Principal, Commissioning Consultant

Description

• Represent the firm through published articles, public speaking engagements and attendance at industry and community events, meetings, and conferences.
• Work with PM's and SMEs on key projects to develop and deliver commissioning specifications, presentations, reports, and other deliverables.
• Apply buildings commissioning and project management knowledge while leading crossfunctional resources to meet project requirements within established timeframes and budgets.
• Interface regularly with additional commissioning leaders in North America and contribute within the US West specialty services practice.
• Manage and plan the production resources and workflow to produce the deliverables and onsite scope required for commissioning projects
• Assist with the development of the annual business plan and budget for the business center and working with the leadership team to achieve key performance indicators.
• Maintain current knowledge of technologies and trends impacting Stantec's core service offerings and markets and continually strengthens skills.
• Develop presentation materials and present to clients at strategic industry events.
• Hold project team members accountable for technical excellence, delivery standards, and best practices.
• Oversee the maintenance and updating of commissioning specifications, technical documentation, and standards in collaboration with other senior technical resources in Stantec.
• Oversee commissioning delivery process and best practices and coordinate with other disciplines.
• Assist the marketing department with the development of commissioning marketing materials and content.
• Develop presentation materials and present to clients and at strategic industry events.
• Develop and maintain industry relationships and visibility with current and prospective clients in the local and regional Commissioning industry.
• Apply strong engineering skills, experience and knowledge to the oversight of the commissioning process for building projects.
• Maintain awareness of operational, technical, or regulatory changes within the buildings commissioning market sector and AEC community overall, disseminate such knowledge to staff and firm, and integrate into existing processes and standards.
• Responsible for managing the financial performance, quality control processes, and project delivery for mission critical projects.
• Supports project requirements by overseeing and sometimes performing the execution of the commissioning process from the predesign phase through post occupancy phase
• Ensure compliance with best practices, including Stantec PM Frameworks Project Involvement.
• Meet technical, contractual, schedule, budgetary and client service objectives for projects.
• Develop strategic and tactical business development and marketing plans for the commissioning practice and align with Business Center and regional Buildings group goals and strategies and brand position priorities.
• Develop project proposals.
• Successfully lead projects of significant scope, complexity, and revenue budget.
• Provide oversight for commissioning staff education and certification process & balance firm, studio and staff needs.
• In conjunction with other stakeholders, identify and forecast staff needs and assignments based on current and projected workload and SME requirements.
• Reviews commissioning deliverables to meet project requirements
• Assist the marketing department with commissioning marketing materials and content.
• Sustain and grow top line revenue helping to achieve growth objectives in the US West and work collaboratively with the Regional Business Leader, Business Center Practice Leaders, and other Commissioning leaders in US to achieve key operational performance metrics.
• Collaborates with project managers and supports commissioning staff as part of a coordinated team.
• Help hire and lead a team consisting of commissioning engineers and project managers
• Serves as a Lead Commissioning Agent and internal technical expert on assigned projects.
• Be a primary contributor to the growth of Stantec’s Buildings Commissioning practice in the US West.
• Act as a QC reviewer on specific projects.
• Manages and/or actively participates in the development of junior level staff through work on projects as well as serving as a trainer, mentor, and resource.

Requirements

• Learning/Maintaining and Expanding Technical and Managerial Skills:
• Must have all required travel documents.
• Strong knowledge of applicable codes and standards.
• Deep knowledge of either power or cooling systems.
• 10 years related professional experience.
• Bachelor's degree in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Strong knowledge of buildings communities including architects, engineers, contractors, and facilities, both stakeholders and key decisionmakers.
• Successful history of collaboration with contractors for various types of commissioning projects such as new build, additions, renovations, retrocommissioning, recommissioning.
• Must have valid driver’s license and a clean DMV record.
• Ability to manage clients, projects, fee, scope, and teams to achieve budget, schedule and deliverable objectives while meeting key stakeholder critical success factors.
• Travel may be required to meet engagement/client requirements; may include regional, national, or international based on the contracted requirement
• Strong managerial skills with ability to hire, engage, develop, and retain toptier talent.
• Outstanding client service skills with ability to lead practice members in consistently delivering an exceptional standard of service to every client.
• Familiarity with, and ability to produce, projectrelated documents and documentation standards required of a Project Manager.
• Strong business acumen with ability to identify, develop and map strategy, prepare, interpret, and manage budgets, and analyze business results.
• A commanding knowledge of technical issues supporting delivered commissioning services.
• Commissioning Certification required
• Management Professional certification a plus.
• Outstanding consulting skills with ability to present a credible, engaging image in keeping with Stantec’s high service standards.
• LEED AP Credential a plus.
• Experience in identifying and managing items of risk that may occur on projects.
• Ability to identify and manage potential unanticipated scope.
• Ability to integrate commissioning project elements with other disciplines.
• Comprehensive understanding of building project components, project management and delivery systems; ability to continuously evaluate and refine processes to increase efficiency and client satisfaction.
• Business development skills with ability to identify and develop prospects, nurture key relationships, crosssell services, negotiate, and engage business.
• Deep technical understanding and working knowledge of buildings systems, including Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and Control Systems.
• Applies strong engineering skills and knowledge to research and develop solutions to complex engineering challenges.
• Deep understanding of and ability to apply sustainable design principles within projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and polished presentation and public speaking skills.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance