Civil Engineering Group Manager

Toole Design Group in Silver Spring, MD is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Civil Engineering Group 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!

You'll get to work in an environment where collaboration between planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers is expected and encouraged. We'll provide you the opportunity to work with a diverse group of clients and project types. You'll be leading your team on projects that enhance the natural environment - ranging from complex roadways and streetscapes in highly urban settings to signature trail projects. All while getting to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees and is committed to developing a diverse and inclusive team.

This Civil Engineering Group 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). 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 and Canada. 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 Group Manager

As a Civil Engineering Group Manager, you will have a key role in the leadership of the Silver Spring 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 Group Manager:

• A Professional Engineering license in MD (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 Maryland 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 Silver Spring 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 Group 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 opportunity and necessary equipment to work from home 2-3 days per week. The Silver Spring office of Toole Design is our corporate headquarters. We are conveniently located just outside of Washington DC in downtown Silver Spring, close to regional trails and networks, and directly connected to on-street bike infrastructure. We're two blocks from the Silver Spring Metrorail/MARC Station and bus depot. Our beautiful 8th floor suite offers stunning views of DC and surrounding Montgomery County. 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 Silver Spring 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 Group Manager position, please visit our website to apply: www.tooledesign.com/careers/

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, 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 racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

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