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MGE Unified Technologies Corp. is hiring : Lead Designer in New York

MGE Unified Technologies Corp. is hiring : Lead Designer in New York

MediabistroNew York, NY, United States
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Overview

The Lead Designer of Technology Solutions (IT Infrastructure, Integrated Security and Audiovisual technologies) is a trusted senior member and manager, working under the direct supervision of the Project Manager. The Lead Designer coordinates project teams, serves as an advisor to clients providing expert guidance around technology implementations, relocations or enhancements of their IT infrastructure, Integrated Security and Audiovisual technologies, and provides proactive recommendations to deliver ongoing success to our clients. The Lead Designer oversees all design team project functions, including surveys, calculations, selections and layouts, performs all project phases, and plays a lead role in communicating with peers, supervisors, vendors, consultants, clients and stakeholders. The Lead Designer is the top-level project escalation point for projects and is responsible for providing Project Initiation, Planning, Design, Execution and Close-out leadership throughout the project life cycle.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 8yrs experience working as a Technology Project Manager under the direct or indirect supervision of company Management personnel.
  • Minimum 5yrs experience managing and designing projects of various sizes and complexities.
  • 4-year Engineering or technology degree or equivalent.
  • Great interpersonal skills.
  • Polished communication skills (both verbal and writing).
  • Highly organized and composed under pressure.
  • Must be able to manage strict timelines with multiple projects to meet deadlines under high-pressure environment.
  • Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Word.
  • Advanced working knowledge of AutoCAD and REVIT.

Expectations

Trade-Specific Competency Information Technology, UTC

Level 4 (Functional Mastery)

  • Can ably recognize even the most complex types of existing systems and apply solutions to the most complex engineering problems.
  • Can independently design complex IT infrastructure, AV and security systems with inherent knowledge, minimal research and direction, and use of company standards and templates.
  • With minimal supervision, can develop intricate room and system designs / layouts and selection of advanced equipment.
  • With minimal supervision, can generate specifications based on company standard templates.

    • Core Competencies

    Project Management

    Level 4 (Functional Mastery)

  • Exhibits project process mastery with confidence and humility. Demonstrated ability to see the big picture and keep the team focused on key team and company goals, and on the client experience. Ensures effective collaboration between team members, understands the various personalities, and how they can best work together for the good of the whole. Habitually performs Project Manager responsibilities without assistance and with the highest degree of efficiency.

    • Relationship Management

  • Fosters a collaborative culture, with demonstrated experience training and developing staff. Demonstrated ability to oversee team coordination with managers, clients and team members to set expectations, deliverables, and objectives. Delegates workload assignments effectively and inspires others.

    • Problem Solving

  • Teaches the team to view problems as opportunities to grow and fosters a solution-based thinking culture, where the team brings ideas and solutions to the table. Enables the team to fill knowledge gaps through active and proactive research. Assesses team issues from different vantage points, thinks "outside the box", and formulates the most effective solution in addressing specific challenges. Takes a "prevent rather than intervene" approach by focusing on team quality and due diligence.

    • Customer Satisfaction

  • Ensures that the team focuses on the client experience and keeps the customer perspective in mind. Teaches team to have a "customer is always right" approach. Elicits feedback from direct reports and creates strategies to help the team serve customers more effectively.

    • Job Captain

  • Demonstrated ability to perform consistently satisfactory Job Captain responsibilities.

    • The Job Captain is counted on to :

  • Take Ownership
  • The Job Captain is responsible for taking ownership of the coordination of project deliverables and issuances with the project team. This means coordinating between the project team and other MGE groups on the timely and accurate set-up / issuance of project documentation. This means to :
  • Quarterback the project start-to-finish. Seeing the project through and making sure it goes out correctly.
  • Include the right stakeholders in your communication.
  • Coordinate with all departments and take ownership of the process throughout the entire project lifecycle.

    • Apply Quality, & Ensure it

    The Job Captain serves as an important quality control point, by checking project documentation for completeness and accuracy prior to submitting for issuance. This means to :

  • Submit all completed checklists to the Project Manager.
  • Provide final clearance on project issuance.
  • Escalate concerns quickly and decisively.
  • Ensure checklists, issue sheets and other pertinent documentation is accurately completed before sending.
  • Make sure all pencils are down before submitting a set for issuance.
  • Own the quality control process. Make sure the right engineers have checked their design before submitting it to you for issuance.
  • Check the drawings for accuracy before they go out.
  • Ensure backgrounds and xrefs are up to date.
  • Coordinate the issuance of Project Manuals (Book Specifications) if applicable.
  • Coordinate and check the Issued Drawings List for every drawing issuance.
  • Double check to see if the backgrounds received from the architects are correct.
  • Ensure the proper drawings are compiled and issued.
  • Communicate the status of the issuance through completion.
  • Follow-up with the client to ensure the package was received.

