Principal, Senior Consultant - Team Lead

Summary

Join TEECOM, a rapidly growing consulting engineering firm, as a Principal, Senior Consultant to lead large, complex projects. You will work with clients, manufacturers, and contractors, managing projects from start to finish. Responsibilities include detailed design, effective delegation, team mentorship, client relationship development, and participation in TEECOMuniversity. This senior-level role requires significant experience in the AEC industry and expertise in technology systems design. Success in this role involves mentoring junior staff, managing projects effectively, gaining repeat clients, and achieving high utilization rates. TEECOM offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement benefits, paid time off, and performance-based bonuses.

Requirements

• BS in Engineering
• Minimum of eight years of discipline in telecom/structured cabling design for Healthcare facilities construction projects
• Autodesk (Revit)
• Bluebeam Studio
• Microsoft Suite
• G Suite
• Supervisory responsibilities (direct reports of 5-10, overall team size of 20+)

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
• Mentor team members to source, pursue and win work for the team
• Prepare, review, and approve scope and fee documents prepared by the team and lead significant project pursuits
• Meet with clients to request feedback on team member performance and seek new business opportunities
• 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
• Act as a role model for your team members and exhibit the core values of the TEECOM organization
• Conduct weekly team meetings to review and level workload for the team and communicate deadlines, important events, and general information as it relates to the team
• Assign resources to projects, prepare and oversee the preparation of project plans, and assure the successful delivery of projects, ensuring all team members are properly resourced
• Conduct project creative and design reviews in conjunction with discipline leaders as needed to meet project schedules
• Conduct weekly one-on-one meetings with each direct report to review deadlines, project issues, additional services opportunities, new work opportunities, general issues around risk, adherence to process, gaps in knowledge, training opportunities, and general mentorship
• Conduct monthly meetings with each project manager to review financial performance and business opportunities to assure projects achieve their profitability targets
• Prepare and attend monthly client/showcase meetings with leadership to review team performance and discuss solutions to issues as well as management of risk
• Review/update Sigma dashboards
• Review/update Asana Workload
• Prepare quarterly assessments and set goals for team members
• 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
• Prepare monthly billing forecast
• Approve invoices
• Troubleshoot issues with client invoices

Preferred Qualifications

• EIT
• CDT
• RCDD
• PSP and/or CPP
• PE
• PMP
• CCNA

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