Project Leader 1 - Tysons, VA

Your Future at M.C. Dean

We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world's most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained-enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better.

The Project Leader 1 is responsible for supporting the overall strategy, execution of deliverables, project completion & profitable outcomes for a significantly complex project &/or multiple projects simultaneously. This position will require proficient understanding and knowledge of prime contracting including Critical Power, Power Distribution, UPS & Modular Construction Delivery.

The Project Leader 1 is expected to provide overall development, training & leadership to Junior Project Leadership, Field-Superintendents & Trades personnel as it relates to the strategic

planning, overall implementation & ownership of project completion.

Core Market Sector:

The candidate being considered must have hands-on experience in leading project teams, specialty contracting, coordination & overall project execution. This candidate will be required to hold knowledge of complex turnkey construction with industries related to Government & Federal Buildings, Mission Critical Facilities, Industrial Manufacturing, along with diverse Military & Air Force Bases with projects located on a national and global scale.

• Responsible for ensuring to provide leadership, direction & mentorship to all project-team members to ensure effective collaboration and positive work environments.
• Provides experience and personal exposure to one or more of the following key-solution services including Prime Turnkey Design-Build/Design-Assist and Preconstruction capabilities
• Leads a project team in the preparation of project documentation to include project and manpower requirements, project layouts and scheduling of resources, detailed equipment plans and supporting the field-employees as required.
• Knowledge and understanding of contract language, with experience in negotiation.
• Clear understanding of at-risk and mitigation strategies related to construction management.
• Experienced in the Commissioning and Testing of diverse specialty systems.
• Primarily responsible for coordinating, planning and leading the project kick-off meetings for project teams involved.
• Ability to develop a Work Breakdown Structure for the assigned project with properly named work packages and resources assigned to the appropriate tasks to establish a baseline resource plan.
• Executes & provides site surveys, cost studies and projected costs, budget forecasting and any additional financial and cost requirements of the contractor-perform work.
• Responsible for identifying opportunities for cost-saving measures, quality improvements and execution of best practices.
• Ability to measure the project-scope and performance against the project plan to ensure the project is within appropriate cost variances, budget-expectations and schedule timeframes.
• Partners directly with the Customer to create and manage the project-schedule if requested.
• Timely completion and accuracy of project punch-list items, as-built drawing submittals and ensuring employee accessibility to the appropriate training materials.
• Maintains a positive, respectful and productive partnership with all leadership & support-team members including Senior Engineering Leads, Superintendents and Foreman, Junior Project Leadership and Project Controls personnel to achieve project-milestones.
• Leads the acquisition of permits & licenses required, along with ensuring that all inspections are appropriately completed within the discussed timeframe.

Requirements:

• Supervise Construction Project Managers and perform PM duties on construction projects.
• Maintain operational and administrative control for construction projects Extensive Project Management experience managing teams and monitoring multiple projects at any given time.
• Experienced in up-front project involvement with engineering firms, the client, and General Contractors.
• Proven track record of successful projects. Has Managed diverse groups on projects that involve multi-discipline knowledge for example; Fire Alarm, Communications, Security, AV, Power, and Instrumentation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Can direct cross function teams to reach mutual agreement to meet business objectives.
• Able to work in a diverse environment, with personnel having a range of backgrounds.
• Strong analytical thinking to evaluate options and directions.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills.
• Can facilitate change and communicate effectively.
• Able to think abstractly, in both short and long term planning.

Education:

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in construction specific to Electrical Systems, Power Distribution &/or Critical Power industries with a Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management or an Engineering discipline with a strong preference to Electrical or Mechanical.
• 5+ years of related construction experience with a Master's Degree with a preference in Construction Management or Engineering.
• Required knowledge within construction management functions including self-perform contracting, field coordination efforts, maintenance of schedule & prioritization of deliverable deadlines tied to each specialty-trade simultaneously.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience & established knowledge in complex markets on projects specific to Federal, Government, Commercial & Mission Critical sectors.
• Extensive experience leading diverse teams & projects with construction budgets valued between $2M - $30M+ in total contract value.
• Ability to properly utilize software including Bluebeam, Accubid, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Microsoft Office & Excel.

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information.

What we offer:

• A collaborative team inspired by the way engineering and innovation enhance customer outcomes, improve lives, and change the world for the better. We are driven by our core values of agility, expertise, and trust.
• An opportunity to lead and build a business with the support of an industry-leading firm that has been in business for 75 years.
• Investment in your skills and expertise through a combination of professional and technical training programs, including leadership training and tuition reimbursement.
• Open and transparent communication with senior leadership as well as local office management.

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.