Principal, Senior Consultant

Summary

Join TEECOM, a leading consulting engineering firm, and advance your career in technology and the built environment. As a Principal, Senior Consultant, you will lead large, complex projects, collaborating with clients, manufacturers, and internal teams. You will be responsible for delivering detailed designs, specifications, and reports, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. This senior-level role requires effective delegation, teamwork, mentorship, and client relationship development. You will also contribute to TEECOMuniversity's in-house training program. The position may include additional responsibilities as a Team Lead or Discipline Lead. TEECOM offers a comprehensive benefits package and a fast-paced, challenging work environment.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering
• Minimum of eight years of discipline (telecom/structured cabling) design for facilities construction projects
• Autodesk (AutoCAD, Revit)
• Bluebeam Studio
• Microsoft Suite
• G Suite
• RCDD
• Keep track of multiple projects and client and team member requests, often on a last-minute basis with excellent follow-up to assure promises are kept
• Accurately and concisely capture discussions in the form of meeting notes
• Document design decisions, whether made by external or internal sources
• Maintain an accurate project record
• Conduct business communications in an effective, professional, and concise manner, both verbally and in written formats, and in one-on-one, small-group, and large-group settings
• You must read, write, speak, compute, and problem-solve various tasks
• Break down complex concepts into smaller and more digestible components that allow for a greater level of understanding by others
• Work as a functional member of a team and successfully work with other teams and business functions to achieve positive results
• Facilitate effective project team and cross-functional interactions (Technical, Operations, BD, Marketing, etc.)
• Approach problems using a methodical and logical method to create a workable solution
• Use numbers and mathematical approaches for various tasks
• Conduct research using the Internet
• Use software applications effectively and efficiently (G Suite, MS Office, Bluebeam, Slack, and Asana etc.) to communicate and deliver work products
• Learn new software and applications as needed
• Follow processes, continually seek to make processes more efficient, enforce processes, and conduct root cause analyses that lead to the update or creation of processes
• Practice the Win-Win negotiation strategy to focus on TEECOM's interests
• If done correctly, both parties will be satisfied with the outcome
• Know your BATNA (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement) before entering into a negotiation
• Nurture, mentor, and manage staff who work in a deadline-driven environment on projects with complex needs
• These conditions can lead to stress in team members
• Know how and when to apply pressure and when to nurture staff members, resulting in high levels of effective communication, team member satisfaction, motivation, and project results, and leading to a highly functional and successful team
• Mentor the technical staff and teach them the correct processes
• Come prepared to maximize the effectiveness of time spent with your team, and keep timeliness in mind so that you act immediately when the situation demands it
• Break down complex projects into smaller tasks, plan, schedule, budget, and mitigate risk to successfully deliver work both for clients and internally for TEECOM
• Delegate tasks to the most appropriate resource that allows for the efficient execution of the work while challenging staff and allowing them to grow

Responsibilities

• Lead fee development in the Professional Services Agreement (PSA), proposal, and interview coordination with marketing
• Lead fee negotiations with client
• Prep and attend pursuit interviews
• Foster client relationships and fellow design team members
• Ask clients about other current or upcoming projects
• Follow up on open pursuits
• Develop additional business with client
• Attend client and/or industry events
• Attend client meetings with senior technical staff members and prepare meeting notes documenting relevant decisions and discussions
• Conduct client meetings and programming sessions to develop the system (telecom, security, network, audiovisual, and acoustics) parameters and design criteria
• Delegate mark-ups for Revit models and AutoCAD drawings
• Research technical product information
• Delegate job site inspections to determine existing conditions and extent of progress made by contractors
• Design, coordinate, and engineer systems per discipline (telecom, security, network, audiovisual, acoustics, Wi-Fi, etc.)
• Track decisions, budgets, and schedule for mid to large-size projects
• Delegate drawings, specifications, contract documents, and design calculations
• Conduct and/or delegate design team coordination (architects, engineers, TEECOM team)
• Manage client interface between technology and facilities staff and the architects, integrators, and contractors
• Conduct and/or delegate the programming, design, construction, and closeout phases of each assigned project
• Delegate job site inspections to determine existing conditions and extent of progress made by contractors
• Prepare and/or delegate schedules and identify tasks required to complete each phase of the project
• Provide support to the team, develop tools, improve processes, and share technical knowledge
• Attend and contribute to internal team, discipline, and project meetings
• Delegate configuration and commissioning of systems to ensure 100% functionality is delivered
• Delegate opinions of probable construction cost (OPCC) for systems as required
• Perform special projects assigned by leadership related to overall management of the firm
• Provide periodic updates to leadership on project status, schedule issues, and financial performance
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned
• Ensure timesheets/expense reports are accurate and up-to-date daily
• Achieve billed revenue target each quarter
• Identify, prepare, and secure authorization for Additional Services Agreements (ASA) when scope of the project deviates from the Professional Services Agreement (PSA)
• Meet project budgets and positively contribute to profitability
• Ensure that all client and design team due dates, submission dates, and completion dates are met
• Ensure billing reports are completed on time

Preferred Qualifications

• PE
• PMP

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents
• Basic and voluntary life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• A 401(k) plan with profit-sharing contributions
• Paid parental leave
• Lifestyle and legal benefits
• Pet benefits
• Performance-based bonuses
• Flexible time off
• Nine scheduled paid holidays