Audiovisual Practice 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 an Audiovisual Practice Leader in our Portland 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:

In this role, you will be supporting project delivery through a range of design and coordination activities. Daily responsibilities include developing concepts, drawings, and specifications, as well as reviewing proposals, providing comments, and assisting with fee development. The position also involves close collaboration with MEPT and acoustics teams to interface with and support integrated design efforts across projects. Strategic responsibilities include development of internal talent, understanding market advancements, and advancing our instruments of service.

Expertise of our most successful Audiovisual Practice Leader:

Company-wide audiovisual subject matter expert (AV-SME), providing technical leadership and guidance.
• Project work, including:
  • Project management of technology-led projects.
  • Manages design budgets, schedules, staffing, and QA/QC.
  • Responsibility for the overall AV design process for projects.
  • Identifying relevant project requirements/information required to establish conceptual plans and design criteria.
  • Defining and documents applicable technical information within a basis of design, including information gathered from users, project partners, field surveys and code research.
  • Coordinating and collaborating with project partners, developing engineering concepts and recommendations based on project requirements, and offering technically sound advice and innovative solutions.
  • Serving as the technical authority for client requirements, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Develops and manages discipline specific work plans.
• Supports AEI MEPT project managers through:
  • Education, training, and ongoing technical assistance.
  • Developing and refining proposal language and fees for audiovisual services on Engineering-led projects.
  • Acts as a design and consulting leader while supporting multidisciplinary project teams and as an alternate leader to the Project Engineer and/or Project Manager.
• Stays current on emerging technologies and industry trends in audiovisual systems.
• Assists with interviews and presentations to support business development efforts.
• Leads the development and growth of the AV practice at a national level, including:
  • Centralizing and enhancing tools, standards, and instruments of service for AV design.
  • Mentoring staff for project and goals.
  • Maintaining ownership of specifications, documentation standards, and detail management.
  • Develops and refines template proposal language and establishes project benchmarks and cost budgets.
  • Mentors and develops technical staff through education and leadership.

Effective skills to help you flourish:

• Strong spoken and written communication skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Quick technical comprehension and motivation focused on client outcomes and practice development.
• Ability to effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
• Effective working in both individual and team environments.
  

When you work here, you can expect:

• To bolster and expand technology consulting and design services by integrating with an established team of technical leaders with nationalmarket experience.
• 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.
  
  

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $170,000 to $220,000

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!

Apply online at https://aeieng.com/about/careers/

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