Senior AV Consultant

Salas O'Brien•Washington, DC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Salas O’Brien is seeking a senior AV professional to join our team as a Senior AV Consultant – Design Operations & Quality. This role is designed for an experienced industry leader who can contribute directly to AV systems design and project delivery while also helping strengthen the processes, coordination, and quality practices that support consistent project outcomes. The position combines technical consulting, design review, production support, mentoring, and operational improvement. The successful candidate will work closely with project teams and leadership to resolve technical issues, improve design and documentation quality, establish repeatable workflows, and help build greater confidence with clients and internal stakeholders. This is an opportunity to have a meaningful influence on both project execution and the continued development of our AV consulting practice.

Requirements

Significant experience in the professional AV, systems integration, broadcast, or related technology industry.
Strong understanding of AV system design, integration, installation, commissioning, and project delivery.
Demonstrated technical credibility with complex AV systems and the ability to evaluate design decisions.
Experience reviewing drawings, specifications, equipment selections, system architecture, and project deliverables.
Experience identifying root causes of project issues and developing practical corrective actions.
Demonstrated ability to establish or improve workflows, quality-control procedures, documentation standards, or project delivery practices.
Strong communication, mentoring, coordination, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to work effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Ability to balance high-level judgment with sufficient attention to detail.
Experience with CAD, BIM, AV documentation, or related production tools is valuable.
The role does not require the candidate to be the primary day-to-day production resource, but an understanding of design documentation and production workflows is important.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, architecture, or a related field is preferred, but equivalent industry experience will be considered.

Nice To Haves

Respected and trusted within the AV industry.
A practical, process-oriented problem solver.
Comfortable mentoring others and constructively challenging existing practices.
Able to move between strategic discussions and detailed technical review.
Focused on preventing problems rather than simply correcting them after the fact.
Comfortable working in an evolving organization with an opportunity to help shape standards and practices.
Skilled at building alignment among people with different experiences, approaches, and technical perspectives.
Motivated by improving both the quality of the work and the experience of the people delivering it.

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level technical input on complex AV, broadcast, and technology systems.
Support project teams with system concepts, equipment selection, design development, documentation, and technical problem-solving.
Review designs and deliverables for technical completeness, constructability, coordination, and alignment with project requirements.
Help identify and resolve issues that may otherwise create downstream impacts during bidding, construction, commissioning, or client review.
Contribute to project specifications, narratives, equipment schedules, diagrams, details, and bid package development.
Participate in client, design-team, contractor, and vendor coordination meetings as appropriate.
Support the development of practical, consistent, and technically defensible solutions.
Assist with the preparation and review of AV design and construction documents.
Establish appropriate review points throughout the project lifecycle rather than relying solely on final-stage quality checks.
Help ensure deliverables are coordinated across disciplines and consistently communicate the design intent.
Review project packages before issuance and help teams address gaps, inconsistencies, and errors.
Support the creation and refinement of templates, checklists, standards, and other tools that improve production efficiency and quality.
Evaluate current project workflows and identify opportunities to reduce errors, rework, missed coordination items, and communication gaps.
Help define and document repeatable processes for project initiation, design development, internal review, client review, bidding, construction administration, and closeout.
Develop practical quality-control and quality-assurance procedures for AV consulting projects.
Help clarify roles, responsibilities, handoffs, decision points, and escalation paths within project teams.
Facilitate lessons-learned discussions and help translate project experience into improved standards and practices.
Work with leadership to establish useful measures of project quality, consistency, responsiveness, and delivery performance.
Support implementation of process improvements in a practical way that teams can adopt and sustain.
Help identify training and mentoring needs across the design and engineering group.
Serve as a senior technical and process-oriented resource for project managers, consultants, designers, and field personnel.
Mentor less-experienced staff and help develop their technical judgment and project delivery skills.
Promote clear, timely, and professional communication across internal teams, clients, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
Help project teams anticipate client concerns and address them before they become larger project issues.
Build trust through consistent follow-through, sound technical judgment, and reliable project practices.
Contribute to the continued growth and maturity of Salas O’Brien’s DC team AV consulting capabilities.