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Engineering Manager

Company Description

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time-off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

POSITION PURPOSE: The Engineering Manager must be a proven results oriented individual with a professional track record in providing profitable professional services coupled with a high level of client satisfaction. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, fast paced environment. This position will combine strong leadership, personal communication, and technical skills to commission Veolia’s challenging and diverse portfolio including Hyperscale, Enterprise, and Collocation Data Centers, Central Utility Plants (CUP), and Power Generation (combined heat & power; CHP) facilities

PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES :

Technical Attributes

• Work with senior management and staff to improve and optimize core services, standards and, procedures as applied to the commissioning process, resource utilization, and management.
• Manage mechanical/electrical systems commissioning, energy and consulting of complex projects for local, national, and international clients.
• Lead multi-disciplined teams to effectively manage projects across multiple locations.
• Serve as single point overall technical contact coordinating directly with customers’ technical team and their contractors.
• Prepare and review method of procedures, commissioning plans, technical reports, specifications, cost estimates, and studies.
• Diagnose and solve design and operational issues as a result of a thorough commissioning process.
• Manage commissioning projects and project resources to a predetermined scope, fee and schedule.
• Perform construction observations, review contract documents, develop functional test plans and execute tests for a wide variety of mechanical, and controls systems. Knowledge of building codes and construction industry standards, such as ASHRAE and LEED is a plus.
• Knowledge, application and implementation of electrical/mechanical test instrumentation is desirable.
• Familiarity with NETA Electrical Acceptance Testing guidelines is a plus.
• Working knowledge of Life Safety systems is a plus.

Project Management Attributes

• Manage projects, project teams, clients, project scopes, project budgets and project schedules.
• Work with customer and project team to define and manage project deliverables to support the project’s needs.
• Ensure complete communication and understanding of client’s requirements, expectations, and best practices.
• Ensure on-time and highest quality delivery of all hardware, information, and services in full compliance with project technical requirements.
• Provide client with regular status reports summarizing technical activities, schedule performance, risks, budget status, and forecasts.
• Ensure clear definition and swift closeout of project punch-list items.
• Ensure all site quality control documentation and test reports are properly archived and communicated to responsible customer service personnel.
• Review project budgets to insure they adequately cover design and scope of supply requirements.

Development Attributes

• Identify new clients, new opportunities, maintain existing client relationships, and general marketing new related opportunities.
• Review design documents and craft project proposals and ROM pricing as per client request.
• Participate in pre-award and contract negotiation presentations and meetings.
• Identify/support development of new business relationships and opportunities.
• Manage relationships with key clients and identify upsell opportunities.
• Engage senior management in development of long range planning.
• Support management efforts to facilitate employee development and training.

Administration

• Coordinate internal resource scheduling.
• Review expense reports & time sheets (Direct Reports).
• Conduct annual performance reviews (Direct Reports).
• Work with senior management on implementation of performance management and improvement systems.

Safety

• Comply with and uphold safety in the workplace guidelines and practices.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Permanent and full-time position, from Monday to Friday, day schedules.
• The ideal candidate will work remotely from North America with required travel.
• The role may require extensive local, national, and occasional international travel and may require employees to be away from home on assignments between 50% and 80% annually. Typically, Mondays and Fridays are designated travel days with Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays as on site work days. Veolia allows employees to travel back on Fridays so they can spend their weekends at home, unless specifically dictated by work requirements.
• Roles may occasionally require work to be conducted outside of normal business hours to accommodate maintenance windows or weekends typical of mission critical project schedules.
• Working environment requires the employee to be in high energy areas such as central plants, switchgear rooms and power transmission areas typical of Mission Critical environments such as Power Generation Plants and Data Centers.

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background :

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 10-15 years of practical experience in the implementation and project management of electrical/mechanical/controls commissioning of critical building systems;

OR

• Minimum of 15 years of experience as commissioning agent with proven practical experience in the implementation and project management of electrical/mechanical/controls commissioning of critical building systems.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Demonstrate above average people and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrate superior time management and ability to work under the pressures of schedule demands.
• Ability to be resourceful, and find solutions to fast paced complex problems.
• Able to think technically about Mission Critical systems and verbalize for a less technical audience.
• Able to drive project expectations to conclusion be fiscally conscious of project budget.
• Be a role model of composure for direct reports under difficult client projects.
• Be a mentor for direct reports (if any) and subject matter expert for direct report growth.
• If needed, be able to interview and participate in the selection of candidates to fill direct report positions.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products is a must. Use of Google equivalents a plus.

Required Certification / Licenses / Training :

• EIT, PE, CEM, DCEP, LEED, CEM credentials a plus.
• BCxP, CBCP, CCP & PMP credentials a plus.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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