    • Ensure Project Documentation is Correct

    The Job Captain ensures that proper project documentation is thoroughly, correctly, and consistently followed. This includes (but is not limited to) :

  • Correct drawing set-up.
  • Correct folder structure set-up and ongoing maintenance.
  • Correct and timely issue sheets.
  • All changes are bubbled appropriately. If a drawing is being filed for the first time, there should be no bubbling.
  • Delta in the revisions must match the Delta in the title block.
  • The initials of the team members are on the title blocks for all drawings. XX does not work here.
  • Be clear with the CAD / BIM group on project set-up expectations.
  • Adhere to the company standard project folder structure.
  • Check to see if drawings, folders, and issue sheets have been set-up correctly.
  • Properly place project files into the correct folders within the drive.
  • Notify Operations and Office Management that a project is confirmed for archiving.

    • Communication

    Level 4 (Functional Mastery)

  • Listen and ask questions to fully understand the scope of the project. Clearly conveys the focus and intent of the project to the team. Puts instructions into a framework that team members working on the project can understand. Explains how the project fits in with the overall scheme of the company and its ultimate objective.
  • Through writing and speaking openly and honestly with appropriate body language and grammar, successfully inspires trust in both the stakeholders and the team members. Through honest feedback and clear direction, instills loyalty in the team, making it easier to deliver instructions, make changes and provide constructive criticism. Reports the teams progress to the client with assurances that keep the client satisfied.

    • Leadership

    Level 4 (Functional Mastery)

  • Enables, motivates, and inspires the team to meet deliverables within project constraints by demonstrating commitment, expertise, confidence, genuine concern, and ability to help everyone solve challenges and achieve goals. Finds the key factors that motivate each team member, settles disputes, and effectively encourages the team to maintain its focus. Conducts timely and recurring career development and performance management for team.

    • Accountability

    Level 4 (Functional Mastery)

    Self-Direction and Sense of Urgency :

  • Is personally invested in the success of the team by feeling that personal success is directly related to the success of the team. Embraces management, mentorship, and the ownership of the teams workload, and ensures workload is delegated effectively. Takes advantage of opportunities to advance the brand of the team, initiates project, takes ownership of mistakes and gives credit to the team for their success. Takes leading action in the face of obstacles, freshly identifying what must be done and leading the implementation of the solution. Sets challenging goals for the team and demonstrates a strong sense of urgency and persistence about accomplishing them. Establishes plans that break projects into their component parts, each with its own timeline. Seeks and gives performance feedback to others, and addresses performance problems promptly.

    • Flexibility and Resilience

  • Leads the team through ambiguous situations, teaches the team to reconsider strongly held ideas, and maintains teamwork efficiency. Ensures team members respond positively to a changing environment and enables them to come up with creative ideas. When the picture is unclear and much is unknown, remains calm and comfortable, accurately assessing risks and options, changing direction and reorienting quickly. Acts decisively at the right time.

    • Results Driven

  • Sets the bar high for the team and raises team standards; sets challenging team goals and develops standards against which to measure behavior and performance of the group. Persists in the face of significant difficulties, takes risks, faces fears, and demonstrates a strong sense of urgency about achieving goals.

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    In Summary : The Lead Designer is the top-level project escalation point for projects and is responsible for providing Project Initiation, Planning, Design, Execution and Close-out leadership throughout the project life cycle . The Job Captain is counted on to take ownership of the coordination of project deliverables and issuances .

