Principal
About The Position
This position is for an outgoing leader with extensive engineering experience and a desire to pass along this experience to the balance of the San Jose office electrical department. In addition to acting as a lead electrical engineer/project manager on a variety of projects, the tasks for this position include providing leadership, mentoring, and workload assignments for the department of approximately 15 engineers/designers as well as recruiting and staff retention responsibilities. The department manager will work with the company leadership to establish and maintain the engineering standards and quality assurance procedures for production. Core Responsibilities Annual performance reviews of staff Recruiting and interview of potential candidates for hire Review and negotiation of legal contracts and terms and conditions with oversight from Corporate staff Managing staff and allocation of resources to meet project deadlines Effective meeting minutes and action item tracking. Development of fee proposals and project scopes of work Development and implementation of quality assurance standards Supervision of design production including Quality Assurance procedures Assign electrical project management and support engineering roles on new projects Manage weekly meetings to convey staff assignments and balancing workloads Review, Mentor, Train, Promote and where necessary, terminate department staff Develop and maintain training programs and resources for staff growth Serve as Lead Electrical Project Engineer or AlfaTech Project Manager Project Financial Management including coordination with in-house accounting staff Process plans through a variety of Plan Check agencies and obtain their approvals Perform Contractor Submittal Review, RFI responses, and Construction observations Preparation of detailed designs including calculations and specifications Communicate directly with clients (presentations, proposal preparation, meetings, etc.) Job site investigation and construction observation Preparation of Due Diligence, Feasibility, and Basis of Design reports in addition to project manager skills, successful candidate must have a demonstrated skill level at Electrical engineering including: Power, lighting and low voltage system design and component selections Completing project tasks within established design budgets. Coordination of equipment with architectural/structural designs and with in-house M/P engineers Coordination with equipment vendors and suppliers for selected equipment. Recognized as technical expert, self motivated to keep up with industry changes. This is meant to summarize the role’s responsibilities and provide some information and structure. At AlfaTech we encourage our staff to think outside the box and explore opportunities beyond the confines of ones stated responsibilities to bring new thoughts, ideas and innovations to our company.
Requirements
- Minimum 12 years direct experience with Consulting or Design Build Electrical firm
- Knowledge of codes, standards, and construction/engineering processes.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Excellent computer skills (EE analysis programs, Microsoft Office programs, AutoCAD and Revit)
- Project Management experience.
- Direct Supervision of support staff experience
Nice To Haves
- Electrical Engineer Registration (PE) preferred
- LEED Accreditation desired
Responsibilities
- Annual performance reviews of staff
- Recruiting and interview of potential candidates for hire
- Review and negotiation of legal contracts and terms and conditions with oversight from Corporate staff
- Managing staff and allocation of resources to meet project deadlines
- Effective meeting minutes and action item tracking.
- Development of fee proposals and project scopes of work
- Development and implementation of quality assurance standards
- Supervision of design production including Quality Assurance procedures
- Assign electrical project management and support engineering roles on new projects
- Manage weekly meetings to convey staff assignments and balancing workloads
- Review, Mentor, Train, Promote and where necessary, terminate department staff
- Develop and maintain training programs and resources for staff growth
- Serve as Lead Electrical Project Engineer or AlfaTech Project Manager
- Project Financial Management including coordination with in-house accounting staff
- Process plans through a variety of Plan Check agencies and obtain their approvals
- Perform Contractor Submittal Review, RFI responses, and Construction observations
- Preparation of detailed designs including calculations and specifications
- Communicate directly with clients (presentations, proposal preparation, meetings, etc.)
- Job site investigation and construction observation
- Preparation of Due Diligence, Feasibility, and Basis of Design reports in addition to project manager skills, successful candidate must have a demonstrated skill level at Electrical engineering including:
- Power, lighting and low voltage system design and component selections
- Completing project tasks within established design budgets.
- Coordination of equipment with architectural/structural designs and with in-house M/P engineers
- Coordination with equipment vendors and suppliers for selected equipment.
- Recognized as technical expert, self motivated to keep up with industry changes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
