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Job Description**

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AECOM US+LATAM Energy** practice is expanding our operations leadership team and is seeking candidates to lead our Engineering teams in our Industrial and Generation department. This leadership role will be responsible for: overseeing and developing the department’s engineering capabilities in alignment with business needs, serving as the key liaison between the technical and business development activities, and providing strategic vision to improve the I&G department’s technical resources by identifying strategic hires and implementing continuous improvement techniques to increase efficient execution of work assignments in accordance with AECOM Quality and Safety standards.

Responsibilities of the role includes, but not limited to:

Business Planning/Budgeting
Provides input to I&G Director for annual budgets and business planning, staff utilization, department resource needs (hardware/software needs, strategic investments) and other anticipated indirect expenses (training, seminars, conference attendance)
Works with Team Leaders and I&G Leadership to anticipate future resource and staff needs to optimize the department staff utilization, including incorporation of value Engineering Centers in project staff planning
Financial Management
Works in collaboration with stakeholders (typically Capture Manager, Team Leads and I&G Leadership) to review and approve labor cost estimates
Establishes and Manages indirect costs associated with I&G Technical department.
Resource Management
Work with Team Leaders to identify and provide resources for respective teams
Supports Team Leaders in acquiring and managing assets (hardware, software, field equipment, etc.)
Supports Team Leaders in hiring and retaining staff
Works with Capture Manager when needed to develop competitive staffing plans in support of proposed projects, maximizing use of value Engineering Centers when possible
Works with Team Leaders and Project Managers to ensure appropriate staffing plans and resources are in place for support of projects
Develops, maintains and reports to I&G Leadership staffing/utilization trends and forecast as part of proactive resource management
Assists Team Leaders in interfacing with Human Resources to resolve conflicts on performance or resource related issues and implementing any required disciplinary actions
Career Development
Trains and mentors Team Leaders and staff
Conducts performance reviews of Team Leaders
Works with Team Leaders to build team member confidence and encouraging “stretch assignments” for a part of staff development.
Quality Management
Establishes department standards and work processes consistent with AECOM standards, and ensures implementation
Leads continuous improvement efforts to increase efficiency and functionality of department
Works with Team Leaders to manage Department staff’s compliance with department, business line and corporate work processes
Ensures project activities are in compliance with accepted engineering practices and in compliance with the applicable States’ Engineering Board rules and guidelines
Leads post-project benchmarking review to identify and share lessons learned with an aim towards improving efficiency and consistency in execution for future projects.
General Management/Administration
Communicates with staff at team and individual level to ensure corporate, office and department information is known and understood
Works with Team Leaders to promote and ensure a safe work environment
Reviews and approves timesheets of Team Leaders

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Qualifications**

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Minimum Requirements**

BA/BS + 10 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership
10 years of relevant engineering experience within industrial, refineries and/or power facilities
Professional Engineer (P.E.) license

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years experience in team supervision
7+ years as technical lead on industrial or power generation projects
Physical design experience for industrial facilities
Demonstrated experience in planning and coordinating engineering and design for complex, multi-discipline programs/projects and teams
Demonstrated experience in work process standardization and continuous improvement of engineering work product development
Demonstrated experience in resource planning (labor forecasting, hiring, staff planning, labor cost estimating)
Experience in supporting business development activities, including proposal work scope development and contributing in prospective client meetings and presentations when needed
Passion in developing talented technical teams
Experience on full EPC, Design/Build projects from start to finish.
Experience in workshare with international engineering resource centers
Field construction support and commissioning experience
Successful experience working in remote and multi-discipline teams
Expert familiarity with industry codes and standards in their respective discipline
Familiarity with engineering analysis software (ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, STAAD, Fathom, Caesar)
Experience working in collaborative 3D model environments (e.g. Plant 3D, Navisworks) and laser scan data

Additional Information

Relocation assistance is not available for this role
Sponsorship is not available for this role

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