Manager, Facility Optimization - Surrey, Canada - Ainsworth

Ainsworth

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Surrey, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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If you thrive in a team-oriented workplace that challenges your skills, to drive your career development, embraces diversity and rewards innovation, with competitive pay and great employee programs, join the Ainsworth team today.

Job Summary:

The Manager will lead the BC Facility Optimization team.

In addition to leading and developing the team and managing the team's financial performance, the Manager will provide consulting, design, and project management services to Ainsworth's clients on key projects.

The Manager will maintain key Optimization client relationships, engage prospective clients on Optimization solutions and programs, and prepare proposals and construction estimates.

As a technical expert, the Manager will also help define and evolve the optimization best practices and participate in or lead R&D projects.

There will be an opportunity to grow in the role and take on responsibilities at a national level over time.

This is a flexible hybrid role based out of Ainsworth's Surrey, BC office. Regular travel within the Lower Mainland to client sites will be required.

Key Responsibilities:

Monitor and maintain the team's financial performance and provide monthly results reporting.
Proactively flag and address projects tracking behind or going over budget and take corrective actions for future projects by identifying and resolving inefficiencies. Conduct project invoicing and team revenue forecasting.
Monitor the team's overall workload, assign resources to projects, and review and approve weekly timesheets. Hold monthly team meetings and technical development workshops.
Actively maintain and build key client relationships. Monitor and manage the BC opportunity pipeline and business development plan.
Prepare proposals and estimates (including construction estimates) for optimization opportunities. Refine cost models and metrics based on actual job performance and develop new cost mechanisms for new services as they arise.
Lead large and/or complex projects including building retrofits, multibuilding studies, and analytics software deployments.
Lead the ongoing commissioning (OCx) process for key or large multibuilding clients, acting as the technical expert to deliver findings, discuss current issues, and coach facility operations teams.
Participate in local industry networking events, and present at conferences and workshops. Actively build awareness and recognition of Ainsworth's Facility Optimization expertise.
Network with internal stakeholders and other Ainsworth departments. Provide remote support, coaching, and project management to other Ainsworth branches to help the development of Optimization resources in other regions.
Refine team member roles and tasking, and recruit and hire other team members as the Optimization business grows, with a focus on filling expertise or capability gaps.
Participate in or lead parent company GDI's emissions and environmental reporting as part of its annual ESG report.
Support or oversee the ongoing R&D of Facility Optimization analytical techniques and procedures, including operating sequence standardization, analytics software deployment and fault detection rules, measurement & verification, and HVAC design.
Provide engineering design or other technical expertise for Optimization assessment and investigation projects, and peer review the engineering work of other team members. Help build the team's engineering design capability through the development and refinement of drawing and specification templates.

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years of technical, relevant engineering experience
2+ years of team management experience
P.Eng. designation
Strong expertise in any of BAS design & configuration, HVAC design, energy management through HVAC system operating strategies and sequences and/or construction project management
Demonstrated ability to lead projects, oversee subordinate staff, and coordinate effectively with multiple stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to maintain and strengthen client relationships
Conference or workshop presentation experience
Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to both befriend and inspire subordinates
A 'lead from the front' mentality

Ainsworth is an integrated multi-trade company, offering an end-to-end services and solutions for all asset maintenance and refurbishment requirements of our customers.

We are continually striving to create better and more advanced products as well as provide the highest quality service.

We are rapidly growing and need talented professionals to help drive our vision at becoming the best multi-trade company in the country
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