Project Engineer - Transportation & Roadway

GAI Consultants, Inc.; Cranberry Township (PA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

401k company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Generous Paid Time Off

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Project Engineer to manage transportation design projects. This includes developing and preparing highway design specifications and estimates. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, a P.E. license, and at least 14 years of relevant experience. The role requires strong project management, communication skills, and proficiency in design software. This position offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off and 401k match.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of post-baccalaureate experience in Civil Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License with multi-state reciprocity required.
• Strong decision-making skills for engineering dilemmas.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage highway design efforts.
• Prepare construction and right-of-way plans, specifications, and estimates.
• Oversee project teams and schedules.

Skills

Transportation design

Project management

Financial oversight

Communication skills

Microsoft Word and Excel

MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Engineering

Job description

GAI Consultants is seeking a Project Engineer with a bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Civil Engineering and a PE certificate plus a minimum of fourteen (14) years of post-baccalaureate, progressively responsible experience in Civil Engineering. Potential work locations may include offices in Cranberry or Homestead, PA or be remote. Applicants would be responsible for developing, coordinating, and managing highway design efforts as well as preparing construction plans, right‑of‑way plans, specifications, and project estimates.

Responsibilities

• Transportation design including roadway design and traffic analysis.
• Assist with developing and providing oversight for the preparation of scopes, budgets, and schedules for specific tasks of overall projects; supervise staff to complete their assigned tasks; identify project staffing requirements and coordinate staffing with supervisor; maintain GAI’s procedures and protocols; assist with all aspects of financials on projects.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Knowledgeable in MicroStation with familiarity of roadway design software such as OpenRoads Designer desired.
• May serve as a Task Manager on small projects.

General Characteristics

• Applies thorough knowledge of current principles and practices of engineering related to the variety of aspects affecting their organization.
• Applies progressively acquired expertise to resolve crucial issues and/or unique conditions.
• Keeps informed of new methods and developments affecting their practice and recommends new practices or changes in emphasis of projects.
• Leads projects of moderate complexity and scope or leads a major project.
• Analyzes complex problems across specialty areas appropriate to the practice of engineering.
• Analyzes ethical dilemmas to determine appropriate courses of action.

Minimum Years Of Experience

• 14+ Years of Experience

Education

• B.S. or M.S. Engineering

Certification / Licensure

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states.
• Driver’s License

Technical Responsibilities

• Predominantly serves as the technical advisor in the application of advanced concepts and methods in an assigned area.
• Keeps informed of new developments and requirements affecting the practice for the purpose of recommending changes in projects or applications.
• Predominantly develops new techniques and/or improved processes, materials, or products.

Project and Task Management

• Oversees a project team of engineers and technicians.
• Plans, schedules, and coordinates the preparation of documents or activities for multiple major projects.
• Analyzes project management plans for complex engineering projects.
• Understands project delivery uncertainties and uses risk management principles to address them.
• Reviews operational procedures to ensure compliance with applicable policies and performance measures.

Management Responsibility

• Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
• Mentors senior staff.
• Integrates professional attitudes relevant to the practice of engineering and fosters creativity, curiosity, flexibility, and dependability in staff.

Communication Skills

• Applies principles of formal strategic and persuasive communications.
• Represents their area of specialty within the organization and liaises with related individuals and organizations.
• Routinely interacts with organizational leaders, clients, officials, contractors, and others.
• Integrates concepts of effective teamwork and leadership.

Benefits

• 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.
• 401k company match.
• Tuition Reimbursement.