About this role
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">Primary Purpose of Job:</strong></span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage all aspects of Civil Engineering and Geotechnical Design of QuikTrip Sites by ensuring compliance with QuikTrip and industry Standards. Provide technical design solutions & expertise to internal and external customers for civil engineering and geotechnical development plans and cost projections while complying with federal, state, and local municipal requirements.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain QuikTrip site development infrastructure standards (access, parking, visibility, signage, utilities, drainage, landscaping) and profitability. Provide technical interpretations for Real Estate, Construction, Facility Support and Design personnel.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Major functions:</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop and manage the completion of preliminary & final civil engineering plans through outside consultants.</span></span></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="5"> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Establish project direction with conceptual and preliminary plans.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide conceptual, preliminary, and final plans and expertise to facilitate QuikTrip’s business and operational decisions.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Utilize plans that meet with QuikTrip standards and comply with applicable municipal codes to permit and construct new stores and/or fuel / parking / building additions to existing stores.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Produce plans to include comprehensive site-specific civil engineering and subsurface design to minimize cost and time through value engineering, taking into consideration Geotechnical and Environmental impacts associated with each site.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide cost effective designs that enhance the customer experience on QuikTrip sites </span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Expedite resolution of permitting issues through knowledge and use of standard QuikTrip design, civil engineering principles, and municipal codes.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Work with contractors & consultants to resolve civil & geotechnical issues in partnership with QT Construction staff during construction of new stores</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Review prospective sites and provide engineering related implications to RE to facilitate contract negotiations, REA’s, and other applicable items.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Partner with Facility Support on open store issues requiring civil or Geotechnical resolution</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Travel as necessary to established & remote markets to evaluate best practices pertaining to new store design & engineering. Travel is required during each site’s development period, construction process and following each store’s opening</span></span></li> </ol> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25%</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Create and maintain detailed preliminary and final cost estimates, internal approval packages and technical expertise necessary for QuikTrip to make business decisions during the store development & construction processes. </span></span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Create and maintain detailed cost estimates and evaluate costs ensuring they support QuikTrip’s long term business plan.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coordinate with Environmental Project Manager to capture any environmental costs by facilitating Environmental/Geotechnical one-on-one meetings. </span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coordinate with Construction Supervisor, Construction Manager, and Pre-Construction Manager to capture construction concerns during each project’s development and permitting process</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> Facilitate Environmental/Geotechnical Construction contingency meetings as needed.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coordinate with QuikTrip Design, Fuel, Marketing, Operations, and IT departments to capture a-typical or non-standard site items that may increase costs or negatively impact customers, employees and vendors.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Attend and provide necessary documents and technical expertise for all development and construction meetings with the appropriate real estate and construction employees. </span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Review prospective sites and provide engineering related cost implications to RE to facilitate contract negotiations, REA’s, and other applicable items.</span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">20% </span></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Directly Manage and Maintain Civil, Geotechnical, and Utility Exploration Consultants.</span></span></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Prepare and manage Professional Service Agreements.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Evaluate quality of services and costs for Civil/Geotechnical Consultants and hire/terminate relationships as needed.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> Provide continual feedback (verbal and written, as appropriate) to consultants to ensure that QuikTrip Standards are met. Negotiate and approve costs associated with QT provided Scope of Work and Change Orders.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide QA/QC for Consultants work/product to ensure it meets QuikTrip Standards.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure professional services agreements and invoices are reviewed for accuracy and paid on time.</span></span></li> </ol> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">15%</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage the completion of the Geotechnical Engineering Report on all stores in the Civil Project Manager’s Markets. </span></span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Serve as QuikTrip’s subject matter expert working in conjunction with the Geotechnical Consultant</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Review Geotech reports to ensure recommendations are in line with QuikTrip Standards.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide cost effective design alternatives based on impactful Geotechnical and or Environmental findings</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide & explain extraordinary costs related to geotechnical issues</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coordinate with Environmental and Construction for One-on-One and Contingency Meetings to ensure all Geotechnical and Environmental issues are identified for the cost estimate.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Submit Geotech reports, recommendations, and project specific geotechnical information to Construction, Engineering and Real Estate staff.</span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">15%</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Determine and execute Engineering & Design resolutions on open store issues as reported by Operations, Facility Support, or SDPMO.</span></span></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Work directly with the Engineering Manager, Operations, Facility Support, SDPMO, Projects Group, and Construction to determine costs, timelines, and implement field changes based on recommended engineering and design resolutions – including but not limited to:</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Research and investigate each store issue that is reported to Engineering.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coordinate with Operations, Facility support, Construction, and/or Project Group to develop a resolution that meets the needs of the customer.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide cost estimates and timelines by working with construction and projects group. </span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Keep up-to-date reporting by entering all project status updates into the Engineering Communication Log.