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DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.
The Engineering team has an opening for Mechanical Engineering Team Leader in North Carolina.
Location: Charlotte, NC
Position Summary:
As the Mechanical Engineering Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading design of mechanical systems for buildings across a variety of sectors including K-12, Healthcare, Higher Education, Justice/Civic, Arts & Culture, and Energy. You will lead a mechanical engineering team to produce high-quality construction documents using Revit and manage project schedules to meet deliverable requirements. As part of the integrated design team, you will collaborate closely with other disciplines to produce highly integrated building designs. Responsibilities include management of Mechanical Engineers and Designers and/or other team members within your studio.
The successful candidate will:
- Manage operations, execution, and expectations for the Mechanical Engineering Discipline in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Workplan mechanical engineering projects and manage staff to execute work to the plan to achieve profitability goals.
- Assign duties, responsibilities, and projects to personnel, properly balancing staffing and workload (team and personal) to achieve profit and revenue growth goals.
- Schedule, facilitate and document meetings with staff and clients related to overall operations.
- Partner with sector and practice leadership to perform all personnel functions such as recruitment, training, and evaluation of personnel.
- Support business development initiatives by assisting the RFP process, participating in project interviews, and actively engaging in community and/or industry specific organization that will build the DLR Group brand.
- Maintain industry leading workplace practices to drive operating unit and culture towards a great place to work status.
- Develop mechanical designs from concept through completion of construction, including engineering design calculations, detailed engineering reports and narratives, and coordination of mechanical design requirements.
- Perform quality control of the mechanical engineering plans and specifications.
- Direct or coordinate activities of personnel, vendors, and consultants.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Licensed Mechanical Engineer.
- Prior experience leading teams of Engineers.
- 8+ years experience as a Mechanical Engineer designing mechanical building systems on complex projects.
Preferred Qualifications:
- LEED Accredited Professional and previous experience participating in the LEED or other green rating system process.
- Prior experience in Healthcare mechanical design.
- Experience and interest in sustainable building design.
- Experience with BIM (e.g. Autodesk Revit MEP) work flow.
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients' success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values - commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork - we elevate the human experience through design, together.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
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