Associate - Security

TEECOM is a $45+ million/year consulting engineering firm with an average annual growth rate of 20% over the past 25 years. We make technology work in buildings through strategic consulting, design and engineering, project management, and enterprise support. We work hard in a fast-paced professional environment that will challenge you to learn and grow, and we play hard through team lunches and events that give back to the community. Join us and make TEECOM even better.

As a mid-level engineering role, the Associate works with their mentor to begin designing small to mid-size projects in the Telecom discipline. This individual will work with clients, product manufacturers, contractors, other design team members, and other employees of TEECOM to take each project from start to finish under the direction of a mentor and/or team lead. This entails providing detailed drawings, specifications, calculations, and report information to the client. Projects are expected to be completed on time and on budget.

This individual is expected to delegate work effectively and promote teamwork. They will also complete the next level of the TEECOM university in-house training program, receiving thorough instruction through mentorship, hands-on Revit training, and opportunities to shadow senior designers to learn from their experience.

Impact

• Represent TEECOM Values and Guiding Principles: Individual demonstrates that they CARE about clients and fellow team members, adds VALUE, and earns and builds TRUST.
• Deploy Technical Expertise: Individual has demonstrated expert skills in their trade and is able to succeed on their own as well as review, correct, and direct other technical staff to produce exemplary output (documents, etc.).
• Augment Company-Wide Communication: Individual demonstrates a commitment to elevating company-wide communication by enhancing internal documentation, fostering team collaboration, and supporting transparency across the firm.
• Lead by Example: Individual sets the example for the team by aligning their actions with their words.
• Indirect Mentorship: Individual provides indirect mentorship to anyone who asks questions or needs guidance.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the AEC industry and the design and construction of technology systems such as telecommunications infrastructure, cabling, audiovisual, security, acoustics, and wired and wireless networks.
• Delivery of system designs using an engineering approach to produce a well-coordinated set of construction documents within the project budget.
• Small to mid-sized construction projects ($100,000+ TEECOM fee) involving a multitude of disciplines with both long and fast-track timeframes (years or months) in various industry verticals (mission critical, healthcare, workplace, transportation, higher ed, government, industrial, cultural, etc.).

Skills

• Organization: Keep track of multiple projects and client and team member requests, often on a last-minute basis with excellent follow-up to assure promises are kept.
• Documentation: Thoroughly documents, updates, and maintains process documentation, notes, and decisions across appropriate platforms to ensure workflows, processes, and discussions are accessible and up-to-date.
• Communication: Conduct business communications in an effective, professional, and concise manner, both verbally and in written formats, and in one-on-one, small-group, and large-group settings.
• Teamwork: Work as a functional member of a team and successfully work with other teams and business functions to achieve positive results.
• Problem Solving: Approach problems using a methodical and logical method to create a workable solution.
• Software: Use software applications effectively and efficiently (G Suite, MS Office, Bluebeam, Slack, Revit, AutoCAD MEP, Navisworks, Bluebeam Studio, etc.) to communicate and deliver work products.
• Process Oriented: Follow processes, continually seek to make processes more efficient, enforce processes, and conduct root cause analyses that lead to the update or creation of processes.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Learn the building design process and the pursuit process.
• Assist with fee development (PSA), proposal, and interview coordination with marketing.
• Foster client relationships and fellow design team members and ensures all contact information and important discussions are documented in TEECOM’s CRM.
• Attend client meetings with senior technical staff members and prepare meeting notes documenting relevant decisions and discussions.
• Assist with client meetings and programming sessions to develop the system parameters and design criteria.
• Prepare and/or delegate mark-ups for Revit models and AutoCAD drawings.
• Research technical product information.
• Design, coordinate, and engineer systems per discipline.
• Track decisions, budgets, and schedule for small to mid-size projects.
• Prepare drawings, specifications, contract documents, and design calculations.
• Assist senior staff with design team coordination.
• Assist with the programming, design, construction, and closeout phases of each assigned project.
• Perform job site inspections to determine existing conditions and extent of progress made by contractors.
• Provide support to the team, develop tools, improve processes, and share technical knowledge.
• Attend and contribute to internal team, discipline, and project meetings.
• Assist with opinions of probable construction cost (OPCC) for systems as required.
• Regularly document, update, and maintain team-related processes, workflows, and best practices.
• Ensure timesheets/expense reports are accurate and up-to-date daily.
• Achieve billed revenue target each quarter.
• Meet project budgets and positively contribute to profitability.

What Success in This Role Looks Like

• Established as an internal mentor and guides less senior staff.
• Manage successful internal project team (on time, on budget, positive client feedback).
• Gain repeat clients.
• Quarterly reviews are completed on schedule.
• Utilization equals 85%.
• Average hours worked is between 40 and 50 hours per week.
• Achieve goals from the Performance Plan each quarter.
• Accounts Receivable (AR) over 90 days is less than 10% of the total AR.
• Project stale dates are less than 3% in Vision.
• Complete 100% of Asana tasks on time.

Experience

• Education/Degree/Major: BS in Engineering (electrical preferred) or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of three years of discipline design for facilities construction projects.
• Proficient in Autodesk (AutoCAD, Revit), Bluebeam Studio, Microsoft Office 365 Suite, G Suite.

Compensation

£70,000 - £85,000 a year. This compensation will vary depending on your role-related skills, experience, knowledge, and subject matter expertise.