Piping Designers Local Department Manager

Overview

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Your impact

As part of the new AF Electronics piping discipline, we are excited to announce a leadership opportunity for a Piping Designers Local Department Manager (LDM). We are looking for someone who is ready to lead a highly interactive team as they design piping systems for a variety of state-of-the-art industrial microelectronics/semiconductor facilities. This is a new and remote position that is preferred to be based in the eastern United States.

This role reports directly to the Electronics Piping Global Department Manager (GDM) and is expected to be 80%-95% administrative overhead, with remainder client billable and some limited sales/business development. Ideal candidate will be located in the Central or East Time Zone.

As the Northeast/Southeast Region Piping Designers LDM, you will manage piping designers in the NE/SE region of the US, including Pittsburgh, PA and Houston, TX, as well as remote staff in neighboring states. You will leverage your people management skills to help team members discover what drives them and understand the vision for the department's future. This position is responsible for working with the Piping GDM and other US and international team leaders to develop and implement strategy in line with the Electronics business direction and goals, including staffing, initiatives, and project delivery.

You will be accountable for your team’s success in meeting the client’s expectations of project delivery and quality.

Team Management and Development

• Support aligned staff career development and advancement
• Provide coaching and mentorship to identify and facilitate growth opportunities
• Conduct regular 1-on-1 conversations with aligned staff to maintain open communication and provide constructive performance feedback
• Complete annual E3 performance reviews for aligned staff
• Manage human resources issues
• Conduct meetings to align collective goals, foster collaboration, encourage knowledge sharing, and drive consistent team performance
• Assess overall capabilities and identify areas for improvement for aligned staff
• Approve timesheets and expenses for aligned staff

Resource Planning & Project Assignments

• Work with GDM and Staffing Manager to assign staff on all active projects
• Maintain staff utilization in Workforce Planning tool for aligned staff
• Consult regularly with Project Leads to identify staffing needs based on the resource loader for all active projects
• Engage global piping discipline managers to provide staff performance feedback to global electronics designated staff
• Help GDM and Staffing Manager plan upcoming work and workload forecast
• Work with GDM and Staffing Manager to optimize financial utilization and workforce plan for delivery staff in alignment with GDC goals
• Work closely with Project Leads and Staffing Manager to estimate, forecast, and plan design change notices (DCNs)
• Evaluate and execute staff increases (hiring) or decreases (terminations) as necessary for short and long-term needs with approval from GDM
• Help onboard all new hires and Jacobs staff who are new to Electronics projects

Project Execution

• Engage Project Leads regularly to ensure project delivery, quality, and schedule are on track
• Monitor compliance with discipline standards and provide guidance for corrective actions
• Support and advise project leads as required to improve project execution, team efficiency, and deliverables quality
• Provide GDM with regular project status reports summarizing project progress, budget, schedule, and constraints

Technical Oversight

• Work closely with subject matter experts (SMEs) to ensure all technical inquiries and issues are resolved in a timely manner; lead decision making when project QA comments need alignment and resolution
• Escalate major technical issues to GDM
• Facilitate technical discussions with SMEs and project leads on all piping design topics…