Lead Designer Electrical

MG Engineering - FL Corp.•Hollywood, FL

About The Position

The Lead Electrical Designer (or Engineer) is a senior member and manager of the project team, working under the direct supervision of the Trade Design Manager (or Senior Engineer) to lead and manage project teams and design initiatives. This includes supervising a team of Design professionals with a goal to complete high-quality trade-specific schematics & layouts based on solid design principles. The Lead Designer manages all design team project functions, including surveys, calculations, selections & layouts, performs all project phases and is called upon to play a lead role in effectively communicating with peers, supervisors, vendors, consultants, clients & stakeholders. This includes providing leadership support in the construction administration process with the ability to process and review shop drawings, perform field observations, and prepare respective reports. The Lead Designer is fully capable of assuming the Job Captain function, and directly managing the training, development & project execution of direct-report project team members.

Requirements

Minimum 6yrs experience working as a Designer, of which at least 2yrs were spent in a Senior Designer Role, as part of a professional engineering project team, under the direct or indirect supervision of a licensed professional engineer.
Minimum 2yrs experience leading engineering projects of various sizes and complexities.
4-year Engineering degree.
Great interpersonal skills.
Polished communication skills (both verbal & writing).
Highly organized and composed under pressure.
Proven project management ability, with demonstrated experience managing direct reports to strict timelines with multiple projects to meet deadlines under high-pressure environment.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office.
Working knowledge of AutoCAD & REVIT.
Possesses a keen eye for detail.
Trade-Specific Competency - For Electrical Engineers: Level 4 (Functional Mastery)
Project Management: Level 4 (Functional Mastery)
Relationship Management: Demonstrated ability to oversee team coordination with managers, clients, and team members to set expectations, deliverables, and objectives.
Problem Solving: Assesses team issues from different vantage points, thinks "outside the box", & formulates the most effective solution in addressing specific challenges.
Job Captain: Demonstrated ability to perform consistently satisfactory Job Captain responsibilities.
Communication: Level 4 (Functional Mastery)
Leadership: Level 4 (Functional Mastery)
Accountability: Level 4 (Functional Mastery)
Flexibility & Resilience: Leads the team through ambiguous situations, teaches the team to reconsider strongly held ideas, and maintains teamwork efficiency.
Results Driven: Sets the bar high for the team and raises team standards; sets challenging team goals and develops standards against which to measure behavior & performance of the group.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineering License preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage project teams and design initiatives.
Supervise a team of Design professionals to complete high-quality trade-specific schematics & layouts based on solid design principles.
Manage all design team project functions, including surveys, calculations, selections & layouts.
Perform all project phases.
Play a lead role in effectively communicating with peers, supervisors, vendors, consultants, clients & stakeholders.
Provide leadership support in the construction administration process.
Process and review shop drawings.
Perform field observations and prepare respective reports.
Assume the Job Captain function.
Directly manage the training, development & project execution of direct-report project team members.
Recognize complex types of existing systems and apply solutions to complex engineering problems.
Independently design complex electrical systems with inherent knowledge, minimal research & direction, and use of company standards & templates.
Develop intricate electrical room and system designs/layouts and selection of advanced equipment with minimal supervision.
Write sequence of operations with minimal supervision.
Research codes and standards when required.
Generate specifications based on company standard templates with minimal supervision.
Produce existing conditions surveys and due diligence reports including cost estimates.
Educate L3 engineers.
Exhibit project process mastery with confidence and humility.
Keep the team focused on key team & company goals, and on the client experience.
Ensure effective collaboration between team members, understanding various personalities and how they can best work together.
Perform Project Manager responsibilities without assistance & with the highest degree of efficiency.
Foster a collaborative culture, with demonstrated experience training & developing staff.
Oversee team coordination with managers, clients, and team members to set expectations, deliverables, and objectives.
Delegate workload assignments effectively & inspire others.
Teach the team to view problems as opportunities to grow & foster a solution-based thinking culture.
Enable the team to fill knowledge gaps through active & proactive research.
Assess team issues from different vantage points, think "outside the box", & formulate the most effective solution.
Take a "prevent rather than intervene" approach by focusing on team quality and due diligence.
