Remote Principal Consultant

Summary

Join a $45+ million/year consulting engineering firm as a Principal Consultant and lead large, complex projects spanning multiple disciplines. Work with clients, product manufacturers, contractors, and other design team members to deliver system designs using an engineering approach.

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
• Seek new business opportunities
• 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
• Assist with recruiting efforts and the candidate experience
• 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