Project Leader 2 - Richmond, 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 position of Project Leader 2 (Critical Infrastructure Solutions) is an executive-leadership position responsible for the development & leading project-teams to provide expert solutions to a multitude of complex projects & industries. This individual must be experienced in running $5M - $20M+ in Electrical, Critical Power, Power Distribution Systems & Turnkey Solutions specific to Renovation Projects including normal & emergency power distribution, lighting & lighting control, branch & power feeders & specialty systems.

The Project Leader 2 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.

Position Responsibilities:

* Responsible for ensuring leadership, direction & mentorship to all project-team members to ensure effective collaboration & positive work environments.

* Leads a project team in the preparation of project documentation to include project & manpower requirements, project layouts & scheduling of resources, detailed equipment plans & supporting the field-employees as required.

* Primarily responsible for coordinating, planning & 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 & resources assigned to the appropriate tasks to establish a baseline resource plan.

* Executes & provides site surveys, cost studies & projected costs, budget forecasting & any additional financial & cost requirements of the contractor-perform work.

* Responsible for identifying opportunities for cost-saving measures, quality improvements & execution of best practices.

* Ability to measure the project-scope & performance against the project plan to ensure the project is within appropriate cost variances, budget-expectations & schedule timeframes.

* Partners directly with the Customer to create & manage the project schedule if requested.

* Timely completion & accuracy of project punch-list items, as-built drawing submittals & ensuring employee accessibility to the appropriate training materials.

* Maintains a positive, respectful & productive partnership with all leadership & support-team members including Senior Engineering Leads, Superintendents & Foreman, Junior Project Leadership & 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.

Education, Experience & Technical Requirements:

* Minimum 10+ years of experience in the specialty contracting or general construction industry with a Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Construction Engineering, or an Engineering discipline with a strong preference to Electrical or Mechanical.

OR

* 7+ years of construction management experience with a Master's Degree with a preference in Construction Management or Engineering.

* Required knowledge within project management functions including self-perform installation, sub-contractor coordination efforts, maintenance of schedule & prioritization of deliverables tied to each specialty-trade simultaneously.

* Minimum 5+ years of experience & established knowledge in complex markets on projects specific to Federal, Local, Commercial, Government & Transportation industries.

* Extensive experience leading diverse teams & projects with specialty budgets valued between $5M - $150M+ in specialty (Electrical or Power/Specialty Systems) contract-value.

* Ability to properly utilize software including Bluebeam, Accubid, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Microsoft Office & Excel.

* Ability to obtain a security clearance if required for the project.

Qualifications Desired:

* Attention to detail.

* Exceptional writing skills

* Exceptional MS Excel skills

* Experience with scheduling (MS Project) a plus.

* Demonstrated technical proficiency in MCD core disciplines.

* Attention to detail.

* Good writing skills

* Exceptional MS Excel skills

* Experience with scheduling (MS Project) a plus.

* Experienced with Microsoft Project.

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.