Deputy Project Leader (Telecommunications)

Overview

**Your Future at M.C. Dean**

We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world’s most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join forces with more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and sustained–enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better.

The **Deputy Project Leader (Telecommunications)** is a training position that consists of learning how to supervise and direct the employees on a particular project, prepare strategic plans and budgets, develop a comprehensive project plan, and analyze statistical data.

The **Deputy Project Leader (Telecommunications)** must have experience in technology systems integration including passive and active communication infrastructure with a proven ability to lead design and construction teams.

Responsibilities

· Assisting with leading a team that provides Communications and Electronic Safety and Security passive and active infrastructure, including communications ISP/OSP pathways and cabling, networking and wireless systems, CCTV, access control, A/V, and other technology applications ensuring design efficiency and contractual compliance.

· Assisting in the design and deployment of Information Transport Systems and telecommunications systems.

· 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/conditions.

· Plan and execute project completion and punch list.

· Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

· Read and interpret blueprints and project specifications.

· Research and compile submittals; pricing 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.

· Clearly understand the timeliness required for decision making, submission of RFIs, and documentation of all verbal conversations or agreements.

Qualifications

**Education, Experience & Technical Qualifications:**

· 5+ Years of experience working for a telecommunications integrator or electrical contractor with a Bachelor’s Degree, with a preference to Engineering, Construction Management or similar.

· Experience working on telecommunication and electronic security projects ranging from $500,000 to $10M.

· Experience working with contract drawings, subcontracts, contract addendums, specifications, change orders, RFIs, submittals.

· Experience installing Information Transport Systems

· Experience using MS Office Suit, Sophisticated Project Management, CPM Scheduling, Cost, modeling, and AutoCAD software.

· Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and concepts involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints, and drawings on electrical and security projects.

· Familiar with standard deliverables and work processes on construction and integration projects.

· Must have strong interpersonal and writing skills and be a problem owner/solver.

· Proven ability to effectively plan and organize one's own activities or the activities of others.

· Able to work in a diverse environment, with personnel having a range of backgrounds.

· Requires reliable attendance at customer site during work hours required by customer.

· Requires the ability to work a flexible schedule that includes occasional nights and weekends.

· Up to 25% travel, must have reliable transportation, a valid driver's license, and a satisfactory driving record.

**Preferred Experience:**

· Accubid Estimating (Or equivalent) directly related to Electrical Installations.

· Primavera P6 CPM Scheduling Experience and proficiency (or equivalent).

· Ability and Willingness to Travel to project locations as needed.

**Abilities:**

· Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.

· Sitting for extended periods of time.

· Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.

· Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, 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.