Project Leader - Tysons, VA

Overview

Your Future at M.C. Dean

We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world's most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems;

and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained-enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better.

The position of Projec
t Leader 2 (Critical Infrastructure Solutions) is an executive‑leadership position responsible for the development & leading project‑teams to provide expert solutions to a multitude of complex projects & industries. This individual must be experienced in running $5M - $20M+ in Electrical, Critical Power, Power Distribution Systems & Turnkey Solutions specific to Renovation Projects including normal & emergency power distribution, lighting & lighting control, branch & power feeders & specialty systems.

The Project Leader 2 is expected to provide overall development, training & leadership to Junior Project Leadership, Field‑Superintendents & Trades personnel as it relates to the strategic planning, overall implementation & ownership of project completion.

• Responsible for ensuring leadership, direction & mentorship to all project‑team members to ensure effective collaboration & positive work environments.
• Leads a project team in the preparation of project documentation to include project & manpower requirements, project layouts & scheduling of resources, detailed equipment plans & supporting the field‑employees as required.
• Primarily responsible for coordinating, planning & leading the project kick‑off meetings for project teams involved.
• Ability to develop a Work Breakdown Structure for the assigned project with properly named work packages & resources assigned to the appropriate tasks to establish a baseline resource plan.
• Executes & provides site surveys, cost studies & projected costs, budget forecasting & any additional financial & cost requirements of the contractor‑perform work.
• Responsible for identifying opportunities for cost‑saving measures, quality improvements & execution of best practices.
• Ability to measure the project‑scope & performance against the project plan to ensure the project is within appropriate cost variances, budget‑expectations & schedule time frames.
• Partners directly with the Customer to create & manage the project schedule if requested.
• Timely completion & accuracy of project punch‑list items, as‑built drawing submittals & ensuring employee accessibility to the appropriate training materials.
• Maintains a positive, respectful & productive partnership with all leadership & support‑team members including Senior Engineering Leads, Superintendents & Foreman, Junior Project Leadership & Project Controls personnel to achieve project‑milestones.
• Leads the acquisition of permits & licenses required, along with ensuring that all inspections are appropriately completed within the discussed timeframe.

• 10+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience with a MS in Engineering
• Ability to obtain a secret clearance.
• Experience working on electrical projects ranging from $500,000 to $10M.
• Experience working with contract drawings, subcontracts, contract addendums, specifications, change orders, RFIs, submittals.
• Experience using sophisticated Project Mgmt, CPM Scheduling, Cost and AutoCAD software.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints and drawings on electrical projects.
• Familiar with standard deliverables and work process on projects.
• Must have strong interpersonal and writing skills and be a problem owner/solver.
• Proven ability to effectively plan and organize one's own…