About this role
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background-color:indianred"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong style="font-weight:bold">This role will be based in Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, Houston, or Chicago. </strong></span></span></p> <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><a name="_Hlk100234513"></a>Manage all aspects of development including entitlements, permitting, civil engineering and geotechnical design of QuikTrip sites by ensuring compliance with QuikTrip and industry standards. Analyze risk and cost exposure to develop strategic timelines for navigating a new store through the development process to construction. Offer solutions to our internal and external customers for permitting, civil engineering, geotechnical, and technical design expertise for site development plans, cost projections and project timelines while complying with federal, state, and local municipal requirements.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Major functions:</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage the development process for new store construction and projects.</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">Develop, implement and maintain critical path and development strategy for each project.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure speed and proficiency in obtaining zoning, variances, permits, corporate approvals, and property closing.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Limit company exposure to dead deal expenses.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Utilize Microsoft Project and Project Web Access as a primary communication tool.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop and maintain expert development knowledge of your market areas.</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 style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage preliminary civil engineering plans and the completion of 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 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, and final plans (plus 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, or to construct 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">Manage outside consultants in plan production, including comprehensive site-specific civil engineering and subsurface design to minimize cost and time through value engineering, considering geotechnical and environmental issues associated with sites.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Utilize technical skills to provide cost effective design alternatives and enhance the customer experience on QuikTrip sites (present all options available).</span></span></li> </ol> </li> <li><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> </ol> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">25%</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage and maintain civil, geotechnical, permit expediter and utility verification 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 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">Conduct annual evaluations utilizing the QT consultant evaluation form and procedures.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Negotiate and finalize engineering related professional service fees 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">Facilitate training for newly hired consultants. Training is a continuous process and retrains must be provided as necessary.</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 QT 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> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Determine if project will utilize internal or external resources.</span></span></li> </ol> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">15%</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 QT to make business decisions during the store development process. </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 are in-line with market averages supporting QT’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 holding 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 Department to capture any construction concerns, alternate construction methods, or a-typical costs</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coordinate with other departments to capture any non-standard site items that may impact costs.</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> </ol> </li> <li><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">Manage completion of geotechnical engineering report on all stores for assigned 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 geotechnical reports to ensure that the recommendations are in line with QT standards & industry practice.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Utilize technical skills to provide cost effective design alternatives on QT sites. Present all options available.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Submit the reports, recommendations, and project specific geotechnical information to internal QT personnel.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Capture and explain extraordinary costs related to geotechnical issues in cost estimates.</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/environmental issues are identified for cost estimate.</span></span></li> </ol> </li> <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 class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Coordinate easements, utilities, property dimensions, etc. with Real Estate Manager, Store </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Development Coordinator, seller and adjoining property owners. Coordinate preparation of contracts, easements and development agreements with the Real Estate Manager and attorneys to ensure QuikTrip's rights are protected. </span></span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5%</span></span></li> </ul> </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">Prepare and conduct project review meetings per guidelines. </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">Accept project hand-off from the Real Estate Manager.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Facilitate initial project strategy meeting.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Facilitate CDP and final review meetings.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Conduct a pre-bid meeting with the Construction Manager to communicate details of all design, permitting, utility, signage, landscaping, potential construction issues and any other pertinent information regarding the project to facilitate an accurate bid letter for the general contractor. </span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5%</span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ol> <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">Assist Construction Manager during the construction process to resolve issues, conflicts and control costs. Evaluate and assess QuikTrip risk & liability.</span></span></p> <ol> <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">Utilize technical expertise to assess short and long-term risk and liability.</span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Utilize QuikTrip processes/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> <ol> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha" start="2"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">During the QA/QC process, ensure that all work products, designs, contracts, etc., meet all QuikTrip standards and regularity requirements toward minimizing risks/liability.</span></span></li> </ol> </li> </ol> <ul> <li style="list-style-type:none"> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5%</span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Regulatory Interaction.</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">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, 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> </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"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Position in Organization</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><em>Reports to: </em>Director of Real Estate or Division Real Estate Manager or Engineering Manager</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><em>Indirectly supervises</em>: Civil Designers & Architectural Production Staff on Civil related issues</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, Corporate 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, attorneys, Land Surveyors, Government Officials & Employees, and Equipment Suppliers & Installers</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"><strong>Required education:</strong> </span></span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or similar accredited academic program. </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">Five years of civil design or construction management.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Working knowledge of Geotechnical Engineering as it relates to site development. Manage all aspects of large projects, excellent negotiating/supervisory and organizational skills Proficient use of MS Office and recent release of AutoCAD. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0.25in"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0.25in"><strong><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Desired education: </span></span></em></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or similar accredited academic program. </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Five or more years of Civil Design, including subsurface design, and three years of construction and geotechnical engineering experience. Five or more years of Project Management experience. Proficient use of AutoCAD Civil 3D.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0.25in"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:0.25in"><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:18.0px"><strong>Starting Salary: <span style="font-family:'Calibri', sans-serif"><span style="color:#4472c4">$106,500 - $133,100 </span></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>