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Vice President of Engineering - Geotechnical
Professional Engineering Consultants
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Posted: 04-Jun-26
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Type: Full Time
Years of Experience:
11+
Position Summary:
The Vice President is a primary leader within the firm. This position leads client service, technical staff management, strategic planning, engineering processes and procedures, and project execution for the Division. In addition, this role will apply advance technical expertise such as Site exploration, foundation engineering, slope stability, settlement analysis, and geological hazard assessment, Permitting phase involvement, engineering review of plans and specifications, and construction observation. Experience in geotechnical engineering, construction, materials testing and related fields.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage, mentor and lead staff within the
Deliver PEC’s purpose and vision to our clients and staff.
Uphold the technical reputation of the Division.
Promote services of the Division within PEC and outside to current and potential clients.
Provide workload management of team members in the
Oversee Division efficiency for production of work
Manage project risks related to technical portions of
Develop, implement, and enforce appropriate Business Practices and Quality Procedures specifically related to the Division.
Manage Division costs to within
Set Division standards and deliver projects within those set
Collaborate between departments to achieve company
Other projects and responsibilities may be added at the company’s discretion.
Special Knowledge, skills and abilities:
Experience in managing staff members preferred
Accustomed to collaborating with diverse engineering
Understand current trends within the construction industry and specific Technical
Possess excellent oral and written communication
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent in non-engineering Divisions (Geologist, Surveyor, or Construction/Project Manager)
A minimum of 15 years of actual experience in the design and construction
License and Certification:
Professional license preferred.
Work Environment:
PEC values a healthy work environment, and we focus on working efficiently and collaboratively to ensure quality and productive work as well as quality time away from the office. The work environment is business casual, friendly, respectful, and team oriented with daily peer interactions regarding work progress, client needs and project-specific technical issues. We strive to create an enjoyable work environment with support and opportunities for positive career growth. Much of the work will be conducted within an office setting with frequent sitting, reaching and manipulation of objects, tools and/or controls. The position requires mobility. Duties involved require moving materials that weigh up to 10 pounds on a regular basis and up to 25 pounds on an occasional basis. Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as computer keyboard, mouse, calculator and similar machines. At times, bending, reaching, standing, and walking may be required.
Supervisory Responsibilities (if there are no supervisor responsibilities, put N/A):
Technical Leads, Practice Leads, Team Leads, Key Service Line Leaders
Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC) was founded more than a half century ago on the promise that we would apply scientific principles to make things work, and ultimately, create opportunities. That’s exactly what we continue to do today.
If you could imagine the perfect park, the most sustainable factory, or the most streamlined roadway, what would that look like? What community would be energized because of it? What innovations could bring that vision to life? Well designing for those answers is what we do best.
Established as a professional association in 1965 after the merger of three engineering design firms, Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC) has been delivering comprehensive engineering solutions for more than 60 years.
Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, with additional locations in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado, our staff of more than 400 collectively hold professional engineering licenses in all 50 states. From the roads and bridges connecting them, the energy powering them, the hospitals healing them, and the schools teaching them, PEC strives to better the communities you lead and live in. We know when you succeed, your community succeeds. To us, that is what matters most.