Job Description
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide.
What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of service to our clients.
Whether you are an experienced professional or a recent graduate, you will have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry.
Our commitment to excellence stems from personal integrity and our Dewberry at Work values, honesty, passion, contribution, individualism, and perseverance, which have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.
Dewberry has a large team of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural (MEPS) engineers focused on design services for nationwide clients in specialized facility types and specialized design services.
Our experience includes high performance buildings, net zero energy design, renewable energy technologies, microgrid and energy storage system design, energy and climate resilience, and services related to decarbonization / electrification of the built environment.
Our MEPS group contains subject matter experts in leadership roles in international professional organizations such as ASHRAE.
Our repeat clients include universities, and state, local, and federal government agencies, and large global industrial manufacturers, among others.
Our MEPS service line is ranked #30 Nationally among MEP Giants.
Because our backlog continues to grow, we are seeking a Mechanical Discipline Manager to join our Raleigh, NC and Orlando, FL office's existing Thermal Infrastructure department.
As a mechanical discipline manager, you will be responsible for knowing how to do the work committed to in proposals and assigning / leading the appropriate resources to do the mechanical work associated with thermal infrastructure projects.
Assist Project / Client Managers by providing engineering resources a design team - to help meet the client’s desires and budget.
Duties would also include some involvement in direct MEP sales and assisting with sales efforts for multidiscipline projects.
In short, provide the design / engineering resources and guidance to accomplish our thermal infrastructure commitments. Experience with Design / Build projects is a plus.
Reports to the Mechanical Principal Engineer .
Responsibilities
Discipline Managers are expected to provide the following to others on the design team to effectively and successfully complete thermal infrastructure projects :
- Technical and Quality oversight of all project work.
- Establishing / improving standards.
- Adherence to project design schedule.
- Notification to Project / Client Managers if an established project design schedule cannot be met. Notify in enough time to appropriately manage the situation, preferably at the latest 2 weeks prior.
- Adherence to discipline project budget. Review and provide updates on project budgets at milestone dates.
- 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,
- Identify milestone dates when each discipline should provide information, at each phase, to allow sufficient time to good design coordination.
- Provide 'on-the-spot' advice and decisions, technical and cost estimates.
- Coordination with all the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.
- Work schedule for discipline showing : Project assignments and prioritiesDelivery due dates for group project commitment’sWorkload / Capacity
Discipline Managers control all production resources, and all commitments must come from Discipline leaders. Conversely accountability for our deliveries comes from Discipline Managers.
Required Skills & Required Experience
Experience in the design of institutional, educational, healthcare, laboratory and military projects is desired. The candidate should have a proven history of solid design work, meeting project deadlines and budgets, and working well in a team environment.
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
- Professional Engineer’s license. Existing licensure in NC and / or VA is preferred.
- 15+ years of technical experience in the design of thermal distribution systems, central utility plants, and / or building mechanical systems.
- Experience in AutoCAD, Civil3D, and / or drafting is a plus.
- Experience in pipe stress modeling is a plus.
- Self-motivated and well organized.
- Good verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
Do not meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees.
So, if you are excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways.
You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
- At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
- Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action 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.
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