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Overview

About M.C. Dean

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Responsibilities

The **Project Leader** is responsible for managing the overall operations, finances and people for large, complex electrical construction projects.

Responsible for:

+ Performing the overall administration, organization, and implementation of large scale electrical construction projects.

+ Managing several phases of a project lifecycle, including proposal, design, solutioning, installation, and close.

+ Assisting in the preparation of project documentation, including project requirements, manpower requirements, project layout, project schedules, detailed equipment plans and field office support.

+ Coordinating and assisting with or leading a project kick-off meeting.

+ Developing a Work Breakdown Structure for the project with properly named work packages and resources assigned to tasks (resource loaded) to establish a baseline resource plan.

+ Assisting with the scheduling of resources on the project to maintain the baseline project schedule.

+ Creating baseline vs actual reporting of resources, as required.

+ Providing and executing site surveys, site cost studies, projected costs, forecasts, cost codes and progress reports, as required.\

+ Assisting with the collection of progress data of both self-perform and contractor perform work.

+ Observing and measuring project scope and performance against the project plan to ensure that the project is within acceptable variances of cost, budget, schedule and scope.

+ Driving the development and maintenance of project artifacts, including shop drawings that are required to ensure effective short-term and long-term staffing success for the project.

+ Coordinating the acquisition of major materials, and monitoring tool and equipment requirements with project leadership and the warehouse, as required.

+ Leading the acquisition of required permits and licenses for projects and ensuring inspections are handled correctly and in a timely manner.

+ Estimating, scheduling, or conferring with estimators, schedulers, and other resources that are assigned to the project to identify matters, such as work procedures, complaints, and other related problems.

+ Reviewing the project schedule with the General Contractor and/or Customer.

+ Working directly with the Customer on a schedule.

+ Managing the integration of data from multiple company systems and analyzing the data to draw insights on project progress.

+ Assuring timely completion of project punch-list items, the submittal of accurate as-built drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, and the completion of training materials.

+ Identifying opportunities for cost-saving measures, quality improvements and best practices.

+ Maintaining a positive, assertive relationship with other project leadership, including supervisors, superintendents, foremen, crew leaders and/or other project personnel, to achieve project milestones and overall project success.

Qualifications

Education:

+ BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, or Physics with 7+ years experience or 5+ years with a MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, or Physics

Requirements:

+ Supervise Construction Project Managers and perform PM duties on construction projects.

+ Maintain operational and administrative control for construction projects Extensive Project Management experience managing teams and monitoring multiple projects at any given time.

+ Experienced in up-front project involvement with engineering firms, the client, and General Contractors.

+ Proven track record of successful projects. Has Managed diverse groups on projects that involve multi-discipline knowledge for example; Fire Alarm, Communications, Security, AV, Power, and Instrumentation.

+ Strong verbal and written communication skills.

+ Can direct cross function teams to reach mutual agreement to meet business objectives.

+ Able to work in a diverse environment, with personnel having a range of backgrounds.

+ Strong analytical thinking to evaluate options and directions.

+ Strong leadership and coaching skills.

+ Can facilitate change and communicate effectively.

+ Able to think abstractly, in both short and long term planning.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

+ A competitive salary

+ Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance

+ Paid time off

+ Tuition reimbursement

+ 401k Retirement Plan

+ Military Reserve pay offset

+ Paid maternity leave

Abilities:

+ Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.

+ Sitting for extended periods of time.

+ Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.

+ Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.

+ Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

+ Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

+ Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

+ Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

+ Identify and understand the speech of another person.