    En Español : Descripción El diseñador líder de soluciones tecnológicas (infraestructura informática, seguridad integrada y tecnologías audiovisuales) es un miembro senior confiable y gerente del equipo de diseño que trabaja bajo la supervisión directa del director del proyecto. Debe ser capaz de gestionar cronogramas estrictos con múltiples proyectos para cumplir los plazos en un entorno de alta presión. Conocimiento avanzado del trabajo de Microsoft Word. conocimiento avanzado de trabajo de AutoCAD y REVIT. Expectations Trade-Specific Competency Information Technology, UTC Level 4 (Functional Mastery) Puede reconocer hábilmente incluso los tipos más complejos de sistemas existentes y aplicar soluciones a los problemas de ingeniería más complexos. Puede diseñar independientemente infraestructura de TI compleja, AV y sistemas de seguridad con conocimientos inherentes, investigación y dirección mínimos, y el uso de estándares y plantillas de la empresa. Con supervisión mínima, puede desarrollar diseños / configuración de salas e sistemas complicados y selección de equipos avanzados. Capacidad demostrada para supervisar la coordinación del equipo con los gerentes, clientes y miembros del equipo para establecer expectativas, resultados y objetivos. Delega tareas de carga de trabajo de manera efectiva e inspira a otros. Resolución de problemas Enseña al equipo a ver los problemas como oportunidades para crecer y fomenta una cultura de pensamiento basada en soluciones, donde el equipo trae ideas y soluciones a la mesa. Permite al equipo llenar las lagunas de conocimiento mediante investigación activa y proactiva. Evalúa los problemas del equipo desde diferentes puntos de vista, piensa "fuera de la caja", y formula la solución más eficaz para abordar desafíos específicos. Ver el proyecto y asegurarse de que se desarrolle correctamente. Incluir a las partes interesadas adecuadas en su comunicación. Coordinar con todos los departamentos y tomar posesión del proceso durante todo el ciclo de vida del proyecto. Aplicar la calidad, & Garantizarlo El capitán del trabajo sirve como un importante punto de control de calidad, verificando la documentación del proyecto para la complejidad y exactitud antes de presentarla para la emisión. Esto significa : Enviar todas las listas completas al Gerente del Proyecto. Proporcionar una aprobación final sobre la emisión del proyecto . Escalar las preocupaciones rápidamente y decisivamente. Asegurarse de que las listes de verificación, hojas de cuestión y otra documentación pertinente se completen con precisión antes de enviar. Asegurar que la documentación del proyecto sea correcta El capitán de trabajo asegura que se siga a fondo, correctamente y consistentemente la documentation adecuada del proyecto. Esto incluye (pero no está limitado a) : configuración correcta del dibujo. Configuración correcta de estructura de carpeta y mantenimiento continuo. Hojas de asunto correctos y oportunas. Todos los cambios son burbuladas apropiadamente. Si un dibujo es presentado por primera vez, no debe haber burbullas. Delta en las revisiones deben coincidir con el delta en el bloque de título. Las iniciales intencionales de los miembros del equipo están en los bloques de título para todos los dibujos. XX no funciona aquí. Estar claro con el grupo CAD / BIM sobre las expectativas de creación del proyecto . Adherirse a la estructura estándar del proyecto de carpetas. Compruebe si los planos, folderos y hojas de problema han sido configurados adecuadamente. Explique de manera honesta cómo los integrantes del Equipo de gestión del proyecto escriben archivos dentro del marco correcto del Proyecto Oficina de Operaciones No 4 e instrucciones al ejecutoria de acuerdo con el plan de trabajo de la empresa. A través de retroalimentación honesta y dirección clara, inculca lealtad en el equipo, lo que facilita la entrega de instrucciones, realiza cambios y proporciona críticas constructivas. Reporta el progreso de los equipos al cliente con garantías que mantienen al cliente satisfecho. Liderazgo Nivel 4 (Maestría Funcional) Permite, motiva e inspira al equipo a cumplir con las entregas dentro de las limitaciones del proyecto demostrando compromiso, experiencia, confianza, preocupación genuina y capacidad para ayudar a todos a resolver desafíos y lograr objetivos. Encuentra los factores clave que motivan a cada miembro del equipo, resuelve disputas y alienta eficazmente al equipo para mantener su enfoque. Conduce un desarrollo oportuno y recurrente y gestión del rendimiento del equipo. Responsabilidad Nivel 4. Establece planes que dividen los proyectos en sus componentes, cada uno con su propia línea de tiempo. Busca y da retroalimentación del rendimiento a otros y aborda rápidamente los problemas de desempeño. La flexibilidad y la resiliencia guía al equipo a través de situaciones ambigüas, enseña el equipo a reconsiderar ideas fuertemente sostenidas y mantiene la eficiencia del trabajo en equipo. Asegura que los miembros del equipo responden positivamente a un entorno cambiante y les permite llegar a ideas creativas. Cuando el cuadro no está claro y mucho se sabe, permanece tranquilo y cómodo, evalúa con precisión los riesgos y opciones, cambia la dirección y reorienta rápidamente. Actúa decisivamente en el momento adecuado. Los resultados impulsados establece una barra alta para el equipo y eleva los estándares del equipo; desafía los objetivos del equipo y desarrolla normas contra las cuales medir el comportamiento y el rendimiento del grupo.

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