it.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, design, and construction services for industrial water and wastewater projects.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and quality across multiple disciplines.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with both established and new clients.
• Develop and implement sales strategies for services.
• Mentor and develop a team of talented engineering professionals.
• Ensure technical excellence in advanced treatment facilities and process engineering.

Qualifications:

• B.S. Engineering or other technical degree, Master's Degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred
• 20 years of experiencein process engineering and consulting.
• Demonstrated success in delivering water and wastewater treatment projects.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Deep technical knowledge of advanced treatment processes and facility design.

General Characteristics :

• Makes decisions with broad influence on activities of their organizations.
• Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that are conclusive and have a far-reaching impact on the organization and the industry.
• Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding programs and activities of major consequence.
• Provides leadership and develops and engages others to create a common vision for their programs 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.
• Advocates for ethical behavior in the practice of engineering and assesses courses of resolution to ethical dilemmas in complicated situations.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Performs advisory or consulting work for the organization across broad program 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.

Project and Task Management:

• Evaluates project management plans for complex engineering projects.
• Develops risk mitigation plans to address project risks.
• Evaluates effectiveness of leaders and teams while advancing concepts of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the solutions of engineering problems.
• Advocates for teamwork, leadership, diversity, and inclusion within the organization.

Communication, Teamwork and Leadership:

• Negotiates critical and controversial issues with leadership of other organizations.
• Represents their organization at important functions or conferences, including media interviews as required.
• Leads conversations that shape public, environmental, and infrastructure policy.
• Champions justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization and the communities in which they work.

Management, Supervision and Guidance:

• Leads an entire program of critical importance.
• Develops programs needed for accomplishing the objectives of the organization.
• Receives general administrative direction from a board of directors or regional council.
• Develops organizational strategy for staff development through mentored experience, continuing education, and self-development.
• Instills and fosters professional attitudes within the organization.
• Sets organizational policy to develop leadership skills of others, to improve teamwork, and to advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion programs.

Travel Requirements:

Must pass MVR check to be confirmed as insurable to drive on company time/company vehicles; must be willing to travel as required by job.

Why GAI?

GAI offers an exceptional place to do meaningful work, grow your career, and make a real impact in communities nationwide. You’ll join a collaborative, multidisciplinary firm bringing together engineering, planning, and environmental expertise to deliver projects across transportation, infrastructure, power, and energy markets. Working alongside accomplished colleagues, you’ll help move projects from vision through construction, creating solutions that keep people moving, power essential systems, and support responsible development.

At GAI, you’ll work in a team-driven environment grounded in integrity, respect, and shared success, with the flexibility, resources, and career support that reflect a real and lasting commitment to our people. That commitment includes comprehensive benefits, wellness programs, and employee discounts. With opportunities across the U.S., GAI offers the collaboration and client focus of regional teams, supported by the stability, resources, and career-development opportunities of an established and growing firm.

Benefits To Working at GAI Include:

Competitive Pay & Recognition

• Performancedriven recognition and development bonuses
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources
• Generous paid time off + 7 paid holidays
• Anadditionalfloating holiday—use it for what matters to you
• Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• 401(k) with company match
• Support and rewards for professional development and certifications

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