Deputy Project Leader - Tysons, VA

About the role

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. The Deputy Project Manager is a training position focused on learning how to supervise and direct employees on a project, prepare strategic plans and budgets, develop comprehensive project plans, and analyze statistical data.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements including U.S. citizenship for access to classified information. A Top-Secret clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day operations of a project or sub-section of a project.
• Identify change orders and ensure effective resolution.
• Price, track, and manage change orders.
• Plan and monitor cash flow against cash expenses.
• Maintain as-builts as work is completed.
• Document project issues and conditions.
• Plan and execute project completion and punch list.
• Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.
• Read and interpret blueprints and project specifications.
• Research and compile submittals; price change orders and prepare estimates for partially designed projects by finishing the design and preparing a complete project estimate.
• Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, and design professionals to discuss and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints, and construction problems.
• Communicate with people outside the Company, representing the Company to customers, the public, the government, and general contractor representatives.
• Understand the timeliness required for decision-making, submission of RFIs, and documentation of all verbal conversations or agreements.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering (Preferred EE or industry-related degree) with 5+ years of experience.
• Related construction experience with five years' working for an electrical or construction contractor.
• Experience working on construction projects ranging from $500,000 to $10M.
• Experience with contract drawings, subcontracts, contract addendums, specifications, change orders, RFIs, and submittals.
• Experience with CPM Scheduling.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints, and drawings on projects.
• Strong interpersonal and writing skills; ability to problem-solve.
• Proven ability to effectively plan and organize one's own activities or the activities of others.
• Proficiency with computers including MS Office, Blue Beam, and PDF.
• Top-Secret clearance required; Top-Secret/SCI preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project locations as needed.

Skills

• Accubid Estimating (or equivalent) directly related to electrical installations.
• Primavera P6 CPM Scheduling experience and proficiency (or equivalent).

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Military Reserve pay offset
• Paid maternity leave

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for extended periods of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms (e.g., using a keyboard).
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Pay

USD $104,240.00 - USD $130,300.00 per year.