Senior MEP System Manager - Utilities / Power

Overview

What You'Ll Be Doing

• Lead and manage engineering teams across one engineering discipline or multiple disciplines on major infrastructure programs.
• Provide technical leadership, direction, and oversight throughout the engineering design and project delivery lifecycle.
• Plan, review, and approve discipline staffing plans, resource forecasts, and staffing assignments to support project delivery.
• Coordinate engineering resources across multiple projects to ensure optimum utilization and project performance.
• Monitor engineering quality, productivity, schedule performance, and technical compliance across assigned projects.
• Work closely with Project Managers and Project Directors to resolve engineering, resource, quality, and schedule issues.
• Review and approve engineering deliverables, technical reports, design documentation, calculations, specifications, and engineering submissions.
• Establish, implement, and continuously improve engineering standards, procedures, best practices, and technical guidelines.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with company procedures, project requirements, applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Support project planning, engineering execution strategies, risk management, and technical decision-making.
• Participate in business development, proposals, bid evaluations, and pre-contract activities by providing engineering expertise.
• Recruit, interview, mentor, develop, and evaluate engineering staff while supporting career development and succession planning.
• Conduct performance evaluations, provide coaching, and manage employee performance in accordance with company policies.
• Promote collaboration across engineering disciplines, project teams, clients, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and actively promote Parsons' Quality Improvement Program.
• Monitor engineering department budgets and ensure performance within approved overhead and project budgets.
• Participate in client meetings, technical workshops, design reviews, value engineering sessions, and executive presentations.
• Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as appropriate.

What Required Skills You'Ll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum **15+ years of engineering experience**, including significant supervisory and engineering management experience.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams on large infrastructure, transportation, utilities, buildings, or industrial projects.
• Strong knowledge of engineering design principles, project delivery methodologies, and industry standards.
• Experience managing engineering resources, staffing plans, budgets, and project workloads.
• Strong understanding of engineering quality management, risk management, and technical governance.
• Experience reviewing and approving engineering deliverables and technical documentation.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, coaching, and people management skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficiency with engineering software, project management tools, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration or equivalent professional registration may be required.

What Desired Skills You'Ll Bring

• Professional registration with an internationally recognized engineering institution.
• Experience leading engineering delivery on large-scale, complex, or multidisciplinary infrastructure programs.
• Experience working within integrated client, PMC, or EPC project environments.
• Strong knowledge of international engineering codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting business development, proposals, technical bids, and client presentations.
• Experience implementing engineering governance, quality assurance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project cost, schedule, and risk management.
• Ability to lead organizational change and drive engineering innovation.
• Experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across multidisciplinary teams and executive stakeholders.
• Commitment to technical excellence, innovation, and continuous professional development.
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
• We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!
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