Department Manager - Mechanical

Colliers Engineering & Design • Rochester, NY

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About The Position

Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Department Manager to join its Buildings Engineering Services team in Rochester, New York. The team provides mechanical engineering services to municipal, commercial, higher education, and public works clients, including building design from the ground up, renovations, building commissioning, and retro-commissioning. Its work focuses on cost-effective solutions, energy efficiency, comfortable interior environments, sustainability, high-performance buildings, and long-term facility operations informed by objective data and client collaboration.

The Department Manager provides technical and management leadership for the assigned team, oversees the quality and profitability of project work, establishes team goals and plans, supports marketing efforts, assigns projects, schedules work, monitors productivity and labor utilization, and evaluates employee performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in Mechanical Engineering design fields.
• Professional Engineering license in New York and reciprocity with other states.
• Demonstrated effective leadership across large groups of employees.
• Ability to develop and maintain internal and external relationships that support the Company's success.
• Demonstrated ability to lead effectively and efficiently by planning, organizing, and managing procedures, protocols, and/or staff to achieve desired outcomes for projects and programs.
• Effective delegation abilities with design and engineering employees.
• Strategic and outside-the-box thinking.
• Ability to read, write, and understand English for comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.

Nice To Haves

• Previous industrial and academic project experience.

Responsibilities

• Review and manage operations to ensure the quality of technical products.
• Establish effective long-range objectives, goals, and plans for the assigned team.
• Provide technical and management leadership to the assigned team.
• Develop a marketing program in conjunction with discipline goals.
• Advise and assist professionals in other groups when expert knowledge and expertise are required.
• Manage activities so that an adequate profit is earned on all projects.
• Review monthly productivity and labor-hour utilization rates and reports, and adjust as needed.
• Assign projects to staff and schedule work.
• Evaluate employee performance in accordance with company policy.

Benefits

• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid pregnancy disability leave.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Company-matched 401(k)/Roth.
• Paid time off, including parental and military leave.
• Employee referral and professional license bonuses.
• Education reimbursement.
• Access to hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses through an in-house resource.
• Mentorship program.
• Wellness program.
• Women's Organization.
• Philanthropic opportunities.
• Safe and comfortable work environment.
• Potential for career advancement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager