BMS Engineering Leader - Data Center

Company Description

We are Olsson. We engineer and design solutions that improve the world around us. As a company, we promise to always be responsive, transparent, and focused on results – for our people, our clients, and our company.

As the BMS (Building Management Systems) Leader on our Data Center Facilities Engineering and Design Team, you will provide leadership and guidance to a talented group of professionals dedicated to delivering high-quality solutions. This role involves setting performance expectations, supporting professional development, and ensuring strong client relationships. You will also oversee project execution, manage workload distribution, and monitor the financial performance of your group.

This position plays an important role in fostering collaboration and advancing innovative engineering and design solutions across a wide range of industrial projects.

• Provide daily management and leadership, fostering a cohesive and motivated group environment.
• Manage staff and group dynamics, provide direction to the group on the prioritization of projects, and establish goals that align with the team’s strategic objectives.
• Monitor and enhance the group’s project performance and employee utilization and workload, identifying potential areas of improvement and implementing plans to maximize efficiency.
• Oversee project management, quality control, and project execution within the group to ensure successful completion of projects.
• Encourage professional development for employees by helping them identify individual goals, outlining performance expectations, recognizing accomplishments, and providing productive and consistent feedback.
• Communicate with group members regularly to keep the group informed and aware of initiatives, goals, and objectives within the group and team to ensure accountability.
• Ensure high client service orientation through consistent and effective communication with clients.
• Outline training and mentoring expectations for staff members to enhance technical skills and knowledge among the group.
• Collaborate with other group leaders and senior team leaders to align goals and optimize team outputs.
• Oversee marketing efforts for repeat clients and coordination with business development on new client pursuits, including client strategy, proposal process, interviewing, and selection efforts within the group.
• Adhere to regulations and enforce safety standards.

You are passionate about:

• Working collaboratively with others.
• Having ownership in the work you do.
• Using your talents to positively affect communities.

You bring to the team:

• Strong communication, leadership and management skills.
• Ability to contribute and work well on a team.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, sciences, construction, planning, landscape architecture or a related area preferred. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, an associate degree with equivalent experience is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of related experience within an applicable field or discipline.
• Must have at least 4 years of experience supervising technical personnel.
• General understanding of Electrical, Mechanical and I&C engineering deliverables.
• The ability to develop and implement strategies for expansion of the group.
• The ability to build and establish relationships with new and existing clients.
• Has an ability to attract, develop and retain talented staff who deliver results.

Olsson specializes in engineering and design, client advisory services, planning, field services, and environmental. Improving the world has been our mindset from the very beginning, back when Olsson first opened for business in 1956. And it will be our mindset for years to come.

As an Olsson employee, you will:

• Receive a competitive 401(k) match
• Be empowered to build your career with tailored development paths
• Have the possibility for flexible work arrangements
• Engage in work that has a positive impact on communities
• Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles

In addition, full-time employees will receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.) and the…