</span></span></li> </ol> <ol> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Utilize the Request for Information (RFI) process with QT Construction Managers, External Engineering & Architectural Consultants, and General Contractors to resolve Engineering & Design issues during construction </span></span></li> </ol> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">10%</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Evaluate and Assess QuikTrip Risk & Liability and Regulatory Interactions.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">a. Assess short term and long term risk and liability for QuikTrip.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">b. Utilize QuikTrip processes and procedures to discuss and educate all internal and external team members on risk and liability for QuikTrip to assist in making business decisions.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">c. During the QA/QC process, ensure that all work products, designs, contracts, etc., meet all QuikTrip standards and regularity requirements toward minimizing risks/liability for QuikTrip.</span></span></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="4"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Interpret regulatory requirements and all other applicable codes and regulations to provide solutions per QuikTrip Standards.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure communication with Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), regulators, and professionals of record in a timely manner. </span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Utilize QuikTrip’s processes and procedures to modify QuikTrip documentation to reflect current regulatory standards.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain records on all facilities to ensure proof of compliance to local, state, federal regulations, and QuikTrip Standards.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Utilize QuikTrip processes and procedures to train and educate key internal and external team members on ramifications of code/regulatory interpretations. Regulatory review regulatory requirements and update QuikTrip documentation as needed.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Attend meetings with Municipalities and other external parties as needed for engineering related issues.</span></span></li> </ol> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5%</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Collaborate with other QuikTrip Departments to improve QuikTrip Civil Standards </span></span></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support special projects by providing solutions to design issues at existing stores.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Partner with Facility Support regarding civil design issues/requests.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Incorporate Construction Management Changes (CMC) into civil prototypes and standards.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Research and evaluate new design options including new materials, products and techniques. </span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Evaluate all design issues from the departments and incorporate all changes and corrections to the QuikTrip Design Manual; providing quarterly updates of the same</span></span></li> </ol> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5%</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain QuikTrip development documents as determined by QuikTrip & industry standards.</span></span></p> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintain drafting & design documents – utilizing CAD file management software in compliance with QuikTrip’s standards for tolerance, clarity, and aesthetics (best practices).</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage Quality Control (QC) throughout drafting & design projects, as the design lead and through peer reviews.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage all file, reports, cost estimates, and design documents per QuikTrip’s file naming & retention policy to ensure accurate & timely access by applicable QuikTrip employees.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Follow naming convention guidelines and use of metadata as established within QuikTrip’s templates, prototypes, and baseline documents – for the creation of new drafting & design documents.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage, evaluate, and communicate all civil prototype changes for all divisions and the QuikTrip Design Manual.</span></span></li> </ol> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5%</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Position in Organization</span></span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><em>Reports to: </em>Engineering Manager</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><em>Directly supervises: </em>Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Consultants</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><em>Indirectly supervises</em>: Civil Designers, and QuikTrip’s external Environmental Consultants, Architectural Consultants, Surveyors, and General Contractors</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Relationships</span></span></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><em>Inside the Company: </em>Store Development, Accounting, General Counsel, Marketing and Operations personnel</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><em>Outside the Company: </em>Civil Engineering Consultants, Geotechnical Consultants, Architects, Land Surveyors, Government Officials & Employees, and Equipment Suppliers & Installers</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><em style="font-style:italic"><strong><span style="font-style:normal">Position Specifications </span></strong></em></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">The required specifications (education, experience, and skills) are those that the employee must have to hold the position. Applicants applying for this position must possess the required specifications in order to be considered for the job.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> The desired specifications are those that are not required for the employee to hold the position but the employee should try to obtain the desired education, experience, and/or skills to be effective and successful in the position.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Required education:</span></span></em></strong></p> <p><em><strong>Required education: </strong></em>Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or similar accredited academic program or equivalent QuikTrip experience</p> <p><em><strong>Desired education: </strong></em>Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or similar accredited academic program.</p> <p><em><strong>Required experience: </strong></em>Seven years of Engineering Design, Cost Analysis, Risk Analysis, and Project Management (or equivalent QuikTrip experience). Working knowledge of Geotechnical Engineering as it relates to site development.</p> <p><em><strong>Desired experience: </strong></em>Ten years of Civil Design, including subsurface design, construction, and geotechnical engineering experience. Ten years of Project Management. Registration as a Professional Engineer is a plus.</p> <p><em><strong>Required skills: </strong></em>Proficient use of MS Office, critical thinking and problem solving skills. Strong oral and written communication skills, detail oriented and the ability to be self-motivated.</p> <p><em><strong>Desired skills: </strong></em>Proficient use of AutoCAD Civil 3D Software</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Additional criteria </span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Employee must sign a Proprietary Information Agreement on an annual basis.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">This position requires the employee to be available by phone and/or email and/or have accessibility to calendar, contacts and data while out of the office.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:20.0px"><strong><span style="font-family:'Courier New'"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Starting Salary: </span></span><span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif">$106,500 - $133,100</span></strong></span></p> <p><strong>Benefits: <a href="https://www.quiktrip.com/employee-benefits/">Employee Benefits – QuikTrip</a> </strong></p> <p><strong>#LI-MI1 </strong></p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-indent:-2.25in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Courier New'"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Inside the Company: </span></span></em></span></span></p>