Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager This is a direct position with our client partner. The preferred locations are in the Northeast US. Preferred states (not limited to) include Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, DC, Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts, WV, and any other state in the NE US. Most projects are in this area. This would be a remote position, but there will be some travel to local office locations and clients’ sites from time to time. PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION The Engineering Manager is responsible for hands-on leadership of the Engineering team supporting Infrastructure Renewal, and Building Upgrade and Improvement projects with a focus on energy efficiency and sustainability. The Manager ensures that projects and project engineers meet anticipated internal and external objectives. Provides guidance and support to Project Development Engineers across the project development phases, including identification and qualification, conceptualization, pre-development, and development, as well as the activities associated with those phases. The Engineering Manager will work closely with the Sales and Construction teams by providing support for current and future opportunities. Has ownership of departmental budgets and ensures development costs do not exceed them. PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES Manages/leads the following aspects of Engineering: Provide general management proficiencies and area-specific skills and tenets. Plan, perform and control project policies, objectives and responsibilities. Assure adequate support and resources are available to development team. Guide Development Engineers by effective personal attitudes, leadership and professional conduct. Manages a professional team of diverse Engineers that focus primarily on Energy Engineering, with regard to MEP systems, General Construction and Renewables in retrofit type applications. Promote business strategy by coordinating, developing and presenting concepts and technical solutions, during varying stages of the project development process, whether in written form or in an oral presentation format. Oversees the entire development process from preliminary assessment to final deliverable. Regularly reviews project status and maintains adequate manpower to meet deadlines and achieve expected quality standards. All final deliverables will be thoroughly reviewed for content, application, technical feasibility, energy savings guarantee accuracy, cost reasonableness and that all customer objectives have been met. Performs due diligence reviews of all opportunities brought by the Sales team prior to assigning resources to the effort. Assessments will then be communicated to Leadership. Resource assignments may include hiring outside consultants, where necessary, to augment the efforts of internal resources. Coaches and mentors a team consisting of various levels of knowledge and ability. Further training and education of the team is essential in keeping with current codes and standards that relate to the industry. The Manager will have responsibility for administratively governing the team, including performance reviews, salary planning, interviewing, hiring/firing and general administration. Supports sales team in presenting proposals and contracts to customers; assumes active role in the sales and bid process and installation phase MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor of Science degree in a related engineering discipline (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Civil), and at least 10 years of related work experience in the consulting engineering, design-build, or energy services fields PE License, required CEM and/or LEED AP credentials, required Demonstrated understanding of construction cost estimating and budget projections High level of aptitude in financial management and planning Expertise in engineering and construction methodology and the associated energy calculations Strong understanding of project management and development engineering Ability to critique and improve written proposals, Investment Gade Audits (IGA’s), and technical documents Experience in all fiscal aspects of project development and management. Experience in directing, supervising, training employees, assigning and directing work, conducting performance appraisals, disciplining employees, and addressing complaints and resolving personnel problems Excellent planning and organizational skills Effective written and oral communication skills and the ability to write reports, business correspondence and customer presentations Must possess high-level technical writing skills Experience in handling high demand situations where tact and cooperation are crucial to cost-effective operations All candidates must have the ability to speak, read and write English PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Degree strongly preferred with a PE Experience in developing energy conservation projects involving solar PV and other renewable energy technologies, large prime movers such as combustion turbines, biomass, and landfill gas facilities Ability to perform load calculations and energy analyses using industry modeling software programs, including EnergyPlus, eQuest, Trane Trace 3D, solar PV evaluation tools such as Helioscope, and/or design programs such as AutoCAD Ability to use software for project scheduling and tracking, such as Primavera and other common construction project software applications