Civil engineering manager

Toole Design Group in Pittsburgh, PA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Civil Engineering Manager . This is an opportunity to lead an existing team of talented and inspired engineers delivering roadway reconstruction, trail design, and multimodal projects that improve safety and the public realm throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

If you have proven experience successfully managing a diverse team to deliver highway or roadway projects from concept through final design, on time and on budget, while coordinating with clients, and inspiring and mentoring your team to deliver great work - we want to talk with YOU!

This Civil Engineering Manager position earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). All staff receive 8 holidays and earn at least 16 days of PTO over the course of the year. We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation in North America. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

A Day in the Life of a Civil Engineering Manager

As a Civil Engineering Manager, you will have a key role in the leadership of the Pittsburgh Office of Toole Design. You will collaborate directly with the Regional Design Director by independently pursuing and managing projects from kick-off to construction. You will lead business development and project pursuits, meet with clients and teaming partners, assemble teams, and prepare proposals.

You will manage our existing team of experienced engineers and will have the support of company practice leaders who will encourage your personal growth and assist with project quality control activities. You will be actively engaged in the hiring of staff to grow your team. Your leadership will create a productive and supportive environment for your staff fostering a culture of mentorship to support your team members.

You are at the forefront of brainstorming creative solutions for challenging projects, and you enjoy ensuring deliverables are of the highest quality. You lead, manage, design, and implement streetscape and site development projects that positively and directly affect our communities. You are adept at managing conversations between disciplines, managing client relationships, and delivering projects from concept to construction. You get to learn first-hand from multimodal industry-leading experts while growing as an engineering leader and manager in a company that prefers to promote from within.

Qualifications of a Civil Engineering Manager:

• A Professional Engineering license in PA (other Mid-Atlantic states is a plus)
• A bachelor's or master's degree in civil engineering
• At least 10 years of engineering experience developing construction documents, preparing plans, specifications and estimates for bidding
• At least 5 years serving in a project management role overseeing 5 or more complex projects through completion
• A desire to manage, mentor and inspire staff
• A broad knowledge base in civil engineering, with specific experience in roadway (or highway) grading, drainage design, geometric design, 3D modeling and design of accessible public spaces
• Experience obtaining transportation and local agency permit documents for bid/advertisement
• General experience leading multidisciplinary teams, coordinating utility and right-of-way impacts, street lighting, traffic signal, and landscape/hardscape layout
• Interest in multimodal and active transportation design
• General knowledge of project performance metrics and strategies for monitoring them
• Proficiency in Computer Automated Design (CADD)
• Experience managing engineering projects in the State of Pennsylvania is a plus
• Experience preparing proposals and scope/fees
• Experience in business development including networking with colleagues and clients at public events, industry organizations (e.g. ITE, ASHE, or ASCE), and agency organized events

You'll be great here if:

• You have a strong desire to build and lead your own team
• You have strong leadership skills and enjoy participating in multi-disciplinary teams
• You want to manage a civil engineering team implementing creative roadway design solutions for cities, counties, and state DOTs
• You enjoy generating and evaluating engineering solutions that can be constructed and maintained
• You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built
• You are experienced at delivering high quality projects on time and on-budget
• You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or graphical
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are organized and detail oriented with strong problem solving skills
• You want to actively participate in the strategic planning for the success of the civil engineering practice for the Pittsburgh office and the Mid-Atlantic region
• You have experience in Civil - Roadway - Highway design and are interested in moving into active transportation and Complete Streets Design

Work Schedule for a Civil Engineering Manager

This full-time position typically works a hybrid schedule, with at least two to three days a week in the office. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week. The Pittsburgh office of Toole Design is conveniently located in Market Square, in the heart of Downtown. It is blocks from multiple bus routes, on the future BRT route, and near the Wood Street T stop. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

We are targeting a salary range of $135,000 to $165,000 for this position. Candidates with exceptional qualifications may fall into another pay range.

Ready to Join our Pittsburgh Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Civil Engineering Manager position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, we have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage everyone, including those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, first-generation college students/graduates, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you. We're proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving diversity in our leadership to better represent the communities where we work, as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing [email protected].

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