Senior Lead Engineer

About the role

This position is remote and can be located anywhere in North America

The Senior Lead Engineer (LE) is accountable for multi-disciplinary engineering deliverables to our customers for custom municipal and industrial treatment systems. The LE is responsible for determining the required resources and guiding a multi-disciplinary team, to ensure accuracy of design, timeliness of submittals, and adherence to budget.

The LE, Project Manager and Sourcing Project Leader, form a project leadership team. This leadership team works together to support the job and deliver what was sold to our customers. This team works to manage the project in its entirety and generates and maintains critical project reporting.

• Able to manage a team of multi-discipline engineers, or multiple teams of engineers executing project(s) with an engineering utilization rate of approximately 4,000 hours per month, or about 30 full time engineers.
• Have an understanding of project execution from a commercial standpoint from sales to project closure, and support the commercial team with bid activities including technical reviews, labor estimates, and sub-contracting strategies.
• Proficient in executing projects with balance of plant (BOP), and site installation scope.
• Broad responsibility to direct and monitor an engineering project team. This consists of Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls engineers, as well as various project support functions (Document Control, Sourcing, Finance, etc).
• The LE coordinates the delivery of all of the engineering output on their assigned projects. While the LE has a strong engineering background, it is key for an LE to be skilled at building teams, communicating a vision, and delegating work. This includes being an effective facilitator of project team meetings and deliverables, and as needed conflict resolution within the project team.
• They are thoughtful, cooperative, and creative. They are able to handle multiple shifting demands with professionalism and good judgment. The LE is the face of Veolia Engineering.
• Accountable and Responsible for ensuring that all engineering deliverables are completed. As part of this, the LE must ensure that proper review of work is carried out on project deliverables either through facilitating formal review processes (such as E-Table) but also through in-function review by peer engineers and/or Technical Domain Leaders with pertinent expertise. Some of these engineering deliverables include, but are not limited to Process & Instrument Diagrams, equipment drawings, datasheets, plant and piping arrangements, instrumentation and controls architecture, and design specifications.
• Coordinate all engineering activities, internal and external, across all functions by using industry standard tools such as project schedules, master document lists, rolling action item lists, risks and opportunities, change orders, engineering project reports, etc.
• Ensures that the technical review of vendor selection and fabrication occurs, employing the right project team members to do so.
• The LE coordinates technical requirements with suppliers and ensures the project team is providing information required to our vendors on schedule. The LE supports Sourcing in vendor management; ensuring our suppliers are on track and performing to the project's expectations.
• Act as a customer liaison, working and resolving technical queries, setting and managing expectations, and maintaining a relationship with the customer.
• Empowered to bring in project team members or pertinent technical domain leaders to maintain relationships with key customer counterparts.
• The LE is responsible for the project team's resource budget, and identification of potential needs for competency development of the project team to ensure a successful project.
• Drive team collaboration to ensure project activities are properly coordinated to maximize engineering performance. Structure project team rhythms and meetings to drive action plans, outcomes with clear and concise communication.

Qualifications - Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Impeccable planning, organization and time management
• Clear, concise communication and presentation skills
• Good meeting facilitation skills with clear objectives, action plans for expected outcomes
• Team player, with the ability to exercise good judgment under changing conditions

Education & Experience - Required

• Bachelor's degree in an accredited Engineering field
• Ten years project experience in engineering or a related field

Education & Experience - Preferred

• Experience with industrial processes and system engineering - direct experience in water treatment, oil & gas, chemical or power industries
• Experience with EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contracts
• Professional Engineer's License, or the ability to obtain one within 1 year

Working Conditions

• The role requires the ability to travel domestically and internationally 5-10% of the time

Additional Information

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Compensation

• The compensation range is tied to the market for similarly bench-marked roles. The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate's knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $120,000 - $130,000 USD.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosure

• We do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position.

Vacancy Status

• This posting is for an existing vacancy.