The Engineering Manager will supervise project schedule, budget, and communications with stakeholders. You will oversee and perform engineering and technical design of construction projects. Manages communication and coordination among different types of engineers including third-party engineering teams, working on a project.

Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)

General:

• 10 years of applicable experience.
• Professional Engineer License.
• Meticulous attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Working knowledge of the construction industry.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Be an influential leader and developer of Strobel’s culture and values.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and execute independently; maintaining excellent rapport with team members.
• Overall project communication, strategic engineering planning, organization between multiple stakeholders potentially comprised of partners, customers, public and local government entities.
• Demonstrate key business skills including communication skills, relationship development, and business acumen.
• Self-motivated; capable of taking initiative, successfully handling and prioritizing multiple competing assignments and effectively managing deadlines.
• Exhibit great interpersonal and communication skills to coordinate team efforts, provide direction to team members, and communicate project objectives, parameters, status, and outcomes to stakeholders; and have ability to serve as a spokesperson for Company.
• Analysis, design and documentation of mechanical systems and piping for various materials, such as carbon steel, stainless steel and HDPE piping.
• ASME vessel and piping code familiarity. Prefer some experience in sizing and design of ASME pressure vessels.
• Review and development of piping specifications.
• Review, development and management of valve, heat exchanger, tank, pump, pressure vessel and specialty equipment specifications.
• CAD drawing experience is a plus, 2D and 3D packages.
• Basic piping design calculations for pressure, deflection and support.
• Process engineering and design utilizing Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs).
• Pump design and application knowledge.
• Familiar with the industrial or oil/gas EPC process and culture.
• Independently coordinates the work of the mechanical design team through the design development and contract document phases of a project.
• Establishes meetings and participates in reviews with multi-discipline teams.
• Conducts design development and project site details in conjunction with Project Manager, Designers, Construction and other disciplines.
• Responsible for coordinating workload through design development and construction document phases to complete the documents on schedule.
• Coordinates and assists, with affected disciplines, with any requests for information, change proposal requests and change orders and is responsible to incorporate agreed upon changes into the project documents 

Client Interaction:

• Anticipate and act on client project needs and expectations, both site specific and global to their specific business model. This will affect the current and future projects.
• Participate in the Client/Strobel Energy Group kickoff meeting.
• Represent Strobel in a professional manner in all client interaction activities.
• Hold daily, weekly and monthly meetings with the client.

Safety:

• Establish the safety culture consistent with Strobel’s values.
• Ensure the team reports ALL safety events and near misses.

Quality:

• Understand and lead Strobel’s Quality Plan and develop/assist in site specific quality plan.
• Read, understand, and ensure that the site quality plan is communicated, and all inspections and quality documentation is completed on time and assembled for final turn-over.
• Ensure compliance with all internal, client, governmental and 3rd party codes and inspections.
• Identify deficiencies, inform and explain to the client, and participate in 5 Why Meetings and take corrective action.
• Identify inconsistencies between industry’s best practices and specifications/drawings and provide value engineering through the request for information (RFI) process.
• Ensure that the project team is qualified to perform their work and has the appropriate certifications/license to execute their work.

Leadership:

• Perform as both the engineering leader and a leader within the whole Strobel organization.
• Establish department goals and roles and responsibilities for team members.
• Ability to execute the role of your direct reports as needed.
• Conduct and lead meetings, both internally and externally in a professional manner.
• Communicate and coordinate with all trades, subcontractors and project stakeholders.
• Provide training and coaching to indirect staff, and field leadership.
• Understand and know applicable employee laws and follow Strobel HR policies.
• Supervise and manage the employee discipline and improvement process within the team.
• Ability to listen to employee concerns and oversee conflict resolution. Elevate to corporate HR as needed.

