Deputy Bridge Department Manager

Dewberry has an opportunity for an experienced Deputy Department Manager to lead the Bridge design team in our Bloomfield, NJ office. You will collaborate closely with Bloomfield's Department Manager and be responsible for overseeing a team performing structural calculations, preparing design and contract documents (including reports, engineer's estimates, and construction specifications), reviewing shop drawings, and providing technical support during the construction phase.

We will look to you to drive targeted business development activities to grow the department, and win more projects of increasing scale. Your skills as a Project Manager will be used as you lead large or complex projects requiring seasoned management skills. Typical projects involve city and state clients in the transportation market.

As a leader you'll be involved in staff professional development, growth, retention and recruiting, mentoring, training, quality management, project management practices.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you're an experienced professional or a new graduate, you'll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call "Dewberry at Work," that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Dewberry offers a comprehensive and very competitive package of insurance programs to regular full-time employees and their eligible dependents the first of the month following their date of hire. The insurance package includes medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life. Additional insurances, at no cost to the employee: life (employee only), accidental death and dismemberment, business travel and accident, and short- and long-term disability are also provided. Employees pay a share of Dewberry's premium expenses (on a pre-tax basis) for medical and dental insurance plans.

Dewberry offers a wide range of other employee benefits, including: 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, 529 College Savings Plans, Travel Assistance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Spending Accounts and Supplemental Life Insurance for employee, spouse, and children.

Positions within our officer program are also eligible for an annual bonus and monthly stipend. Both vary based on level within the program and bonuses are dependent upon company and individual performance. Certain positions are also eligible to receive overtime pay, whereas all non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime (subject to approval).

In addition, a host of discounted purchase programs are available to all employees.

Assist supervision and provide direction, guide, and inspiration to a staff of project managers, engineers, and technicians.
• Successfully perform as Project/Task Manager or, in a design-build procurement, as Design Manager of large, complex jobs.
• Recruit, retain, develop, mentor, train and grow individual practitioners and teams.
• Staff project teams with the right number and type of skill sets to contribute to successful delivery.
• Collaborate pro-actively and productively with other groups and company offices across the Northeast and US.
• Conduct business development activities and opportunity capture planning, proposal writing, and oversight
• Be partially responsible for operations that lead to meeting revenue and profit goals.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering is required, Master's Degree in Structural Engineering is desirable.
• At least 10 years of related experience.
• Bridge engineering and project management experience.
• Demonstrated project management success for size-able projects for the following agencies: NJDOT, NJTA and PANYNJ agencies.
• Professional Engineer in NJ required.
• Experience writing winning proposals and leading successful client presentations for NJ clients.
• Strong interpersonal and effective leadership skills.
• Occasional travel will be required.
• Driving is a requirement of the position. A clean driving record is required.

Don't meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee's. So if you're excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters: Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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The projected range for this position is $132,738 to $174,455 annually. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly. These ranges are for Bloomfield, NJ only.