Project Leader - Tysons, VA Security Clearance

Position: Project Leader 2 - Tysons, VA with Security Clearance
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 Project 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.

Responsibilities

Position Responsibilities:

* 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. Qualifications
* 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 activities or the activities of others.

* Attention to detail Good writing skills Exceptional MS Excel skills

Experience with scheduling (MS Project) a plus

* Demonstrated technical proficiency in MCD core disciplines

* Attention to detail

* Good writing skills Exceptional MS Excel skills

Experience with scheduling (MS Project) a plus Experienced with Microsoft Project. Abilities:
* Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.

* Sitting for extended periods of time. Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.

* Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.

* Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

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