Senior Engineer & Team Leader - Multi-Discipline Projects

Commonwealth Associates, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Associates, Inc. seeks an experienced Engineer - Team Leader 4 to develop and apply advanced engineering techniques to complex problems.

You will provide technical guidance across teams, supervise engineers and CAD staff, and lead the delivery of client-ready technical output for medium to high complexity projects. The role includes talent development, quality control, and ensuring compliance with company standards across locations.

Responsibilities

• Remains current and applies independent knowledge on client's design guides and standards.
• Provides guidance and direction on departmental standards, policies and procedures.
• Provides clarity on or interprets standards based on experience and helps others understand the industry, client and company's standards.
• Assists with updating company standards.
• Applies and integrates Owner QA programs with Commonwealth program.
• Ensures compliance with company quality program through individual and team related tasks or deliverables.
• Establishes related processes, and promotes a culture that is conducive to quality.
• Independently applies knowledge of Commonwealth Associates quality program and consistently demonstrates compliance with quality standards.
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts by proactively presenting leadership with new suggestions around process and practices innovation and participating in the implementation.
• As manager, directly responsible for client interface, communication protocol with clients and agencies, delegating client communications and interface, and reviewing communications when appropriate.
• Attends and frequently leads internal and external client meetings, communications, conference calls and client site visits.
• Have understanding of project communication responsibilities and duties and how these internal and external communications affect client relations.
• Identifies and communicates client interests and drivers to project team and develops approaches to meet these interests and drivers throughout the work on projects.
• Identify and recommend other Commonwealth offered services.
• Support Business Development by providing technical information for sales proposals, or by pursuing other related activates as assigned by department managers.
• As Manager, responsible for all aspects of project and resource planning and coordination. Responsible for processes to ensure coordination.
• Communicates directly with all internal and external team members to identify and coordinate details of work on multifaceted projects.
• Coordinates and communicates project schedules, tasks and proper sequencing of tasks with internal staff across disciplines, project managers and clients.
• Coordinates all technical aspects of projects and makes project engineering execution decisions within the bounds set by applicable policies, standards, guides and contract commitments.
• Establishes work plans to be applied to a project or section members.
• Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods.
• Manages and oversees engineering design-related aspects of a multi-discipline project or multiple medium to large size projects, including engineering schedule and budget performance, quality of engineering solutions and deliverables, coordination or design, procurement, and construction.
• Oversees and participates in the collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work.
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Performs studies required for independent data gathering, new procedures or recommendation solutions when several are adequate.
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables such as drawings, reports, specifications and studies with limited supervision for moderately complex or multiple projects.
• May perform Task Manager and Project Manager responsibilities on selected projects.
• Oversees and conducts activities related to performance management process, mentoring, recognition and corrective actions required for a small to medium size group of engineers.
• Participates in career planning, learning and development activities of others.
• Participates in the onboarding, training and mentorship of newly acquired engineers.
• Provides direction to CAD staff and administrative staff in executing project tasks.
• Provides overall direction to Engineers, technical and administrative staff within a project or across multiple projects for quality and adherence to project standards including budget and schedule.
• Reviews the work of other engineers and technical staff for quality and adherence to project standards including budget and schedule.
• Supervise engineers, technical and administrative staff within a project for quality and adherence to project standards including budget and schedule.
• Establishes resource plans on large, multifaceted or multiple projects. Provides input to managers on future needs. Identifies and resolves resourcing conflicts.
• Manages resources for mid-size groups through staffing, recruiting, budget reviews, tools and/or processes review within a large office or for multiple offices.
• Completes expense reports and timesheets in a timely and accurate manner and at times may review and approve line items and/or timesheets for members of a project.
• Effectively implements and communicates policies, procedures, and process for workgroup and adherence to corporate and division programs.
• Oversees review and approval of line items and/or timesheets for members of a project or multiple projects.
• Develops and manages scope, schedule and budget for all project duties and tasks within a moderately complex business line or technology and/or a moderately complex discipline.
• Evaluates and influences decisions surrounding costs, productivity or competitiveness within a division.
• Manages scope, schedule and budget for all duties and tasks for multi-disciplines.
• Monitors project scope and identifies scope increases or changes, and assists project manager in developing change proposals.

Job description

Commonwealth Associates, Inc. seeks an experienced Engineer - Team Leader 4 to develop and apply advanced engineering techniques to complex problems.

You will provide technical guidance across teams, supervise engineers and CAD staff, and lead the delivery of client-ready technical output for medium to high complexity projects. The role includes talent development, quality control, and ensuring compliance with company standards across locations.