PR Mechanical Engineer at Delta Built Environment Consultants

Main Responsibilities:

• As a mechanical engineer in the mechanical engineering department, the employee will be responsible for the following:

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

•  Driving new business opportunities.
•  Compiling and submitting of bids, quotations, and expressions of interest.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

•  Determine project roles of team members based on project requirements, timeframes, and budget.
•  When necessary, work with external consultants in addition to internal resources.
•  Define skill sets required for the project based on project specifications and requirements.
•  Determine resource requirements (including staffing, software, hardware, facilities and vehicles) of projects, based on project specifications.

CLIENT MANAGEMENT

•  Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
•  Build a knowledge base of each client’s business, organization, and objectives.
•  Manage the client stakeholders, team members and contract personnel.
•  Manages day-to-day client interaction.
•  Set and manage client expectations.
•  Develop lasting relationships with client personnel that foster client ties.
•  Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.

INTERNAL PROJECT REPORTING AND ADMINISTRATION

•  Oversee project quality, client and team satisfaction, and project success metrics during regularly scheduled and ad hoc project review meetings with project managers.
•  Track and report weekly metrics including percent complete, budget spend and duration to completion.
•  Keep an accurate risk tracking document with an associated mitigation plan.

PROJECT FINANCE

•  Track and reports team hours and expenses on a weekly basis
•  Manages project budget
•  Accurately forecast revenue, profitability, and margins
•  Understand basic revenue models, profit/loss models and cost-to-completion projections and makes decisions accordingly
•  Understand company pricing model and invoicing procedures
•  Assure project legal documents are completed and signed
•  Ensure timely and accurate invoicing and monitors deliverables for project
•  Follow up with clients, when necessary, regarding unpaid invoices
•  Analyse project profitability, revenue, and margins.

PROJECT PLANNING

•  Establish and maintain a usable and well-communicated project programme for all phases of a project
•  Explain implications of changes to project scope and/or objectives to the client and to the project team
•  Lead the team to prioritize signed off work based on analysis of strategic importance and deadlines
•  Create, or participate in the creation of, project documentation
•  Work with the client to ensure any changes are understood and approved

PROJECT CONTROL

•  Manage clients request for changes in scope by revising scope and budget in a timely manner
•  Evaluate all key project deliverables, as well as final product to ensure traceability of requirements, high quality, and client acceptance
•  Responsible for formal sign off on all project deliverables
•  Ensure project meets internal and client expectations with respect to quality, budget, delivery timelines, and strategy; and
•  Identify, track, manage and mitigate project risks.

PROJECT COMMUNICATION

•  Ensure clients’ understanding of expectations, deliverables, dependencies, risks and progress
•  If needed, create customized reporting for the client or team
•  Work directly with clients to secure sign off on deliverables or documentation
•  Ensure that stakeholders, including the team, client, and management, are aware of project activities in a timely manner.
•  Communicate progress, risks, expectations, timelines, milestones and other key project metrics to clients and team members.

STANDARD DOCUMENTATION

•  Prepare sector specific standard documentation and procedures.
•  Ensure team and output compliance with the sector and company standards and procedures.
•  Performing any other duties/activities reasonably related to the above functions which management may instruct from time to time.

Special Requirements:

•  Substantial HVAC and Fire experience
•  Professionally registered engineer at ECSA
•  Consulting engineering experience
•  Bachelor of Engineering degree

Qualification

• B.Eng. / BSc Mechanical Engineering