Project Leader 2 Tysons, VA

Job description

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.

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 timeframes.
+ 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.
+ Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
+ Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
+ Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
+ Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Required Skill Profession

Other General