Office Engineering Leader I

If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be recognized as an influential leader who contributes to the long-range strategic direction of an office. In the Office Engineering Leader role for the Boston Office, you will work in partnership with the Office Practice Leader (OPL) and Office Business Practice Leader (BPL) of both the Boston and New York City offices along with other firm leaders to develop, support and implement key practice initiatives that advance an innovative engineering practice in line with the firm's strategic plan.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Discipline and Practice Leadership: Focus on the benefits and value of truly integrated design, reinforce cross collaboration of disciplines, discuss and generate new ideas and innovative approaches that differentiate CannonDesign and help solve our client's greatest challenges.

• Implementation of Business Plan: Responsible for the development and implementation of the firm wide business plan in the Chicago office, including key strategies developed by and with the National Market Directors and the Chicago Leadership Team.
• Responsible for engaging office and market leaders to participate in the process, take ownership, communicate and champion the initiatives set forth.
• Drive collaboration and integration to obtain successful results including the quality of the design work, process improvement, innovation and profit goals. Facilitate and maintain a regular rhythm of proactive internal communication amongst the disciplines within your office.
• Ensure adherence to discipline design standards, unify firm wide deliverable consistency, and promote continuous improvement toward industry best practices. The visibility, profile and reputation of the firm, its leaders and all CannonDesign employees are of the utmost importance.
• Be a strong voice for Engineering practice. Promote the firm and our work. Office Engineering Leaders shall anticipate writing one externally published article and speaking at one event per year at a minimum. OELs shall actively participate in at least one professional society related to their field.
• Develop and execute a plan to have regular (at least monthly) internal and external marketing outreach (emails, newsletters, jive site, website, social media, etc.) in collaboration with the Marketing and Communication department.
• Lead resolution of potential discipline specific issues involving clients, team performance, design matters, etc. recommending solutions and engaging in conflict resolution. Coordinate with other senior leaders as required.
• Serve as a Client Leader when appropriate and as a subject matter expert to win work and assist other teams in winning work. You will have a personal goal of achieving top line success with specific annually in net signed fees.
• Engage in efforts to expand our prime engineering practice in addition to our traditional integrated A/E practice.

Staff Management and Development: Lead by example. Mentoring and growing emerging professionals is an important responsibility for all leaders at CannonDesign. Assist in establishing an environment that exemplifies leadership, integrity, humility, respect and responsibility, along with collaboration, experimentation, innovation, quality, creativity, and entrepreneurship. Be a strong proponent of interdisciplinary design integration.

• Work with other Office Engineering Leaders (OELs) and Firm Discipline Leaders (FDLs) related to staffing, skills assessment, recruitment and professional development to help develop high performance teams.

TIME COMMITMENTS

• 40% of your time should be devoted to developing new business opportunities with new and current client partners focused on the growth of the Engineering practice and our core markets.
• 30% of your time should be focused on engaging and partnering with clients on billable project work. While identifying and developing new business opportunities is a key component of your responsibilities, engaging and partnering with our clients on billable project work is also critically important. As a senior leader of the firm, we expect you to not only find ways to grow top line revenue, but also, to partner and lead our clients in the specific project work. This fosters strong client relationships and leverages those relationships into potential opportunities for future work.
• 20% of your time should be devoted to strategy development, business practice and process leadership, responsible for the successful implementation of our business, risk and process practices, financial success, alignment, and management of resources, recruiting, and related staff growth and development.

ABOUT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Qualified candidates must have a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or Architectural Engineering.
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
• Current PE or SE in the United States is required.
• Broad knowledge of engineering building systems and integrated/sustainable design.
• Professional Acumen and maturity demonstrated by the ability to communicate authentically and respectfully.
• Outstanding organization, multi-tasking, and time management skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Exceptional client and people leadership skills.
• Some travel required.

For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at

ABOUT OUR FIRM

We're a design solutions firm that awakens opportunities for impact. Whether creating building solutions, strategic transformations, new experiences or new operational models, we help clients achieve mountain-sized ambitions. Our Living-Centered Design ethos inspires us to go bigger and do better—for people, businesses, society and the planet. In 2021, 2019 and 2017, Fast Company named us one of the 10 most innovative design firms in the world.

ABOUT WORKING HERE

• We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
• We are committed to ensuring our practice is equitable for all employees, representative of the communities around us – and focused on the future of design. We advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts through the leadership of our DEI Council, Employee Resource Groups and other community advocacy initiatives.
• We're about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we're ready for you.

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As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.

CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm's policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law. It is also CannonDesign's policy to prohibit any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.