Henderson Engineers is looking to hire a Mechanical Engineering Manager to join their Venue team to lead a team of engineers and designers, develop the team's potential through mentoring and career pathing, and connect staff, projects and technical resources to deliver technical excellence, operational efficiency and meet sector and organization-wide goals.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge and proficiency in engineering design, A&E industry, codes, design guides and standards relating to a broad range of practices, projects and/or program types required.
- Working knowledge of earned value, contracts and construction processes and methods required.
- Working knowledge of Revit and Bluebeam Revu required.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite and engineering design software applicable to your discipline or focus.
- High technical aptitude: ability to learn, understand and utilize various systems and processes. Comfortability with training others on systems and processes.
- Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred.
- Additional certifications aligning with the relevant technical field (e.g., BEMP, CPD, CDP, NICET, RCDD, etc.) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Leads, manages and mentors a team of discipline-aligned engineers and designers within assigned sector, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture while developing and executing design projects.
- Acts as a hiring manager and career coach, attending interviews and providing performance feedback and guidance on skills progression and career development.
- Provides direct, hands-on coaching and conducts individualized meetings to provide feedback and guide goal setting.
- Facilitates the process to improve project and design quality within their team, utilizing the quality review process and regular check-ins. May directly provide final reviews for projects under purview.
- Understands, teaches and applies Henderson’s design guidelines, standards, policies and procedures and acts as a technical resource to their team.
- Responsible for or delegates and oversees project coordination activities for their team such as managing emails, coordinating scope and schedule, coordinating design team, attending client meetings, ensuring project quality, responding to client questions and coordinating project delivery.
- Directs and oversees the preparation of simple to the most complex design documents, system layouts, detailed drawings, schematics and specifications.
Other
- Minimum 12 years of relevant progressive experience required.
- Demonstrated history of building trust-based relationships within teams and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
- High emotional intelligence and ability to lead with empathy and clarity, navigate performance conversations constructively and support team members through challenge and change.
- Demonstrated interest in growing others through regular feedback, career guidance and skills-based mentoring.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate with designers at all levels in a clear and concise manner.
