Dewberry’s Raleigh, NC office includes over 200 design professionals, including a large Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural (MEPS) Group focused on design services for clients in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. Our experience includes all major healthcare systems, higher education, K-12 schools, central plants/infrastructure, and more. Raleigh’s MEPS group contains subject matter experts in leadership roles in all major professional organizations such as ASHE, ASHRAE, etc. Our repeat clients include most of the largest hospital systems, universities, and state, local, and federal government agencies. Our MEPS service line is ranked #30 Nationally among MEP Giants and our local Raleigh office is ranked #3 by size in engineering firms in the Triangle.
Dewberry's Richmond, VA office is seeking a Senior Mechanical Project Manager - Healthcare to act as primary contact between our office and the Owner; effectively managing projects from concept through design, bidding, negotiation, and construction administration to winning the next project with the same client. Based on candidates healthcare credentials and knowledge of Richmond regional market, including existing client relationships and ability to establish new client relationship, acquire new healthcare projects. Work closely with the client to anticipate and avoid problems. Quickly solve problems that arise. Work with multi-disciplined team to provide first rate engineering documents that meet client’s needs, project specifications and governing standards/codes. Assist the client to achieve their professional goals and that of their organization and in general, doing whatever is necessary to maintain a Client for Life.
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.
Responsibilities Maintain primary one-to-one contact with the client.Understand the client's needs and goals and that of his/her organization.Draft proposals for new projects with existing clients for review and signature of the Principal In Charge of Business and track proposals through award of project. Work with client to develop additional work.Attend regular design meetings with the client and issue meeting minutes.As project manager; lead, organize, and schedule design team staff.Organize and direct frequent in-house design meetings.Primary responsibility for the approval and oversight of design and construction documents within the applicable area of progressive technical experience including signing and sealing of documents as Engineer or Record.Prepare detailed personnel loading by task interfaced with the detailed schedule.Coordinate with Design Discipline Managers to schedule, plan and assign appropriate personnel.Prepare storyboards and detailed project timeline.Organize and maintain project design folder.Document meetings and telephone conversations.Provide quality control to ensure that all of the clients' needs and requests have been accommodated. Ensure and coordinate among all of the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.Provide 'on-the-spot' advice and decisions to Owner.Advise on project billing and assist in collections.Supervise and coordinate the submission of documents to the appropriate reviewing authorities (DOI, SCO, DHSR, DFS, IRI, etc.)Coordinate the responses to reviews. Ensure that responses are in fact reflected in the drawings and specifications.Arrange for in-house quality review in a timely fashion.Arrange and attend pre-bid conferences and issue meeting minutes and addenda.Conduct bid openings and prepare / issue certified bid tabulation. Coordinate as required to ensure CA phase of the project puts Dewberry in positive standing with Client at all times.Perform site visits, inspections, and commissioning activities as required to support the Construction Administration requirements.Assist with recruiting, evaluating, and making recommendations regarding new employees to support MEP healthcare practice. Required Skills & Required Experience Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.Accomplished Professional Engineer (PE) with 15+ years of experience preferred.Knowledgeable of construction process, familiar with AIA contracts.Self-motivated with highly developed verbal, written and interpersonal skills. Well organized, with good understanding of healthcare plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and life safety systems with general knowledge of applicable codes, national standards, client design standards, system operation, space requirements, and cost.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.
Notice to Third Party Recruiters: Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.
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