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Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc. · 7 hours ago

Lead Engineer

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $160K/yr

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering is a 100% employee-owned company and one of the largest engineering firms in the United States. The Lead Engineer will be responsible for leading the technical advancement of the industrial controls group, developing technical tools, and mentoring staff to adhere to industry best practices.

AutomotiveConsulting

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Establishes, maintains, and communicates engineering standards

Ability to identify and evolve the company’s and business unit’s technical competencies with industry trends and stay up to date with the current and emerging technologies

Provides technical program and guidance within the business unit

Implements effective and innovative technological solutions

Researches and proposes new technical vision, architectural solutions, and new technologies

Provides quality program leadership and audits

Go-to expert for BU in one or more technical area(s)

Serves as the technical specialist for the organization in the application of advanced concepts, principles, and methods in an assigned area

Proactively plans, schedules, and/or leads the preparation of technical deliverables for multiple major projects

Leads a corporate community of practice to seek continuous improvement

Serves as a technical consultant on multiple projects to provide technical advice and ensures adherence to engineering standards

Demonstrates a sense of responsibility in balancing technical craftsmanship with financial and schedule performance

Keeps informed of new methods and developments affecting the BU, and recommends new practices or changes

Demonstrates a high level of conformance to the proposal by focusing on labor, equipment, and subcontractor scope and associated budget estimate

Mentors other BU employees as directed by BU leadership

Leads aspects of BU’s quality plan

Assists in the client coordination of major technical testing and performance portions of projects

Provides leadership on strategic BU initiatives which lead to improvement in financial performance and operational effectiveness

Analyzes risk related to proposals, projects, and accounts. Assists the BU in identifying business risk

Mentors the BU resource pool in the course of performing the job function

Sets direction at the service level

Consistently provides input in decision-making at the BU level

QA/QC check of major strategic proposals

Supports the analysis of contract risk and the refinement of agreeable Terms and Conditions by interfacing with WM legal counsel

Demonstrates advanced/superior knowledge of BST and associated financial metrics related to efficiency, productivity, and profitability

Cultivates strategic relationships into trusting partnerships with repeat business

Negotiates critical relationship issues with client upper management in conjunction with BU leadership

Can lead highly complex proposals with labor from multiple BUs, system work, and subcontracts

Manages a wide range of relationships with customers, channel partners, contractors, and engineering firms

Communicates BU strategy to customers and channel partners

Engages existing major project/account customers to solicit WM team performance feedback and act as the voice of the customer

Presents at regional and national conferences

Translate customer needs into scope definition, cost estimate, and milestones for moderate to complex proposals

Demonstrates strong communication skills presenting qualifications and proposal plans directly to customers

Provides pre-proposal guidance to customers on scope, or execution planning

Account management focused on strengthening relationships and increasing opportunity

Develops new opportunities with existing customers, supports opportunities with new customers

Assists/Coordinates with BU Manager(s) in developing yearly sales plans

Works with BU on Salesforce company requirements and proposal generation

Consistently able to reduce the complexity of projects, services, and processes in order to get more done with less effort

Manages the technical portfolio of moderate and complex projects with multiple clients

Accountable for success with project financial, quality, schedule, and safety metrics

Identifies resource gaps in advance and works with BU management to fill them

Advises clients on strategic planning and the customer’s project portfolio

Consults with Sales/BD on proposal content

Leads customer meetings

Multiplies the effectiveness of others by facilitating cross-team work

Listens and guides debates to help reach a consensus

Clear and concise communication

Sets short to medium-term strategic technical direction

Able to look ahead 6-12 months and identify the areas of greatest need and create improvement plans

Prolific contributor

Possesses exceptional oral and written communication skills

Makes others better through project reviews, thorough documentation, technical guidance, and mentoring

Shows a significant degree of “people” leadership via significant mentoring etc

Takes initiative to identify and solve important problems, coordinating with others on cross-cutting technical issues

Ability to travel up to 30%

Qualification

Engineering standardsTechnical program leadershipArchitectural solutionsQuality program leadershipProject managementTechnical consultingRisk analysisSales strategyCustomer relationship managementCommunication skillsMentoringTeam collaborationProblem-solving

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