Director of Engineering

IPS is hiring! We are looking for a talented Director of Engineering to join our industry leading regional Somerset, NJ office.

The Director of Engineering manages and coordinates activities of architectural and engineering functions in a regional office. This is a matrixed role, reporting directly to the Executive Vice President of Engineering and indirectly to Regional Office Director. This position assumes an indirect supervisory role over all regional Engineering and Design personnel.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Works with and supports the Regional Office Director in the following areas:

• Preparation of regular and special reports and analyses, assessing progress and identifying adverse trends to arrive at logical conclusions and make appropriate recommendations for corrective action.
• Management of regional Engineering & Design personnel utilization.
• Monitoring Engineering Profit and Loss and review of office WIP reports to determine corrective actions when required.
• Participation in preparation and delivery of sales.
• Independent and team pursuit and development of sales opportunities.

Works with and supports the Sr. Director of Operations and Engineering & Design department directors in the following areas:

• Preparation of regular and special reports and analyses, assessing progress and identifying adverse trends to arrive at logical conclusions and make appropriate recommendations for corrective action.
• Enforcement within the regional office of the application of divisional and inter-departmental policies, procedures, and standards.
• Management of various personnel functions, including, but not limited to, hiring, performance appraisal, salary position recommendations, mentoring, and employee development.
• Planning and scheduling work of regional office Engineering & Design personnel, ensuring the proper and effective distribution of assignments and manpower, space, and facilities for subsequent performance of duties. Serve as contact person at regional office for inter-office labor, work sharing and outsourcing to consultants.
• Coordination with project managers to assign regional office personnel to support projects. Identification of personnel with most appropriate individual qualifications. Preparation of labor and cost estimates for regional office Engineering & Design project resources.
• Assurance of the quality, accuracy, and completeness of regional Engineering & Design work.
• For projects based in the regional office, leads technical coordination for project team. Ensures that coordination practices are followed.
• Special projects assigned.

• Engineer or Architect with a minimum of 15 years experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or planning.
• Progressive ability, capacity, and aptitude in administration to plan, organize, supervise, and coordinate technical work and to obtain cooperation from others.
• Demonstrated understanding of the execution of engineering and design projects.
• Analytical thinking, structured problem solving, superior communication, team building, and a strong work ethic.
• Ability to build rapport with Engineering & Design personnel assigned to the regional office.

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY

• Will be required to travel up to 10% of the time, based on project location/requirements.
• This position is a safety sensitive position. The employee is designated for field work and attends activities at client sites where they work in construction, process, packaging, manufacturing, research or other "non-administrative" areas.

About Us

IPS-Integrated Project Services is a global leader in developing innovative and cost effective solutions for the engineering, construction, commissioning and qualification of complex pharmaceutical and biotech research and manufacturing facilities. With technical expertise spanning R&D to pilot-scale to large-scale production, our team specializes in the technology, trends and regulatory environment to successfully deliver capital projects and improve operations. For over thirty years, we have applied unique LEAN methodologies throughout the project life cycle, continually finding ways to do things better and more efficiently, delivering higher quality and controlling costs. Headquartered in Blue Bell, PA, IPS is a multi-national company with over 1,100 professionals worldwide and offices in California, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Brazil, Canada, China, Ireland, Singapore, Switzerland, UK and four locations in India. Visit our website at www.ipsdb.com.

Specialties

Process Architecture, Process Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Qualification, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program/Project Management, Operations/Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCMV and Staffing Services.

IPS is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer of protected veterans (M/F/D/V).

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