BASIC JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Anywhere from 5 to 20+ years local experience performing basic design and/or drafting functions of residential and commercial land development projects in the Northern Virginia area including street design per VDOT and Fairfax County PFM standards
• Professional Engineer's license a plus, but not required for engineering positions
• Engineers & Surveyors Institute (ESI) Designated Plans Examiner certificate a plus, but not required - any ESI course work also a plus
• CADD experience a plus, but not required (we use AutoCAD 2000/Land Development 2004) - applicable to all positions

JOB DESCRIPTION

The position can be tailored to the successful candidate's experience level, but at a minimum expect to be able to, or learn to:

Design Engineer or Project Manager Positions

• Be responsible for managing a client relationship and contract - understand the basics of invoicing your client and seeing that collections are made.
• Respond to client requests and questions.  Clientele would be tailored to engineer's ability level.  We have all types of clients from simple to complex.
• Be in direct contact with Fairfax County review agency staff and maintain a good relationship with staff while achieving positive results for your client.
• Write technical letters and waiver requests with proficiency and persuasive and informative style.
• Be able to work with both hand and CADD drafters to see that designs and plans are compiled properly and in a quality fashion.

• Be responsible for setting up projects bases, draft civil site and subdivision plans and profiles
• Work directly with experienced engineers to expand and introduce the selected candidate to design related functions
• Learn infill residential lot grading plan preparation requirements to facilitate plan preparation and completion
• Perform County and jurisdictional research functions and basic plan checking functions

• Telecommute and/or work with staff that telecommutes.  Though we have a central office, we have a very flexible work schedule and the discipline and ability to work independently at home or other locations, under the right conditions, is considered a plus for these positions.  The majority of our staff telecommutes up to two days of the week.  Please note that it is not, however, a requirement to telecommute yourself - just that you be able to work with telecommuters.  Doing it yourself is optional.
• Reimbursement for expenses for home office use is available.
• Use the Internet to transmit information to clients, consultants and review agencies in electronic format as well as liberally use e-mail as communication.

HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION

The company philosophy of promoting telecommuting and flexible work hours with reduced emphasis on corporate titles or similar structure is something which the owner, Greg Budnik (GJB), has always believed, since graduating from Penn State in 1983, would cultivate a higher quality and more enjoyable, thus more productive, working environment in contrast to the larger, more structured corporate office.  If what you seek is a higher challenge to your skills, with more responsibility, independence and room to grow as a professional, these are positions you should look into.  Compensation is flexible with profit sharing, 401(k), health benefits, vacation and medical leave, education and other perks available for negotiation as part of an overall package.

Email a detailed resume (over one page is fine) with a well written cover letter to Greg Budnik, P.E. at:  greg.budnik@gjbinc.com

This web page will be updated as necessary to include additional information as necessary, including whatever obvious stuff we forgot to put up here as candidates inquire, so feel free to check back from time to time for any modifications or additions or email us to get further information prior to sending in your resume.
 

WHO YOU WOULD BE WORKING WITH (CURRENT STAFF)

A little about the people you'd be working with:

• Four full-time engineers (Four senior engineers, two of which are licensed P.E.'s)
• One full-time administrative office manager
• One full-time engineering technician/researcher and plans expediter
• Two part-time civil hand drafters with a background in graphic arts
• One full-time CADD drafter
• One part-time hydraulics/water quality engineer

We do not perform surveying in-house nor do we intend to in the future.  Our surveying work has been subcontracted out mainly to one local established firm for the past 14 years with two other firms for overflow work.
 

About GJB Engineering Inc.

Want to know more about our company that's not on this web page?  Here's a brief  information sheet on our firm.  Our office is conveniently located in Newington, Virginia a mile inside the Fairfax County Parkway, 25 minutes from the Fairfax County Government Center.

We believe that the "infill" market for small and specialized (non-large/major builder) clientele will continue to remain extremely strong and we are committed to being one of the top specialized custom site civil & land development engineering firms in the County for infill work.  To successfully perform infill work and maintain financial profitability on this type of work, it is essential, in our opinion, to having a very experienced staff.  Thus we seek candidates who wants a challenge and a more flexible and independent working environment.

Our work load has not diminished once in our 14 years thus far, even during the early 90's slowdown, due to our niche market which we have with small clients in the Northern Virginia area, combined with our consulting for homeowner and community associations.  It is worth noting that we have never laid off an individual off for lack of work or for lack of being able to offer a better position or promotion within the firm thus far.  People who come to work at GJB are brought on with an eye for the long term, not for short term workload remediation. Our independent and flexible work environment is very unique in the Washington Metro area engineering industry.