Senior Dams Engineer/Project Manager

About the role

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Dams Engineer / Project Manager, with a strategic focus on Upstate New York. This position aligns with GEI’s seller-doer model. The ideal candidate will bring proven success in securing, managing, and delivering complex water infrastructure projects and be excited by the opportunity to manage and deliver projects and help expand GEI’s market share in Upstate NY and neighboring states.

Essential Responsibilities & Duties

• Collaborate with existing practitioners on the overall strategy and vision to reinforce and expand the Upstate NY Dams Practice Plan
• Coordinate, direct, and supervise design teams in the inspection, evaluation, and design of water infrastructure projects such as dams, levees, spillways, outlet works, hydroelectric facilities, and other appurtenant structures
• Provide technical input and oversight in one or more of the following technical disciplines: civil, structural, geotechnical, water resources, hydrology and hydraulics, mechanical
• Resolve complex issues to benefit our clients
• Manage local, regional, and national projects
• Identify, develop, pursue, and win opportunities with new and existing clients within New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, the East region, and nationwide
• Manage project teams often representing multiple services and subconsultants

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required
• 15+ years’ experience in design, project management, and construction of dams, levees, flood management systems, and/or hydropower projects
• Registered professional civil engineer in New York
• Understanding of regulatory and permitting environment in New York and the surrounding states, including work under the jurisdiction of the NYSDEC, PADEP, VTANR, and other agencies (USACE, FERC, etc.)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience pursuing and winning opportunities for water clients in NY
• Strong reputation in the NY market for dams, levees, flood control structures and/or hydropower services
• Demonstrated experience in water resource engineering with strong analysis and design experience working on large civil works projects such as dams, levees, flood walls, canals, penstocks, and related structures
• Able to supervise and direct junior staff

Physical Requirements

• Sedentary
• Limited physical activity throughout the workday
• Occasional lifting up to 10 pounds
• Keyboard use/repetitive motion for 6-8 hours
• Tactile and fine motor skills for 1-2 hours
• Reaching overhead for 0-1 hour
• Standing for 0-1 hour
• Walking for 0-1 hour
• Pushing/pulling for 0-1 hour
• Reaching forward for 0-1 hour
• Reaching overhead for 0-1 hour
• Squatting/kneeling/crawling for 0-1 hour
• Twisting for 0-1 hour
• Bending for 0-1 hour
• Climbing for 0-1 hour
• Pinching for 0-1 hour
• Wrist position deviation for 3-5 hours
• Depth perception for 0-1 hour
• Hearing for 6-8 hours
• Taste for 0-1 hour
• Smell for 0-1 hour
• Accurate near vision for 20/20
• Far vision for 20/20
• Color discrimination for minimal
• Occupational exposure risk potential for reasonably anticipated
• Extreme noise levels for not applicable
• Uneven surfaces or elevations for not applicable
• Extreme temperatures for not applicable
• Chemical exposure for not applicable
• Airborne communicable diseases for not applicable
• Radiation exposure for not applicable
• Other (exposure risks) for not applicable

Pay Range

$100,000.00 – $150,000.00/year

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability and more
• Well-being program and paid parental leave
• Commuter benefits
• Hybrid work schedules and cell phone stipends
• GEI University (GEIU) with continuing education assistance and tuition reimbursement
• Connecting conversation program with a focus on professional development and opportunities for advancement
• Opportunity to be an owner and shareholder (Learn more here)
• A vibrant culture that is focused on partnership, sustainability, giving back to our communities and diversity, equity and inclusion

Equal Opportunity Employer

GEI is an AA/equal opportunity employer, including disabled and veterans.