Senior Project Engineer - Transportation

GAI Consultants Inc.; Bayard (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Generous paid time off + 7 paidholid a

Holiday and floating holiday

Job summary

GAI Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Project Manager with 18+ years of experience in Transportation and Roadway Design Management to join our Jacksonville, FL team. The ideal candidate will have design experience and client relationships with FDOT and/or counties and municipalities in NE Florida.

This role offers leadership growth, strong communication requirements, and responsibility for delivering project scope, schedule, budget, and profitability in a transportation market.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering required. Master's Degree preferred.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license, reciprocity in multiple states.
• Driver’s License.
• 18+ years of experience in transportation and roadway design management.
• Excellent communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Technical execution and oversight of engineering projects, participation in project pursuits, management of technical projects, and mentorship and development of junior staff.
• Planning and managing projects with a wide range of value, with a single or multi-discipline focus.
• Delivering scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability of all projects managed.
• Demonstrating mastery of project management concepts and using advanced techniques to effectively manage projects and portfolios.
• Directly managing multiple projects with experience in managing over $1 Million of total annual billings.
• Assembling and leading the project team to execute the scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability of all projects managed.
• Working with Accounting staff to monitor and control project costs and billings to meet budgeted profit and to develop recovery plans as needed.
• Serving as a seller/doer leading significant business development pursuits as company representative to the client, in the community, and with contractors.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication skills

Client relationships

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

Job Category: Engineer

Requisition Number: SENIO004785

• Posted : October 2, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

Locations

Showing 1 location

Jacksonville, FL 32258, USA

Description

GAI Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Project Manager with 18+ 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.

This opportunity is an excellent opportunity for the right individual to grow into a leadership position. Excellent communication skills are required. The successful candidate must perform and manage related design/planning/engineering tasks in the transportation market. Technical experience in roadway design is required.

Job Duties:

• Technical execution and oversight of engineering projects, participation in project pursuits, management of technical projects, and mentorship and development of junior staff.
• Planning and managing projects with a wide range of value, with a single or multi-discipline focus. Independently perform and guide others on the completion of transportation projects within the NE Florida region.
• Delivering scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability of all projects managed.
• Demonstrating mastery of project management concepts and using advanced techniques to effectively manage projects and portfolios by increasing productivity, efficiency, and accuracy.
• Directly managing multiple projects with experience in managing over $1 Million of total annual billings.
• Assembling and leading the project team to execute the scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and profitability of all projects managed.
• Working with Accounting staff to monitor and control project costs and billings to meet budgeted profit and to develop recovery plans as needed.
• Serving as a seller/doer leading significant business development pursuits as company representative to the client, in the community, and with contractors.

General Characteristics

• Uses creativity, foresight, and mature judgment to anticipate and solve new problems.
• Sets priorities and reconciles directions from competing interests.
• Leads projects with complex features with work performed directly, or by others.
• Integrates engineering economics and risk analysis into the solutions of complex engineering problems.
• Integrates solutions to complex problems across specialty areas.
• Demonstrates leadership

Education

• B.S. in Engineering required. Master's Degree preferred.

Certification/Licensure

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

Technical Responsibilities

• Predominantly develops standards and guidelines.
• Leads a project in the practice in their area of specialization.
• Predominantly develops appropriate design alternatives for complex engineering projects that consider realistic requirements, constraints, community input, permitting, and other regulatory constraints.
• Integrates advanced concepts to solve complex problems.

Project and Task Management

• Oversees large or multidiscipline project teams.
• Recommends personnel and funds required to carry out projects.
• Oversees technical, legal, and financial issues of an entire project.
• Integrates these components into a complete project management plan for a complex engineering project.
• Determines project objectives and requirements.

Management Responsibility

• Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
• Implements staff development plans within their organizational segment, including technical, management, and leadership skills.

Communication Skills

• Possesses exceptional oral and written communication skills, including negotiation of critical issues and effective persuasive communication.
• Demonstrates financial acumen and familiarity with legal issues related to engineering practice.
• Initiates and maintains extensive contacts with key engineers and officials, or other organizations and companies.

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

Qualifications

Experience

Required

18 years:

Experience in transportation and roadway design management.

Preferred

Established relationships with FDOT and/or counties and municipalities in Northeast Florida

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Driver's License

Professional Engineer

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