Principal, Co-Office Leader

Vanderweil specializes in MEP/FP engineering, technology design, sustainability consulting, commissioning, and power engineering. The organization serves their clients from multiple offices across the U.S. Their 500 professionals are committed to enhancing the wellbeing of our planet and its occupants.

Vanderweil’s character and culture stem from their long history in the field—over 75 years and thousands of projects. An important aspect of the company history is their immense storehouse of intellectual capital and staff expertise – which benefit their projects.

Vanderweil is a good place to work: their staff longevity has increased step by step with their experience. A third of their employees have over 10 years of seniority with the organization, and almost half of those have over 20 years.

Vanderweil provides an outstanding learning environment and a career development pipeline that leverages staff longevity and expertise. This pipeline ensures a continuum of knowledge transfer from mentor to mentee, from team to team, and from generation to generation.

The organization’s project teams include senior engineers, younger PEs, and engineers still in development. Clients can be assured of capitalizing on their top-level expertise combined with their production horsepower.

After 75 years, Vanderweil remains an independent firm. Any staff member, client, or industry vendor can walk into the CEO’s office and be assured of a definitive response and feedback.

Vanderweil’s aim is to be here for the long term. The organization has every incentive to maintain an exceptional company and to provide their clients with a top-quality relationship, work product, and end result.

Vanderweil delivers integrated MEP/FP solutions that focus on innovate, sustainable approaches to building infrastructure systems.

Vanderweil excels in large-scale utility and energy systems with a skilled team addressing complex public and private projects.

Vanderweil is committed to innovative solutions that reduce energy, minimize carbon, conserve water, and enhance comfort and health.

Leading-edge expertise is at the core of Vanderweil’s technology, audio-visual, and electronic security system designs.

Vanderweil’s commissioning professionals ensure buildings and campuses of every scale operate to design intent and performance requirements.

Vanderweil is looking for a skilled, resourceful, and collaborative Principal, Co-Office Leader with strong business ties to join their team in Alexandria, Virginia. Reporting to the President, the Principal, Co Office Leader will work closely with a team of engineers on challenging and exciting projects related to MEP services. The Principal, Co-Office Leader will be responsible for developing and securing project work to grow the firm’s local presence in the region and for recruiting a team of engineers to support the project work.

This leadership position is expected to contribute to the growth of the firm and could lead to firm equity.

• Confidently lead, inspire, develop, strengthen and expand Vanderweil’s Alexandria, Virginia office.
• Represent Vanderweil on relevant projects with the support of the project execution team.
• Oversee project delivery, ensuring schedules, costs, quality, and profitability are met.
• Champion Vanderweil’s strategic plan, lead change and expand Vanderweil’s expertise to drive growth within the office and across the organization.
• Manage and enhance existing client and partner relationships while identifying and developing relationships with new clients, agencies, contractors, and suppliers.
• Balance solid project management disciplines with strong technical and quality control oversight to ensure projects are completed competently on schedule, within budget, to utilization target, and at a standard that meets client expectations.
• Interpret and analyze field and laboratory data.
• Build diverse, inclusive and capable teams within a high-performance culture.
• Create an environment of talent growth, empowerment, and inclusion where talent is developed and led through effective performance management and talent evaluation systems.
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