Department Manager - Mechanical
About The Position
Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Department Manager to join its Buildings Engineering Services team in Seattle, Washington. The team provides mechanical engineering services to municipal, commercial, higher education, and public works clients, including designing buildings from the ground up, renovating existing buildings, and providing commissioning and retro-commissioning services. Its work focuses on cost-effective solutions, energy efficiency, comfortable interior environments, sustainability, high-performance building operation, and long-term facility needs, guided by objective data and close client collaboration. The Department Manager leads the assigned team and manages technical quality, staffing, project scheduling, productivity, profitability, planning, and performance. The role also supports marketing efforts and provides mechanical engineering expertise to professionals in other groups.
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.
- Ability to lead effectively and efficiently by planning, organizing, and managing procedures, protocols, and/or staff to achieve desired project and program outcomes.
- Effective delegation abilities with design and engineering employees.
- Strategic and outside-the-box thinking.
- Ability to read, write, and understand English for job-related written communications, 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 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 to ensure adequate profit on all projects.
- Review monthly productivity and labor-hour utilization rates, report findings, and make adjustments 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.
- Mentorship program.
- Wellness program.
- Women’s Organization.
- Philanthropic opportunities.
- Safe and comfortable work environment.
- Potential for career advancement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
