What are the responsibilities and job description for the Structures Group Leader position at Patel, Greene & Associates (PGA)?
Description
Purpose & Need
Patel, Greene and Associates is seeking a driven and creative technical professional to continue driving our success in Southwest Florida. The ideal candidate will embrace and embody PGA’s uplifting culture, help build a strong and talented local team, and expand our market presence with target clients while pursuing professional development opportunities. This means they thrive in a position that demands wearing many hats. This role requires versatile leadership skills and collaboration with our other offices to deliver impactful projects for our local municipality clients and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Backed by an executive leadership that is prepared to invest in your success, you'll direct resources, ensure quality, and oversee design and QC efforts. Come take a major step forward in your career as you help shape PGA’s future!
What You’ll Do
- Maintain responsible charge over multiple structures projects
- Lead marketing efforts for the structures discipline (preparation of Letter of Response and other Technical Proposals)
- Manage structures projects and direct structures group resources to produce a quality product
- Provide quality control reviews when necessary
- Provide mentorship in the structures mentoring program
- Ability to lead internal training programs
- Assist in strategic planning for the future growth of the PGA structures group
- Requires no technical supervision
- Capable of serving the responsible charge role for miscellaneous structures, bridge design and rehabilitation
- Complete tasks and projects within established supervisor’s expectations
What You'll Do as a Group Leader:
- Direct and manage resources of the group
- Ensure quality product development
- Track and encourages training and development of the group
- Mentor discipline staff and develop future leaders
- Identify recruiting needs and participate in acquiring new hires
- Cultivate the PGA culture
- Industry engagement to promote PGA reputation where appropriate
- Lead and/or guide project management marketing efforts where appropriate
- Reports to Directors/Executive Leadership on the performance of the group
What You’ll Need
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE) or Structural Engineer (SE)
- 10 years of progressively more complex post-registration engineering experience.
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent from an ABET Accredited University, majoring in Civil or Environmental Engineering
What You'll Bring
- Excellent verbal communications skills and the ability to interact with a variety of clients and colleagues
- Excellent attention to detail and outstanding organizational skills
- Ability to effectively prioritize and assign work and meet deadlines
- Excellent ability to perform multiple tasks in an organized manner and concurrently at the direction of PGA’s Leadership Team
- Leadership qualities in all aspects while continuing to produce at a high level
Working Conditions
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job including working on a computer, the employee is regularly required to sit for prolonged periods at a desk; use hands, handle, or feel, talk, and hear.
- The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.
- The employee must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
If you meet some of the listed criteria but not all, we still encourage you to apply. You might be a good fit for another role we have available!
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In support of Patel, Greene and Associates’ mission to “elevate our families, communities, and profession,” we are committed to gathering the highest caliber of talent and creating an environment for each to collaborate and achieve their highest potential, ultimately delivering superior work to our clients. That means every position at PGA is open to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex (including gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, disability, military service, or other non-merit factor. Our criteria is simple—you must be kind, hard-working, team-oriented, and have the potential to be excellent at your job. By following this approach, we have built a diverse team that has made PGA one of the best firms to work for in our industry.