Vanderweil Engineers · 2 hours ago
Electrical Discipline Lead Engineer
Alexandria, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/StaffVanderweil Engineers is seeking an accomplished Electrical Discipline Lead to provide electrical engineering services within their Alexandria team. The role involves leadership of the electrical staff, business development, and ensuring the quality of engineering design and project delivery.
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Hiring Manager
John Birtwell
Responsibilities
Understand the strategic business objectives of the Alexandria office and the company. Participate, when requested, in the development and planning of those objectives
Assist in the development of electrical engineering design and project delivery strategies and establish responsibilities, procedures, and financial budgets for attaining the business objectives
Identify, develop, and implement opportunities for improving engineering design and project delivery policies and procedures
Participate in local, regional, or national professional organizations to understand general design/construction industry trends, promote the company’s image, identify “best” business practices for potential use within the company, identify and develop relationships with prospective employees
Participate in sales activities and project interviews
Responsible for the daily leadership of the electrical staff
Periodically review the overall mix and quantity of the staff based on office workload projections
Assist in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, workload sharing with other offices, and terminations to adjust the engineering staff composition to meet overall business objectives
Mentor the department staff individually or in collaboration with other senior staff
Conduct periodic reviews of electrical staff and make recommendations for compensation changes
Assist in the development of proposals, design budgets and project schedule
Facilitate the delivery of a full range of engineering services including facility assessments, life cycle analyses, sustainable design and energy analyses, conceptual designs, design development engineering, contract documents, construction administration, post-occupancy evaluations
Promote innovative and creative design solutions within a collaborative team environment, working and communicating closely with the Owners, Architects, PIC, PM, consultants and team members
Make project engineering staff assignments that are responsive to the technical, financial, and schedule requirements of the projects
Assist project teams in the development of project workplans and project control drawings at each project phase
Coordinate staffing requirements between all projects within the office
Assist the various PMs in providing accurate project staffing requirements
Conduct periodic design reviews, per the established project schedule, to determine if the project engineering objectives and client requirements are satisfied
Responsible for the quality of design and documentation for the discipline
Coordinate with the QA/QC leader the assignment of QA engineer for each project
Maintain an updated library of discipline standards
Collaborate with the CA group to establish lessons learned reviews on projects
Qualification
Required
Accomplished Electrical Discipline Lead with experience in providing electrical engineering services and guidance
Ability to identify and develop staff to support business objectives
Experience in electrical engineering services including power, lighting, and fire alarm engineering
Understanding of strategic business objectives and participation in their development and planning
Ability to assist in the development of electrical engineering design and project delivery strategies
Experience in establishing responsibilities, procedures, and financial budgets for business objectives
Ability to identify, develop, and implement opportunities for improving engineering design and project delivery policies
Participation in local, regional, or national professional organizations
Experience in sales activities and project interviews
Daily leadership of electrical staff
Ability to review staff mix and quantity based on workload projections
Experience in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and terminations
Mentoring department staff individually or collaboratively
Conducting periodic reviews of electrical staff and making compensation recommendations
Assisting in the development of proposals, design budgets, and project schedules
Facilitating delivery of a full range of engineering services
Promoting innovative and creative design solutions in a collaborative environment
Making project engineering staff assignments responsive to project requirements
Assisting project teams in developing project workplans and control drawings
Coordinating staffing requirements between projects
Assisting PMs in providing accurate project staffing requirements
Conducting periodic design reviews to ensure project objectives and client requirements are met
Responsible for the quality of design and documentation for the discipline
Coordinating with QA/QC leader for project QA engineer assignments
Maintaining an updated library of discipline standards
Collaborating with CA group for lessons learned reviews on projects
Company
Vanderweil Engineers
Vanderweil is a mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, technology, sustainability, commissioning, and power engineering firm dedicated to providing customized and innovative engineering solutions through excellent client service.
Founded in 1950
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Eli Sherman
President & CEO
Keith Lord
CFO/Managing Principal
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