Overview **Your Future at M.C. Dean** We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world’s most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained–enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better. The position of **Project Leader 1** is responsible for supporting the overall strategy, execution of deliverables, project completion & profitable outcomes for a significantly complex project &/or multiple projects simultaneously. This position will require proficient understanding and knowledge of multi-discipline systems including Critical Power, Power Distribution, UPS & Modular Construction Delivery. The **Project Leader 1** is expected to provide overall development, training & leadership to Junior Project Leadership, Field-Superintendents & Trades personnel as it relates to the strategic planning, overall implementation & ownership of project completion. Responsibilities **Core Market Sector:** The candidate being considered must have hands-on experience in leading project teams, specialty contracting, coordination & overall project execution. This candidate will be required to hold proven knowledge of complex industries related to Government & Federal Buildings, Mission Critical Facilities, Industrial Manufacturing, along with diverse Military & Air Force Bases with projects located on a national and global scale. **Position Requirements:** · Required to hold direct experience & clear understanding with the execution of several phases in the project-life cycle included below: o Initial Planning & Proposal Creation o Design & Engineering o Project Solutioning o Field Installation o Close-Out Methods · Previous experience & personal exposure to one or more of the following key-solution services including Prime Turnkey Design-Build/Design-Assist & Preconstruction capabilities. · Proven understanding of key-competencies aligned to the project planning; installation & project completion required to ensure overall project-success. o Engineering & Design Development o Bid-Package creation & final estimate review. o Project Schedule development & tracking o Project Financials & Cost Tracking o Business Acumen & Leadership abilities o Ability to develop, maintain & saturate key-industry clientele. o Knowledge & understanding of contract language, with experience in negotiation. o Clear understanding of at-risk & mitigation strategies related to construction management. o Experienced in the Commissioning & Testing of diverse specialty systems **Position Responsibilities:** · Responsible for ensuring leadership, direction & mentorship to all project-team members to ensure effective collaboration & positive work environments. · Leads a project team in the preparation of project documentation to include project & manpower requirements, project layouts & scheduling of resources, detailed equipment plans & supporting the field-employees as required. · Primarily responsible for coordinating, planning & leading the project kick-off meetings for project teams involved. · Ability to develop a Work Breakdown Structure for the assigned project with properly named work packages & resources assigned to the appropriate tasks to establish a baseline resource plan. · Executes & provides site surveys, cost studies & projected costs, budget forecasting & any additional financial & cost requirements of the contractor-perform work. · Responsible for identifying opportunities for cost-saving measures, quality improvements & execution of best practices. · Ability to measure the project-scope & performance against the project plan to ensure the project is within appropriate cost variances, budget-expectations & schedule timeframes. · Partners directly with the Customer to create & manage the project schedule if requested. · Timely completion & accuracy of project punch-list items, as-built drawing submittals & ensuring employee accessibility to the appropriate training materials. · Maintains a positive, respectful & productive partnership with all leadership & support-team members including Senior Engineering Leads, Superintendents & Foreman, Junior Project Leadership & Project Controls personnel to achieve project-milestones. · Leads the acquisition of permits & licenses required, along with ensuring that all inspections are appropriately completed within the discussed timeframe. Qualifications **Education, Experience & Technical Qualifications:** · Minimum 7+ years of experience in construction specific to Electrical Systems, Power Distribution &/or Critical Power industries with a Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management or an Engineering discipline with a strong preference to Electrical or Mechanical. · 5+ years of related construction experience with a Master’s Degree with a preference in Construction Management or Engineering. · Required knowledge within construction management functions including self-perform contracting, field coordination efforts, maintenance of schedule & prioritization of deliverable deadlines tied to each specialty-trade simultaneously. · Minimum 5+ years of experience & established knowledge in complex markets on projects specific to Federal, Government, Commercial & Mission Critical sectors. · Extensive experience leading diverse teams & projects with construction budgets valued between $2M - $30M+ in total contract value. · Ability to properly utilize software including Bluebeam, Accubid, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Microsoft Office & Excel. · Ability to travel up to 50% as required for the program. **Abilities:** · Exposure to computer screens for an extended period. · Sitting for extended periods of time. · Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction. · Have finger dexterity 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.