Engineering Manager

ENERGY SYSTEMS GROUP® is looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Federal team. The position is virtual with occasional travel including overnight stays.

The Engineering Manager is responsible for consistent delivery of Energy Systems Group’s (ESG) systems and services including attention to engineering aspects and associated details. Engineering can involve technical support in projects that span small technological applications to larger, multi-faceted, multi-million-dollar projects. The Engineering Manager, Engineering Development & Design (EDD) is responsible for managing the activities of ESG’s EDD group and external engineering consultants to ensure all goals and objectives of supporting the project development phase are accomplished. The Engineering Manager, reporting to the Director of Engineering, will perform management activities for his or her direct reports on the EDD team and work in concert with the Development Leaders (DLs), the manager of DLs, construction / operation managers to ensure all development phase goals and objectives are met. The EDD group also provides any needed engineering coordination and support as a project moves from development to construction to commissioning to Performance Period. The Engineering Manager is responsible for his/her direct reports and engineering consultants supporting these efforts. He or she is also responsible for adhering to existing standard operating procedure (SOP) for project development as well as for identifying and implementing SOP improvements for development activities. The Engineering Manager will apply his/her technical knowledge, project knowledge, project management experience, well-rounded communication skills, and overall effective and proactive management of people, process and project, to ensure that our commitments are met on time, within budget, and project risks are appropriately mitigated, and delivered at the quality expected by the customer.

The essential functions of the position include:

- Manages schedules and budgets for assigned EDD functions from initial sales support through project completion

- Manages direct reports through the engineering process to develop the ECM scopes of work, accurate cost estimates consistent with the scope of work, energy savings estimates based on documented calculations and assumptions. The energy savings guarantees will be evaluated to determine if they are consistent with the calculations and an understanding of their limited accuracy to identify risks to the guarantee

- Manages, directs and coordinates the efforts and personnel required to provide engineering support during the construction phase of the project including internal commissioning efforts, ensuring design intent from design-build contractors, and submittal and engineering reviews

- Participates in the evaluation of staffing needs and justifications for the EDD group with the Director of Engineering to determine ability to support the business plan; participates in the recruitment process or assignment of engineering personnel, including outside resources as necessary

- Ensures smooth transition between engineering and construction

- Coordinates assignments of his or her engineering personnel, ensuring that the distribution of workload is appropriately levelized

- Manages, directs and coordinates activities of his or her engineering personnel and consultants supporting those personnel to ensure documentation, adherence to ESG process standards and ensures that project progress is on schedule and within established budget

- Provides guidance and advice in the selection of the subcontractors and vendors to deliver the project in accordance with our requirements and standards

- Coauthors a unique professional development plan for each of his or her EDD team members and provides avenues for those team members to gain the training and growth opportunities necessary to achieve this development

- Function as a mentor and a coach for the direct reports to aid in their professional and in the team’s development

- Supports the continued growth and development of a culture of customer focus, mutual accountability, engineering excellence, and individual growth and development

- Assists in customer presentations and provides technical support as needed to support his or her engineering personnel

- Manages the engineering learning program including Lunch and Learns, webinars and other methods to deliver exposure to new technologies

- Performs other duties as deemed necessary by management

Your background includes:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from four-year fully accredited college or university

- Seven (7) to ten (10) years’ related experience in the US federal market preferably in performance contracting and/or design-build market segments on the project development side; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

- Five (5) years’ direct experience managing direct reports

- Good experience in commercial and/or institutional mechanical engineering aspects to include HVAC, central heating and cooling, combined heat and power plant systems, or electrical-engineering aspects related to the applications listed above and power generation aspects

- Exposure to HVAC controls is desired

A bonus to have:

- Additional related experience in the delivery and/or commissioning side of performance contracting

- HVAC controls as well as exposure to cybersecurity aspects as they apply to the US federal government

- Related experience with performance contracting in the US Federal Market Space

- PE and CEM

- ASHRAE and AEE membership

What we bring to you:

- Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement

- Comprehensive health, dental, vision insurance plans and wellness plans for employee and your family

- Life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and supplemental benefits

- 401(k) Savings Plan

- Nine Paid Holidays

- Paid Vacation and Personal/Sick Leave

- Paid Parental Leave for the birth, adoption, or placement of a child/children

- Highly competitive salaries and incentive structure

We want you to know:

ESG is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value talent and understand that our colleagues allow us the opportunity to deliver an exceptional customer experience. We achieve our goals through teamwork and conduct our business with integrity. Join our world-class team to provide mission-critical infrastructure solutions for K-12 schools and universities to local, state and federal government agencies and more.

Join our world-class team to provide safe, reliable innovative energy efficiency and infrastructure solutions for K-12 schools and universities to local, state and federal government agencies and more.

The Company shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

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