What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Civil Engineerin position at Edgewood Properties, Inc.?
The ideal candidate for this position will succeed in this role if they have both knowledge and technical depth about the company and the industry. This is essential as they will be a central person in the decision making process, working with multiple individuals across different teams when necessary. As a result, they will also be overseeing specific personnel.
Responsibilities
- Leading multi-disciplinary design teams in the execution of complex Land Development projects
- Work with the VPLD to grow a distinguished site civil engineering / Land Development focused team through internal development, recruitment and hiring.
- Coordinate and plan staff resource utilization and assignments.
- Supervising and developing staff providing guidance about career advancement as well as technical knowledge.
Lead engineering team in formulating plans, designs, cost estimates, and specifications from concept to final design
- Provide guidance and mentoring to staff.
- Provide leadership direction through the sharing of techniques and problem-solving approaches.
- Hands-on design in the preparation of design plans.
- Prepare investigation reports, letters, etc., and bid documents, including drawings and technical specifications.
- Preparation of Construction Cost Estimates.
- Calculations and report preparation for storm drainage, storm water management and water quality treatment systems
Perform quality review of plans, specifications, and estimates.
- Continuously review the work of the department.
- Spearhead meetings such as project kickoff, progress, and completion meetings when necessary.
- Verify schedules, ensure adherence to project plans and timelines to be met by internal and external resources.
- Collect post-project feedback to look for issues and opportunities for improvement.
- Prepare status/progress reports and meeting minutes as required
- Proactively monitor success measures, work complete, schedule complete and budget.
- Measure and monitor project performance.
- Maintain organized records, files, drawings, or other data essential to the project and ensure they are complete and stored appropriately.
- Improve job knowledge by attending educational workshops, review professional publications, establish professional network, and participate in professional societies.
All other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- •Bachelor's degree (B. S., or B.A.) in Civil Engineering
- NJ Professional Engineer (P.E.) required
- Minimum of ten (10) years related experience in A/E/C industry.
- Knowledge/experience of project management principles, practices in civil engineering land development design.
- Knowledge/experience with local and state building codes, regulations and standards, design criteria and ability to apply to work.
- Experience with NJDEP and NJDOT regulations and guidelines.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD with Civil 3D, Bluebeam, and Adobe.
- Skilled in managing projects, and engineers/CAD operators
- Ability to create and finalize construction drawings.
- Knowledge of principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques and the coordination of people and resources.
- Expertise of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, and drawings.
- Strong understanding of government regulations, OSHA regulations and safety procedures.
- Excellent management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects at one time.