Ensure that the team focuses on the client experience and keeps the customer perspective in mind.
Teach the team to have a "customer is always right" approach.
Elicit feedback from direct reports and create strategies to help the team serve customers more effectively.
Take ownership of the coordination of project deliverables and issuances with the project team.
Coordinate between the project team and other MGE groups on the timely and accurate set-up/issuance of project documentation.
Quarterback the project start-to-finish, ensuring it goes out correctly.
Include the right stakeholders in communication.
Coordinate with all departments and take ownership of the process throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Serve as an important quality control point by checking project documentation for completeness and accuracy prior to submitting for issuance.
Submit all completed checklists to the Project Manager.
Provide final clearance on project issuance.
Escalate concerns quickly and decisively.
Ensure checklists, issue sheets and other pertinent documentation are accurately completed before sending.
Make sure all pencils are down before submitting a set for issuance.
Own the quality control process.
Make sure the right engineers have checked their design before submitting it for issuance.
Check the drawings for accuracy before they go out.
Ensure backgrounds and xrefs are up to date.
Coordinate the issuance of Project Manuals (Book Specifications) if applicable.
Coordinate and check the Issued Drawings List for every drawing issuance.
Double check to see if the backgrounds received from the architects are correct.
Ensure the proper drawings are compiled and issued.
Communicate the status of the issuance through completion.
Follow-up with the client to ensure the package was received.
Ensure that proper project documentation is thoroughly, correctly, and consistently followed.
Ensure correct drawing set-up and filing.
Ensure correct folder structure set-up and ongoing maintenance.
Ensure correct and timely issue sheets.
Ensure correct post-project filing and archiving.
Ensure all changes are bubbled appropriately.
Ensure delta in revisions matches the delta in the title block.
Ensure all applicable DOB notes should be turned on for DOB filing.
Ensure NY-related notes are turned off if a job is outside New York.
Ensure the PAA sub-number is correct.
Ensure the initials of the team members are on the title blocks for all drawings.
Include the correct DOB Now number.
Be clear with the CAD/BIM group on project set-up expectations.
Adhere to the company standard project folder structure.
Check to see if drawings, folders, and issue sheets have been set-up correctly.
Properly place project files into the correct folders within the drive.
Notify Operations and Office Management that a project is confirmed for archiving.
Listen and ask questions to fully understand the scope of the project.
Clearly convey the focus and intent of the project to the team.
Put instructions into a framework that team members working on the project can understand.
Explain how the project fits in with the overall scheme of the company and its ultimate objective.
Inspire trust in both the stakeholders and the team members through writing and speaking openly & honestly with appropriate body language and grammar.
Instill loyalty in the team through honest feedback and clear direction, making it easier to deliver instructions, make changes and provide constructive criticism.
Report the team’s progress to the client with assurances that keep the client satisfied.
Enable, motivate, and inspire the team to meet deliverables within project constraints by demonstrating commitment, expertise, confidence, genuine concern, and ability to help everyone solve challenges and achieve goals.
Find the key factors that motivate each team member, settle disputes, and effectively encourage the team to maintain its focus.
Conduct timely and recurring career development and performance management for the team.
Be personally invested in the success of the team by feeling that personal success is directly related to the success of the team.
Embrace management, mentorship, and the ownership of the team’s workload, and ensure workload is delegated effectively.
Take advantage of opportunities to advance the brand of the team, initiate projects, take ownership of mistakes and give credit to the team for their success.
Take leading action in the face of obstacles, freshly identifying what must be done and leading the implementation of the solution.
Set challenging goals for the team and demonstrate a strong sense of urgency & persistence about accomplishing them.
Establish plans that break projects into their component parts, each with its own timeline.
Seek & give performance feedback to others and address performance problems promptly.
Lead the team through ambiguous situations, teach the team to reconsider strongly held ideas, and maintain teamwork efficiency.
Ensure team members respond positively to a changing environment and enable them to come up with creative ideas.
Remain calm and comfortable when the picture is unclear and much is unknown, accurately assessing risks and options, changing direction & reorienting quickly.
Act decisively at the right time.
Set the bar high for the team and raise team standards; set challenging team goals and develop standards against which to measure behavior & performance of the group.
Persist in the face of significant difficulties, take risks, face fears, and demonstrate a strong sense of urgency about achieving goals.