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Engineering Manager – Transportation & Infrastructure
Location: Newark, NJ | In-office
About GMA Engineering
GMA Engineering PLLC is a professional engineering and consulting firm supporting transportation and infrastructure projects. We provide engineering management, project and commercial management, and technical coordination services to help clients deliver complex capital programs. Our team works closely with owners, consultants and contractors to resolve challenges and advance projects through design, procurement and construction.
About the Role
GMA Engineering is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager for an in-office position in Newark, NJ, overseeing multidisciplinary design coordination and engineering delivery for a major infrastructure program. The successful candidate will manage design consultant performance, coordinate technical interfaces and support timely decisions throughout design, procurement and construction.
This role requires strong technical judgment, consultant management experience and the ability to work effectively with owners, designers, contractors and public agencies.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage design consultant performance, including scope, staffing, deliverables, schedules and contractual obligations.
* Oversee design progression and coordination across multiple disciplines and work packages.
* Lead design reviews, track comment resolution and address outstanding technical issues.
* Coordinate design milestones with cost estimating, procurement and construction requirements.
* Review additional-services proposals and evaluate design changes for scope, cost, schedule and risk impacts.
* Facilitate coordination among project stakeholders, operating entities, regulatory agencies and third parties.
* Oversee BIM coordination, document control and project information management processes.
* Coordinate engineering support for permitting, environmental commitments and agency approvals.
* Direct engineering coordination and support personnel, aligning priorities with other project functions.
* Prepare management reports and executive briefings identifying progress, risks and required decisions.
Required Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
* Minimum of 15 years of rail engineering experience, including significant responsibility for engineering management or multidisciplinary design delivery.
* Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
* Demonstrated experience overseeing design consultants and resolving technical interfaces on complex transportation or infrastructure projects.
* Working knowledge of consultant contracts, scope development, change management and project controls.
* Strong leadership, communication, organizational and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to evaluate technical issues, coordinate appropriate specialists and communicate clear recommendations to senior management.
Preferred Experience
* Experience with rail, transit, heavy civil or other major public infrastructure programs.
* Familiarity with BIM, electronic document management and project management information systems.
* Experience coordinating design delivery within active operating facilities or constrained construction environments.
Location: Newark, NJ | In-office
About GMA Engineering
GMA Engineering PLLC is a professional engineering and consulting firm supporting transportation and infrastructure projects. We provide engineering management, project and commercial management, and technical coordination services to help clients deliver complex capital programs. Our team works closely with owners, consultants and contractors to resolve challenges and advance projects through design, procurement and construction.
About the Role
GMA Engineering is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager for an in-office position in Newark, NJ, overseeing multidisciplinary design coordination and engineering delivery for a major infrastructure program. The successful candidate will manage design consultant performance, coordinate technical interfaces and support timely decisions throughout design, procurement and construction.
This role requires strong technical judgment, consultant management experience and the ability to work effectively with owners, designers, contractors and public agencies.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage design consultant performance, including scope, staffing, deliverables, schedules and contractual obligations.
* Oversee design progression and coordination across multiple disciplines and work packages.
* Lead design reviews, track comment resolution and address outstanding technical issues.
* Coordinate design milestones with cost estimating, procurement and construction requirements.
* Review additional-services proposals and evaluate design changes for scope, cost, schedule and risk impacts.
* Facilitate coordination among project stakeholders, operating entities, regulatory agencies and third parties.
* Oversee BIM coordination, document control and project information management processes.
* Coordinate engineering support for permitting, environmental commitments and agency approvals.
* Direct engineering coordination and support personnel, aligning priorities with other project functions.
* Prepare management reports and executive briefings identifying progress, risks and required decisions.
Required Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
* Minimum of 15 years of rail engineering experience, including significant responsibility for engineering management or multidisciplinary design delivery.
* Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
* Demonstrated experience overseeing design consultants and resolving technical interfaces on complex transportation or infrastructure projects.
* Working knowledge of consultant contracts, scope development, change management and project controls.
* Strong leadership, communication, organizational and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to evaluate technical issues, coordinate appropriate specialists and communicate clear recommendations to senior management.
Preferred Experience
* Experience with rail, transit, heavy civil or other major public infrastructure programs.
* Familiarity with BIM, electronic document management and project management information systems.
* Experience coordinating design delivery within active operating facilities or constrained construction environments.