Commissioning Market Leader

Join a Team Where Engineering Excellence Drives Opportunity

At Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) , we bring together expertise and innovation to solve the most complex challenges. Since 1978, we've supported mission-driven organizations in designing systems and environments that advance society and improve lives. Today, with more than 900 professionals across 22 offices, we help shape the future of healthcare, science and technology, energy, education, and other vital sectors.

From elevating patient care in Mayo Clinic's world-class hospitals to enabling discovery in high-containment laboratories for U.S. agencies and driving environmental progress with Microsoft's renowned Thermal Energy Center, our work enriches the human experience, safeguards the environment, and pushes the boundaries of possibility.

AEI consistently earns national recognition from leading industry publications, including Building Design+Construction, Engineering News-Record, and Consulting-Specifying Engineer, with distinctions such as being named the #1 Laboratory Engineering Firm in the nation and receiving multiple Best of the Best Project awards, underscoring the lasting legacy of our work.

At AEI, you'll join a collaborative community where your expertise fuels innovation, your ideas drive progress, and your work helps shape a brighter future.

As a Commissioning Market Leader in our Chapel Hill office, you will help us empower our clients to achieve energy-efficient building solutions, save global environments, and create a better, greener future for all.

Why we need you:

As a seller/doer you will exercise independent judgment to create and maintain client relationships that will develop business opportunities consistent with AEI's strategic initiatives, achieved through collaboration with other Principals. With your expertise, you will participate with the Nashville office leadership team for strategic planning, staffing and market development.

Expected outcomes of this position will be to generate and build long term relationships (with clients, builders and architects) and produce qualified project leads. This position will negotiate and develop consultant/teaming strategies and guide the preparation of specific marketing documents and participate in interview preparation, as needed.

Expertise of our most successful Market Leader:

Proven ability to negotiate and secure new assignments on major healthcare, S&T or E&U projects.
• Proven ability to lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team through planning, design and construction for projects ranging in scale from less than $1 million to greater than $100 million.
• Proven ability to provide conceptual level planning with Architects and Owner.
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering from an ABET accredited program .
• 10+ years in consulting environment designing building systems or leading design projects across MEP disciplines.
• Recent experience (within last 5 years) in the healthcare, S&T or E&U market performing project management.
• Successful management of large and complex projects for sophisticated clients
• Demonstrated leadership on projects and with staff.
• Long history of very satisfied clients.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time to client/prospective client sites and other locations (conferences, etc.) where project development opportunities exist (depends on assignment).
• Professional Engineering (PE) registration.

Effective skills to help you flourish:

• Excellent perceptual, conceptual and interpretive skills.
• Strong commitment to service excellence.
• Strong collaboration and networking skills. Ability and willingness to develop, share, and follow-up on business opportunities in a team environment.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal, organizational and presentation skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong spoken and written communications skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Quick technical comprehension and motivation focused on client outcomes.
• Able to effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
• Effective working individually and within team environments.

When you work here, you can expect:

• A flexible, collaborative environment where your well-being matters-because your best work happens when you're supported.
• Real opportunities to grow-through mentorship, professional development programs, and exposure to high-impact projects across disciplines.
• To collaborate with inspiring teammates who challenge the status quo, foster innovation, and pave the way for future leaders.
• A benefits package that offers health, dental, vision, and retirement, a performance-based year-end bonus, and thoughtful perks tailored to your needs-whether that's a flexible work environment, wellness resources, or community-focused initiatives, we'll continue to invest in.
  
  

If this dynamic environment and the chance to contribute to transformative projects resonate with your ambitions, we would love to connect with you. Join us and make an impact!

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