Complex Bridge Engineering Technical Manager

Location

Williamsport, PA | United States

Job description

About Us
Larson Design Group (LDG) is an award-winning, employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm. Guided by our core values, we’re expanding our team, opening new offices, and adding new offerings to provide responsive, innovative solutions to clients nationwide.   
Being 100% employee-owned directly impacts our culture: it drives our decision-making, motivates our teams, increases our productivity, improves retention, and contributes to the future success of our company. Our culture is one where we work hard for our clients and for each other – and we have fun collaborating, sharing experience and expertise, and learning along the way. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional quality, elevating client relationships, enriching the careers and lives of our employee-owners, and enhancing the communities where we live and serve.     
At LDG, we strive to create an organization where people want to work. We offer a flexible work environment, paid training for required licensures, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) while supporting your professional and personal growth.    
Your Opportunity + Impact 
The Technical Manager will coordinate and direct a technical team to identify and accomplish goals by directing the integration of technical activities for specific transportation projects. Technical Teams include complex bridge design and analysis, or, hydrologic & hydraulic reports, contractor phase engineering, and QA/QC of bridge and roadway plans/designs. This position is responsible for the overall management of technical aspects of projects for a specific discipline including technical design, quality control, scope, budgeting, and financial performance. The Technical Manager will be responsible for managing technical teams' job assignments to various projects and will work closely with Project Managers and other staff to ensure technical aspects are being met.
Key Responsibilities

• · Reviews and confirms accuracy of the work performed and methods used by technical team.
• · Tracks project budgets & schedules and identifies potential issues.
• · Responsible for technical, quality, and financial performance of the technical team.
• · Answers questions and resolves issues brought forth by engineering, technical, and project teams.
• · Acts as the Engineer of Record as required.
• · Communicates and collaborates with managers, clients, and contractors.
• · Conducts various tests and quality assurance checks to verify the quality of completed projects.
• · Assists in preparing and oversees scope, budgets and timelines for engineering and/or technical projects.
• · Prepares and delivers various technical presentations, both internally and externally as needed.
• · Reviews contract plan and agreement documents for accuracy, as related to specific technical discipline.
• · May oversee and mentor technical staff and ensure supervisory tasks are complete, to include reviewing/approving timesheets, performing annual reviews, and assuring compliance with company and department policies and procedures.
• · Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors & omissions.
• · Performs final QA/QC review of project submissions.

• · Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in relevant Engineering field from ABET-accredited school, or related field of study.
• · Minimum of (10) years job-related experience. PennDOT or Pennsylvania Turnpike bridge design experience preferred.
• · Licensure/Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) required.
• · Must have thorough knowledge of the design and development process of transportation bridge projects and knowledge of AASHTO and PennDOT Design Manuals, Standards, Specifications, Engineering Software, and Microstation.
• · Understanding of and ability to prepare bridge design, bridge construction plans, and specifications. Including special provisions, and other related project documents.
• · Must possess the ability to work both independently and as part of a Project Team, strong leadership and interpersonal skills, ability to interact with clients, vendors, regulatory agencies, and other external sources in a professional manner

EEO Statement

Larson Design Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.

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