Smith Engineering
Director of Design Engineering
New York City · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 98 days ago
Project ManagementPerformance ManagementLeadershipProblem Solving
About the role
- You will sit between executive leadership and the production teams, serving as the technical and managerial "glue" that ensures projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the high quality our clients expect.
Responsibilities
- Team Management: Lead engineering staff through recruiting, performance reviews, and daily operations, acting as a mentor to resolve technical issues and guide career growth.
- Professional Standards: Ensure the team stays current on industry trends, building codes, and technical knowledge.
- Resource Optimization: Manage project resourcing and staff allocation to hit utilization targets, meet deadlines, and ensure high-quality delivery across internal teams.
- Project Leadership: Manage large client engagements and support team project managers to ensure efficient, effective execution.
- Financial Performance: Drive commercial success by meeting revenue, profit, and utilization targets across all team projects.
- Strategic Growth: Partner with senior leadership on business planning and strategic initiatives to drive firm-wide growth.
- Technical Leadership: Provide senior-level oversight for complex mission-critical projects and champion innovative, "build-from-scratch" client solutions.
- Professional Accountability: Act as Engineer of Record and maintain responsibility for the team's technical work product.
- Senior Presence: Lead client and owner meetings with proactive problem-solving, active listening, and clear communication.
- Manage project resourcing and staff allocation to hit utilization targets, meet deadlines, and ensure high-quality delivery across internal teams.
Requirements
- Proven Leadership: Extensive experience managing direct reports and multi-disciplinary teams while successfully navigating multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholder relationships.
- Commercial & Financial Acumen: Proven track record of delivering successful project financial and commercial results.
- Continuous Improvement: Ability to scale team capacity and quality through the adoption of innovative tools, processes, and leading-edge solutions.
- Tools & Modeling: Proficiency in computational analysis tools.
- Established Leadership: You have clearly established yourself as the leader the team looks to and respects for technical and managerial guidance.
- Problem Resolution: You have demonstrated the ability to resolve complex technical and project management issues in a timely and productive manner.
- Operational Effectiveness: You have developed the team into a high-functioning unit and their development and growth plans are agreed and under way.
- MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN 50 MILES OF NEW YORK CITY.
- Ability to scale team capacity and quality through the adoption of innovative tools, processes, and leading-edge solutions.
- You have clearly established yourself as the leader the team looks to and respects for technical and managerial guidance.
Skills
- Proficiency in computational analysis tools.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Medical flexible spending account (FSA).
- Flexible Paid Time Off.
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