Mechanical Discipline Manager

Mechanical Engineering Discipline Manager

Dewberry is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Discipline Manager located in Huntsville, AL, to lead and inspire our engineering team. This role requires an accomplished Professional Engineer who will play a pivotal role in overseeing proposal generation while effectively assigning and leading resources across our discipline areas.

If you are ready to take a proactive role in recruitment, mentoring, and project oversight, join us where you can make a significant difference in our team's success and client satisfaction.

• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) or ability to obtain licensure through reciprocity (example through Comity) within the State in which the position is posted within six (6) months.
• 15+ years of experience
• In-depth knowledge of the construction process
  , familiar with AIA and state construction contracts
• Extensive experience in staff management and department management
• Proven experience in the design of various MEP systems
• Strong conceptual understanding of plumbing, mechanical, and electrical systems
  , including general knowledge of system operation, space requirements, and cost

• Growing, mentoring, and developing the staff within discipline area to allow each person to achieve their maximum potential.
• Minimum annual evaluations for each direct reports.
• Providing technical guidance/leadership for discipline area.
• Organizing staff in a way to allow career advancement, professional development, quality client service, and operational efficiencies to meet business and project financial goals.
• Taking a very active role in recruitment of staff in discipline area including networking, recruitment, interviewing and deal closing.
• Technical and quality oversight of all project work for discipline area.
• Establishing/improving standards for discipline area.
• Adherence to project design schedule.
• Notification to Project/Client Managers if established project design schedule cannot be met, preferably at the latest 2 weeks prior.
• Adherence to discipline project budget. Review and provide updates on project budgets at milestone dates. Reviewing discipline budgets weekly.
• Attention to project scope during the design process to identify potential additional services.
• Identify staff performing design of the project, along with a senior staff member if required.
• Identify Engineer of Record.
• Provide general updates of projects (status in the process, tasks to complete, percentage complete currently, etc.).
• Identify milestone dates when each discipline should provide information at each phase to allow sufficient time for good design coordination.
• Provide 'on-the-spot' advice and decisions, technical and cost estimates.
• Coordination with all of the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.

• Project assignments and priorities
• Delivery due dates for group project commitments
• Workload/Capacity
• Discipline Managers will control all production resources, and all commitments must come from Discipline leaders.
  
  Responsibilities include:
  
  Accomplished (15+ years of experience) Professional Engineer; knowledge of construction process, familiar with AIA and state construction contracts; self-motivated with highly developed verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in staff management/department management.
• Experience in the design of various MEP systems, and an understanding of document preparation utilizing a BIM/Revit platform.
• Well organized, takes good notes.
• Good conceptual understanding of plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems with general knowledge of system operation, space requirements, and cost.

Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry will be required to submit to a background screening, which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry's background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:
Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third-party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

* At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.