Project Controls:

• Productivity Tracking
  • Establish budgets for the development of the Productivity Tracker
  • Ensure Strobel’s Productivity Tracking tools are being utilized
  • Review productivity of disciplines and support the development of low productivity mitigation plans
• Procurement
• Risk and Opportunity Log
  • Identify and develop Scope Risk List
  • Manage actions taken to reduce current risks and seize opportunities
• Project Review
  • Maintain the project review documents for the project
  • Compile and submit at the completion of each project
  • Utilize applicable Lessons Learned from Strobel’s/Industry best practices and prior lessons learned
• Project Closeout
  • Oversee the closeout process
  • Participate in the client critique and client lessons learned as applicable

Productivity:

• Understand and ensure the team knows the project scope of work.
• Establish the budget and put a plan in place to meet or beat the labor budget.
• Examine/inspect field conditions and identify problems, inaccuracies, and cost saving measures that arise or that may be encountered. Take proactive actions as needed in any or all of these areas.
• Follow the Strobel planning process including creating and updating the master schedule.
• Listen to employee and supervisor suggestions, complaints, problems, safety concerns and recommendations; evaluate each, then create and implement a plan based on information gathered.

Scheduling:

• Scheduling:
  • Follow scheduling best practices
  • Support the Strobel Planning process – Project Specific
    • Master Schedule update support - Engineering

Project Management:

• Document Control: Ensure that all engineering drawings, specifications, and other necessary documentation are available to the job site. Ensure certain drawings are delivered to the appropriate party prior to physical placement of work.
  • Ensure development and maintenance of the document control log.
  • Ensure Revision Control Process is followed.
  • Ensure that accurate engineering drawings, specifications, and other necessary documentation is provided to the job site.
  • Ensure redlines/as-builts are being maintained and assembled for final turn over to client.  

• Proficiency with Strobel’s software including ProNovos, Timberscan, and Exaktime. and understanding the capabilities of the following:
  • Project Dashboard
  • Time tracking with Exaktime
  • Safety Dashboard
  • Unapproved Invoicing Management
  • Job Analysis Tab
  • Project Log Dashboard
  • Daily Reports
  • Change Management Process
  • Average Labor Rate Reports
  • Unit Rate Reports
• Request for Information (RFI) Processes:
  • Ensure RFI process is in place

Contract management

 Know the provisions, terms and scope of the contract.  Know and understand the Owner’s overall project delivery plan, including Supplier, Engineering, and other Contractor’s contract types and their integration.  Identify and understand project risks and develop a Risk Mitigation Plan. 

• Contract Management:
  • Read and understand the project contract
  • Lead high level negotiation/communication with the owner
    • Schedule updates
    • Change Orders
    • Conflicts/Issues
  • Identify key terms and conditions (notice requirements, payment terms, LDs, milestone requirements, Change Order Process, insurance, bonding, etc.)
  • Separate and disseminate contract scope documents to applicable engineering discipline leads
  • Maintain a Contract Notice & Deliverables List identifying milestone commitments and any documentation requirements
  • Ensure review of any revised contract documents for potential change orders (include scope drawings)

Financial oversite:

Administering Accounting/Job Costs/Work in Progress (WIP) Updates: Lead and ensure these are performed accurately and on time.

• Budget Process
  • Manage the budgeting process of taking the estimate and converting it to Strobel’s Standard Codes
• Forecasting Process (Work in Progress reporting)
  • Accurately update the forecast
• Cashflow
  • Maintain positive cashflow for the project

Subcontract and Procurement Management:

• Subcontract Administration and Management: Oversee the subcontracting process, understand Strobel’s subcontract template and any Prime Contract passthroughs (when applicable).
• Subcontract Administration and Management:
  • Understanding and communicating key terms of the subcontract (LDs, payment, prime pass through)
  • Lead final subcontract negotiations
  • Receive, review, and approval subcontract schedule of values and construction schedule
  • Lead onsite kickoff meeting with each subcontractor prior to mobilization
  • Ensure subcontractor controls processes is followed including cost, progress, and schedule updates
  • Review required subcontract communications (notices, delays, scope changes)
  • Review subcontract change requests
  • Conduct final contract scope and administrative close out (punch list, warranty, liens)
  • Complete and return subcontractor evaluation form

• Procurement
  • Support equipment selection.

Technical Abilities

• Design Software
  • Efficient with AutoCAD, Inventor, CEASAR or similar analytical software.
• Microsoft Office
  • Have ability to generate Word documents and understand and create Excel documents.
• Specifications and Drawings
  • Able to read and understand standard specifications and drawings.

Experience

• Have demonstrated success as an Engineer.
• Successful management up to 10 direct reports
• 10 or more years of experience

Hours

This position is a full-time salaried position.

Travel

Travel as needed.