What are the responsibilities and job description for the Civil Engineer - Land Development position at GAI Consultants Inc?
GAI Consultants, Inc. seeks a creative, team-oriented, and motivated Land Development Engineer to join our growing Orlando and Jacksonville, Florida offices. They will be responsible for mentoring staff, preparing engineering design calculations and construction plans to directly support residential, commercial, and municipal projects, including site grading, stormwater, utility design, and details and preparation, write drainage and utility reports.
Responsibilities:
- Able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Florida land development permitting experience required
- Assisting with proposal and report generation
- Ability to cultivate new client relationships
- The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, including written, oral, and good interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work and interface well in a collaborative and detail-oriented project team environment.
General Characteristics
- Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific practice area.
- Independently evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
- Leads tasks and projects of moderately complex scopes.
- Develops plans, specifications, and other project documents.
- Selects appropriate principles of engineering economics, and probability and statistics to analyze risk in a complex engineering problem.
Minimum Years of Experience
- 6 Years of Experience
Education
- B.S. or M.S. Engineering
Certification/Licensure
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) License
Technical Responsibilities
- Designs a complete project, system, component, or process.
- Prepares complete plans, specifications, and other project documents.
- Designs and conducts analyses and interprets test data.
- Begins to develop and reviews complete project documents for conformity and quality assurance.
Project and Task Management
- Assigns tasks to other technical and non-technical staff.
- Plans and coordinates detailed aspects of the engineering work.
- Prepares scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments.
- Assists with proposals to provide professional services or obtain funding for engineering projects or projects.
Management Responsibility
- Receives general direction on key objectives. Receives guidance on unconventional/complex problems, direction on modified techniques, and new approaches on assignments with conflicting criteria.
- Mentors junior staff by providing guidance, explaining professional responsibilities, and reviewing work products.
- Attends project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments.
Communication Skills
- Communicates effectively to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
Why GAI?
At GAI, exceptional people have an exceptional place to work, grow, lead, and achieve. Explore an array of opportunities in locations across the U.S. and join accomplished colleagues in tackling challenging projects for a range of markets. Enjoy comprehensive benefits and feel good about being part of a collaborative team that’s committed to supporting the communities we serve. Join GAI and distinguish yourself in a company poised for unlimited growth.
GAI Consultants, Inc. is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion through fostering a workforce that represents different communities, cultures, and viewpoints. We will continue to build mutual trust and respect where employees are empowered to share their diverse perspectives, experiences, and ideas.
Benefits To Working at GAI Include:
- 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
