Director Operations, Engineering

CRB; Conshohocken (Montgomery County); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the life sciences sector is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a diverse team of engineers. This role involves managing projects, mentoring staff, and ensuring technical excellence while driving business development initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and a proven track record in engineering leadership, with a focus on life science projects. This full-time position offers a competitive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Complete and competitive benefit package

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years professional experience.
• Experience working on life science projects.
• Experience working on sustainable design concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a diverse team of engineers.
• Drive development of engineering disciplines.
• Ensure project documentation meets quality standards.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Technical Excellence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Professional Licensure

Job description

CRB's nearly 1,800 expert professionals drive innovative, life-changing and life-saving solutions for manufacturers in the life sciences and food and beverage industries. Our mission, vision and core values put client satisfaction and employee experience at the center of everything we do. See us at crbgroup.com.

Job Description

The Director, Engineering, reporting to the office leader, will manage, mentor, develop, and collectively lead a diverse team of process, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and automation engineers. The Director will display a high level of energy and drive, thrive under pressure, demonstrate a high level of personal and business integrity, a strong business acumen, and excellent interpersonal skills.

The Director will coordinate closely with the Office Leader and their design and construction leadership counterparts, including Directors, Group Leads, Project Directors, and other Northeast Regional Leadership.

The Director core responsibilities are discipline leadership and people management, which is estimated at 15% of the position’s time. Based on personal expertise, other responsibilities could include project discipline lead, project management, and/or business development. Billable project work would be between 60% - 75% based on the amount of business development responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Discipline Leadership (Required)

• Drive development of all facets of the engineering discipline: Process, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, and Automation.
• Externally, help establish and bolster CRB’s reputation and balanced engineering identity.
• Provide input to Integrated Project Delivery, EPCM, and Design-Bid-Build construction methods. Areas of focus include project planning, designing to budget, phasing and logistics, and constructability.
• Work with engineering leaders in all regions to share best practices.
• Drive a continuous improvement culture within our engineering practice by facilitating design discussion and cross-discipline design opportunities.
• Enable consistent, effective progress on ‘technical excellence’ to ensure local efforts are aligned with the larger company and will have the desired impact.
• Ensure project documentation from the discipline meets the high level of quality to meet client expectations and limit risk to CRB during construction.

People Management (Required)

• Provide team leadership by delivering: a great employee experience through meaningful project assignments; customized career development plans; conflict resolution and support; and a safe, collaborative, and productive working environment.
• Proactively ensure all team members have a balanced workload that meets the billability target established for each individual. This includes direct communication with project managers and architectural counterparts within the office, region, and company.
• Provide resource assignment decisions and ensure resource commitments are maintained, and that group members are not overloaded or given assignments for which they are not qualified.
• Review and respond to resource planning reports on a bi-weekly basis. Proactively communicate with Group Leads and Project Managers if resource plans require updates or clarification.
• Attend team, office, and regional resource planning meetings.
• Review and approve timesheets.
• Perform annual goal planning with the group members and their mentors. Mentor assignments shall be based on technical career growth needs. Work with individuals’ mentors, office leadership, and human resources to utilize CRB employee development tools, such as individual development plans and succession plans. Provide feedback and adjust goals on a quarterly basis, at a minimum.
• Perform annual performance review of the group members. Monitor the work quality performance of the group members on projects via direct review and 3rd party reviews from other project team members. Address performance/behavioral issues in a timely manner. Provide performance feedback to the individual on a quarterly basis, at a minimum.
• Work with the office and team leadership to determine appropriate size of the staff to meet the long-term workload of the team.
• Take a leadership role in interviewing and hiring new group members
• Touch base with group members on a regular basis to best gauge employee satisfaction in an effort to reduce overall group turnover.

Business Development (Optional)

• Work with the Office Leader to help set and communicate the strategic vision and cultural atmosphere for the office
• Work with the Office Leader on annual business planning efforts for the office and define how the company’s strategic vision and annual goals will be adopted and delivered through execution at an office level
• Serve as client point of contact for new and existing clients by participating in business development and networking activities, maintaining personal client relationships.
• Develop win and project delivery strategies for key pursuits and ensure an integrated approach is consistently applied to each project whenever possible
• Participate in local industry groups by representing CRB at local events
• Grow CRB’s standing in the local market and nurture existing client relationships through engagement and a high level of personal and business integrity.

Project Management (Optional)

• Actively managing projects as a Project Executive, Project Director, or Senior Project Manager
• Be responsible for project staffing, profitability, client satisfaction, and our employee’s experience
• Lead the project’s management team consisting of additional project managers, project engineers, project coordinators, project administrators, and discipline leads
• Provide remarkable experience for our clients and employees and ensure the technical quality of the project

Project Discipline Lead (Optional)

• Interface with client and external partners
• Plan and direct work and manage a project budget form a discipline design perspective on large complex projects
• Work with a Project Manager to proposal development, man-hour planning, project scheduling for the scope of work on large complex level projects
• Identify and resolve intermediate non-compliant existing conditions during site walks and construction field surveys
• Develop construction drawing packages and write construction specifications on advanced and complex projects with little oversight
• Lead and advanced support of construction activities such as RFI responses, submittal reviews, punch list development, and construction progress reports
• Conduct quality checking of documents for intermediate complex projects, e.g., technical verification of design calculations and documentation, and drive overall project quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Professional Licensure
• Minimum 15 years professional experience
• Solid technical foundation in Engineering and thorough understanding of our marketplace.
• Externally facing and works well with clients
• Internally works collaboratively with leadership to define strategies that expand our engineering design capabilities while reinforcing CRB values and mission of technical excellence within an integrated practice.
• Experience working on life science projects
• Experience working on sustainable design concepts and projects

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. #LI-Remote

Position Type

This is a full-time exempt position.

CRB Offers a complete and competitive benefit package designed to meet individual and family needs.

CRB is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/D/V

CRB is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. Employment is contingent on background screening.

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CRB offers a complete and competitive benefit package designed to meet individual and family needs.

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