RG Vanderweil.com
Senior Electrical Engineering Project Manager
RG Vanderweil.com, Los Angeles, CA
About Us!
Vanderweil Engineers is a top ranked national full-service engineering firm specializing in MEP/FP, and technology services. Working in multiple sectors including Science & Technology, Mission Critical, Power & Utilities, Academic, Healthcare and Commercial buildings. Approaching our 75th year in operation with a staff of 500+ located across ten offices, we are proud to be one of the signature family/senior leadership owned engineering firms in the country that regularly appears in the ENR annual ranking of Specialty Design Firms for Cogeneration (Top 10) and Data Centers (Top 14).
If you are a talented and enthusiastic engineer looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds in the industry, we are looking for you. We offer growth and stability in an ever-changing volatile environment. Join us to do the best work of your career as a Senior Electrical Engineering Project Manager at our Long Beach, California office.
As a Senior Electrical Engineering Project Manager in Vanderweil's Power & Utilities Group, you will be serving with and mentoring a team designing unique projects involving campus, industrial and institutional electrical distribution systems and microgrids with integrated sustainability and building infrastructure for large scale medium and low voltage electrical distribution projects. Expand your skillset and have a voice by working outside the box with the way we approach projects at Vanderweil.
Some of your responsibilities include the following:
Every Vanderweil Engineers team member brings something unique to the table. Here is what we are looking for with this role:
Operations and Staff Development:
Preferred Skills & Experience:
Our Flexible Work CultureAt Vanderweil Engineers, we believe our best work is done when flexibility is offered. We know that work/life synergy is crucial to our employees, our flexible style allows team members to be innovative while participating and enhancing the culture of the design team.
Our wellness programs are above and beyond, as our team members physical and behavioral health are a priority.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace.
If you would like to connect with us for more information, please contact a member of our recruitment team or to learn more about our work culture, please visit us at www.vanderweil.com.
The compensation that we expect to pay for this position is commensurate with years of experience, professional licensure, and education, but should be in the $150,000 to $190,000 range.
Vanderweil Engineers is a top ranked national full-service engineering firm specializing in MEP/FP, and technology services. Working in multiple sectors including Science & Technology, Mission Critical, Power & Utilities, Academic, Healthcare and Commercial buildings. Approaching our 75th year in operation with a staff of 500+ located across ten offices, we are proud to be one of the signature family/senior leadership owned engineering firms in the country that regularly appears in the ENR annual ranking of Specialty Design Firms for Cogeneration (Top 10) and Data Centers (Top 14).
If you are a talented and enthusiastic engineer looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds in the industry, we are looking for you. We offer growth and stability in an ever-changing volatile environment. Join us to do the best work of your career as a Senior Electrical Engineering Project Manager at our Long Beach, California office.
As a Senior Electrical Engineering Project Manager in Vanderweil's Power & Utilities Group, you will be serving with and mentoring a team designing unique projects involving campus, industrial and institutional electrical distribution systems and microgrids with integrated sustainability and building infrastructure for large scale medium and low voltage electrical distribution projects. Expand your skillset and have a voice by working outside the box with the way we approach projects at Vanderweil.
Some of your responsibilities include the following:
Every Vanderweil Engineers team member brings something unique to the table. Here is what we are looking for with this role:
- Provides overall leadership and guidance for Power & Utilities projects with significant electrical power components.
- Plans, directs, supervises, and controls the execution of all business, technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned project. The ideal candidate will leverage both engineering technical and business expertise to provide true leadership support for each of these functions.
- Acts as the Company representative and main point of contact with the Client, contractors, and other key personnel during project execution.
- Oversees establishment of requirements for all areas of the project within Vanderweil's scope of supply, and monitors project activity for adherence to these criteria. This includes working in close collaboration with leadership, engineers, designers, and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules and work plans for various elements of a project. Ensures that the project meets or exceeds goals established in these plans.
- Develops and manages scope of work during project execution. This includes identifying and negotiating changes to the scope of work with the Client and key subcontractors.
- Develops high-level concepts for electrical equipment and system design that meet project requirements and leads the design team through development and delivery of project documentation. This is akin to a Project Engineer or Engineering Technical Lead type of a role within the project hierarchy.
- Executes electrical designs in accordance with Power Group procedures and standards and specific client standards where applicable.
- Maintains strong understanding of all associated Codes and Standards and ensures project compliance.
- Leads power system analysis efforts including short circuit, equipment evaluation, protective device coordination, and arc flash studies using software tools.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge and understanding of project schedule, status, and technical issues. Manages technical issues as they arise.
- Sets up and manages internal quality assurance and quality control reviews for all project deliverables prior to client submission.
- Develops agendas for and runs internal design team meetings and owner/engineer meetings.
- Performs construction administration tasks such as field visits and subsequent issuance of field reports, responding to RFIs and reviewing shop drawings.
Operations and Staff Development:
- Collaborates and coordinates with corporate and department leadership to manage group and project staffing, development of standards and templates that will improve efficiency and aid in the development, training and mentoring of younger staff, and establishment of overall corporate, department and team culture.
- Provides leadership and support to assigned staff on technical and administrative issues. Candidate should be able to motivate, counsel, coach and develop direct reports and other members of the Vanderweil project team.
- Continuously improves the team's deliverable quality, communications, attitude, and efficiency. Establish clearly defined goals and standards of employee performance.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Strong analytical ability
- Proven Leadership experience
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Degreed (BSEE) and licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE) in California, preferred.
- Minimum of 15 years' experience in MEP consulting, design-build, or construction companies
- Minimum of 10 years' experience as Electrical Engineer or Project Engineer (preferred experience is on electrical power or power distribution projects)
- Minimum of 10 years' experience working with industry-standard engineering and project management software tools (AutoCAD, Revit, NavisWorks, SKM Power Tools for Windows, AmpCalc, ETAP, AGI32, MS Project, etc.)
- Minimum of 10 years' experience as a Project Manager directing project staff and running large and complex electrical power projects
Our Flexible Work CultureAt Vanderweil Engineers, we believe our best work is done when flexibility is offered. We know that work/life synergy is crucial to our employees, our flexible style allows team members to be innovative while participating and enhancing the culture of the design team.
Our wellness programs are above and beyond, as our team members physical and behavioral health are a priority.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace.
If you would like to connect with us for more information, please contact a member of our recruitment team or to learn more about our work culture, please visit us at www.vanderweil.com.
The compensation that we expect to pay for this position is commensurate with years of experience, professional licensure, and education, but should be in the $150,000 to $190,000 range.