Mechanical Engineering Supervisor jobs in the United States

Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

A Little About Us: ZAP is a full-service engineering, design, and construction management firm servicing the cement, mineral and material processing, mining, heavy industrial, and oil & gas markets. From our Lakewood, Colorado office, we execute projects across North America spanning from California to Florida and Canada down to Mexico. Our projects range in size from simple engineering studies or maintenance repairs to full-scale design of large facilities. ZAP operates at a fast pace while providing a team-centric approach to our work.

About your role:

This is a hands-on, full-time position with day-to-day duties that include managing a team of two (2) to ten (10) mechanical engineers within ZAP’s cement, mineral and material processing, mining, and heavy industrial projects.  In addition to the technical skills required at the Engineer 3 & 4 levels, they are responsible for their direct reports in all aspects.  In addition to their responsibilities with their direct reports, a mechanical engineering supervisor is responsible for coordinating with other supervisors and directors to resource projects, contribute to business development and proposals, assist with recruiting and interviewing, and creating/revising/improving department standards.

Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities:

• Team management
  • Effectively analyzes resource needs, organizes, and allocates resources, as well as coordinates with Project Managers for resources and deliverable dates, and assesses resources with Project Managers to ensure allocation can fulfill the technical requirements.
  • Periodically reviews project budgets and schedules, as well as facilitates periodic team meetings and participates in department meetings.
  • Understands effective resourcing and department budgeting tools and how to leverage them for workforce planning, as well as participates in the full scope of candidate selection, interview, onboarding assessments, and reviewing performance metrics for the team.
  • Promptly addresses and documents employee relations issues including disciplinary action, personnel or performance issues and resolves conflict by engaging Director and Human Resources
• Individual Management
  • Fosters creativity and innovation while motivating employees to excel.
  • Performs timely employee reviews and development plans for employees, as well as conducts individual 1on1s with direct reports.
  • Identifies and sponsors training for employees, in addition to coaching and training employees and delegating responsibility to develop staff.
• Department Management and Organization
  • Awareness of allocation, utilization metrics, and targets, and administering department overhead billing codes for training, standards, and staff meetings.
  • Reviews and approves timesheets, in addition to tracks and approves PTO requests.
• Business Development and Client Relationships
  • Participates in proposal efforts by developing budgets, identifying scope and resources, reviewing schedules, providing feedback on, or generating short/long form proposal documents.
  • Facilitate handoff to assigned resource at project kickoff as needed.
  • Review business development forecast with Director regularly.
  • Foster and maintain relationships with existing clients.
• Plan, organize and prepare quality technical project documents to support projects.  The technical documentation should be prepared in a timely and professional manner and responsive to customer needs.  Responsible also for coordination of technical changes/revisions to all project documents.
• Coordinate and/or produce mechanical engineering deliverables, equipment specifications, technical descriptions and other technical inputs and documentation required for completion of the projects, as defined by the RACI model (Responsible, Accountable, Consultative, Informed), in alignment with ZAP standard processes and procedures.
  • Produce equipment sizing calculations
  • Prepare technical specifications or datasheets for main equipment and auxiliary machinery
  • Determine / review equipment capacities and specifications for main equipment and auxiliary machinery.
  • Technical reviews and evaluations of vendor proposals
  • Develop and review equipment flow sheets, equipment layouts and/or systems and stackups, plot plans, and general arrangement drawings
  • Manage creation of bill of materials and/or material takeoffs
  • Provide feedback on equipment vendor drawing reviews
  • Generate pipe and valve specifications for services such as plant air, pneumatic piping, water systems, etc.
  • Generate mechanical equipment lists, valve lists, line lists
  • Prepare mechanical contractor bid packages
  • Participate in site visits and meetings with clients
  • Engineering support of construction efforts
  • Ducts and chutes routing and design support, produce datasheets for quoting and purchasing
  • Feasibility studies
• Technical Collaboration - Collaborates with project team members on interdisciplinary technical deliverables, as defined by the RACI
  • Reviews deliverables with peers and supervisors.
  • Ensures quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedures (intra- and inter-disciplinary checks) are performed on deliverables generated.
  • Design Basis
  • PFD/P&ID generation, review, redlining
  • 3D modeling reviews and support
  • Produce project cost estimates
  • Reviews construction drawings and documents.
• Communicates with project team regarding overall project progress and status of mechanical-specific deadlines and deliverables.
• Develop and improve knowledge of plant or facility processes and equipment to be better able to satisfy customers’ requirements.
• Assist with other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Work Hours:

Education

• Bachelor's Degree required. Preferably in Mechanical Engineering.
• Professional Engineering license or 12-years of relevant experience in lieu of a license required

Type of Experience Needed to be Successful

• Minimum of 10-years’ experience practicing discipline specific engineering on multidiscipline project teams required.

Specialized Skills

• Advanced communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills, to deliver complex information effectively and align people with the needs of the project/team.
• Advanced problem-solving skills, to be able to manage complex situations with multiple layers and resolve the solution anticipating needs now and into the future. Ability to define problems, research and check facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Advanced awareness of workflow, and project tradeoffs to make decisions based on needs now and into the future.  Able to support multiple efforts and track process against timelines.
• Highest level of leadership skills with experience leading teams through strategic processes and aligned with peer group project needs and timelines.
• Expert user of Microsoft Office Suite and software required to execute daily tasks.
• Experience utilizing 3D software for reviewing layouts and detail designs, with modeling produced by other departments
• ZAP’s success is based on our employees’ ability to thrive in a team environment.  You will be able to add value to the team by being productive, helping less experienced team members understand what tasks need to be completed and how to meet the team’s needs.
• Able to remain flexible and adaptable to change
• Must have a valid, active driver’s license and ability to maintain a good driving record.

Supervisory Expectations:

• The position supervises or manages the work of at least two full-time employees or the equivalent. The position includes decisions or recommendations regarding personnel actions such as hiring, disciplinary action, overtime, changes in pay and terminations.

Independence of Action

• Results are defined; the incumbent sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow. Although precedents may exist, supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: (The phrases "occasionally," "regularly," and "frequently" correspond to the following definitions: "occasionally" means up to 1/3 of working time, "regularly" means between 1/3 and 2/3 of working time, and "frequently" means 2/3 and more of working time.)

• The work environment is the typical office environment. The employee must complete their work satisfactorily in an environment where there are significant distractions, including staff, clients, and vendors walking through and conversing, telephones ringing, conversations carrying over, loud noises, and interruptions to answer questions from others.
• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. In many cases, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and should do so in a sound and safe manner. This job's specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Core Competencies:

• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting.
• Communications - Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally; expresses ideas and thoughts in written form; exhibits good listening and comprehension; keeps others adequately informed; selects and uses appropriate communication methods.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and principles; upholds organizational values.
• Initiative - Volunteers readily; undertakes self-development activities; seeks increased responsibilities; takes independent actions and calculated risks; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; asks for and offers help when needed.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Job Knowledge - Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how job relates to others; uses resources effectively.
• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Judgement - Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; Includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions