Chief Engineer

CHENEGA TRI SERVICES, LLC

Reston, VA

The Chief Engineer serves as On-Site Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Confer with management, production, to discuss project specifications and procedures.
• Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.
• Analyze technology, resource needs, and market demand, to plan and assess the feasibility of projects.
• Plan and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment.
• Direct, review, and approve product design and changes.
• Recruit employees, assign, direct, and evaluate their work, and oversee the development and maintenance of staff competence.
• Assist in preparation of budgets, bids, and contracts, and direct the negotiation of research contracts.
• Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed in the department, service, laboratory or firm.
• Perform administrative functions such as reviewing and writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, and making decisions about the purchase of materials or services.
• Review and recommend or approve contracts and cost estimates.
• Develop schedules for project completion
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must possess a valid DC 1st class steam operating engineers license.
• Should have at least 4 years of recent (within the past six (6) years) experience in directing personnel responsible to perform the work required under this requirement.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Have experience of at least 500,000 square feet of office space and laboratory space.

Physical Demands (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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 talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.