Senior Roadway Engineering Manager

Gai-Consultants; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GAI Consultants' Senior Engineering Manager 1 will lead a statewide Transportation practice in Florida, overseeing complex roadway design projects and client relationships.

The role requires 16+ years of PM experience, a PE license, and the ability to identify opportunities and craft winning marketing strategies within FDOT and local agencies. The position emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and market development across the state's transportation programs.

Qualifications

• 16+ years of project management on complex roadway design projects.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license required.
• Experience with FDOT and local Florida agencies.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop standards and guidelines for projects.
• Lead projects within the practice area.
• Develop design alternatives considering requirements, constraints, permitting, and community input.
• Incorporate sustainability into solutions.
• Oversee technical, legal, and financial aspects of projects.
• Mentor teams and implement teamwork and leadership principles.
• May serve as Project Manager for selected projects up to $150,000/year.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Client interaction

Engineering economics

Risk analysis

Education

B.S./M.S. in Engineering

Job description

GAI Consultants is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager 1 for a leadership position within their comprehensive statewide Transportation practice. GAI has a well-established and rapidly growing company, with immediate opportunities for industry leaders. Key experience requirements include 15+ years of Project Management on complex roadway design projects for FDOT and other local agencies throughout Florida. This position requires significant client interaction, and the candidate must possess the strategic skills to identify and develop a marketing strategy for winning specific project opportunities.

General Characteristics

• Uses creativity, foresight, and mature judgment to anticipate and solve new problems.
• Practice activities and culture.
• 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.

Minimum Years of Experience

• 16+ Years

Education

• B.S. or M.S. Engineering, Master's Degree or Equivalent Experience Preferred

Certification/Licensure

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

Technical Responsibilities

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

Project and Task Management

• Frequently oversees technical, legal, and financial issues of an entire project.
• Recommends facilities, personnel, and funds required to carry out projects.
• Integrates these components into a complete project management plan for a complex engineering project.
• Implements effective teamwork and leadership principles into solutions for engineering problems.
• Determines project objectives and requirements.
• May serve as the Project Manager for certain projects with prior approval from GAI's President up to $150,000 per year.

Management Responsibility

• Supervises a major practice segment or several teams.
• Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
• Implements staff development plans within their practice segment, including technical, management, and leadership skills.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of leaders and teams.

Communication Skills

• Possesses exceptional oral and written communication skills, including negotiation of critical issues.
• Integrates different forms of effective and persuasive communication to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Demonstrates financial acumen and familiarity with legal issues related to engineering practice.
• Initiates and maintains extensive contacts with key engineers and officials.

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

• Marketbased, competitive compensation
• 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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Qualifications

Skills

Behaviors

Motivations

Education

Required

Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field.

Experience

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Driver's License

Professional Engineer

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