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Job Description

vrecruiting is partnering with a rapidly growing wireless communications company in the North Dallas area.  This is an excellent opportunity to help an established company  with solid earnings expand and grow in the U.S..  We are looking for a leader who has the ability to work strategically with the executive team and make solid technical decisions. The right person will have a mindset for growth and understand the need to be flexible and hands-on. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMPETENCIES

Organizational Development

• Implement, and change as required, an organizational structure that supports long-term business objectives and published key short-term initiatives.
• Develop, improve, document and implement changes to existing departmental philosophy, policies and procedures to maximize productivity and meet other business objectives.
• Participate as required in recurring strategic planning effort. This would include the development of strategic initiatives and regular reporting requirements related to Systems/Network Engineering.
• Foster a work culture and general attitude in the department that is consistent with business objectives. 

Staffing Assignments

• Assign direct or contracted Systems/Network Engineering labor resources as required to meet agreed to RFP and awarded systems schedules.
• Reallocate labor resources as required.
• Establish and manage to labor utilization objectives for department staff.
• Regularly report on, with explanation, labor utilization objectives and variances.
• Work with Human Resources on recruiting requirements, staying within approved budgetary limits. 

Budgeting / Costing

• Assigns/approves the creation of annual departmental operating budgets in conjunction with department managers.
• Same as above regarding annual department capital budgets with justification analysis.
• Regularly report on, with explanation, approved department budget performance year to date.
• Prepares and/or authorizes purchase requisitions in accordance with purchasing policy.

Supervision

• Develops and maintains an effective, productive department through proper staff selection, training, mentoring and assignment of personnel.
• Fosters employee communication, growth and involvement.
• Monitors employee performance including, but not limited to, writing and administering performance evaluations. Works with Human Resources to determine increases and position salary ranges, hiring, performance issues, and terminations.
• Ensures personnel policies and procedures are met.
• Maintains and/or approves records pertaining to department staff. 

Job Requirements

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• BSEE or related degree and related experience. Related degrees require equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Demonstrated strong general management experience for a group of technical design departments, preferably 50+ employees, including the ability to recruit, train, mentor, assess performance and conduct performance reviews.
• Strong staff management experience of technology based systems development teams. Ability to plan, prioritize, assign, and manage multiple projects.
• Proven ability to develop land mobile radio systems solutions based on customer needs within a phased approach, and communicates resulting direction. Able to develop supporting Statements of Work (SoWs).
• Demonstrated public safety grade mission critical radio, radio backbone, and ancillary function (i.e. dispatch consoles, mutual aid channel interfaces) network architecture experience. Demonstrated ability to identify and communicate cross-departmental technical issues. Ability to set corporate technical direction and influence others to comply.
• Proficiency with various land mobile radio system design technologies (e.g. RadioSoft’s EDX, Mentum’s PlaNET, RCC Comsite, etc.).
• Proficiency with various telecommunications backbone technologies and architectures (e.g. microwave, fiber, MPLS, IP backbone/switching, etc.).
• Proficiency with radio system disaster recovery plans and system redundancy architectures.
• Proficiency with public safety and business industrial radio band plans and applicable FCC rules. Cognizant of current public safety radio environment issues (e.g. 800 MHz rebanding, 700 MHz transition, etc,).
• Proficiency with Microsoft technologies, database design and access mechanisms (e.g., ODBC) and with PC-LAN associated protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI).
• Proficiency with software development tools within an MS operating system environment.
• Experience with client-server architectures for internal and external customers.
• Ability to assess financial aspects of a system pricing/cost proposal/analysis; excellent math skills.
• Ability to research technical and business data and provide clear, understandable documentation.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, problem solving and team building skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to develop white papers and technical articles for publication. Ability to communicate to customers at appropriate technical level to ensure customer trust and acceptance.
• Ability to foster teamwork and resolve problems expeditiously and positively.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to prioritize and plan multiple tasks as well as assigned projects.
• Ability to work independently, as well as with others.
• Ability to work well and productively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work the required hours of the position.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time.

DESIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• MSEE or relevant advanced degree.
• Experience in software application development using C, C++, and/or Visual Basic programming within an MS operating system environment.
• Experience in digital/analog/audio system interfaces.
• Experience with MS SQL database engine.
• Experience with Web application development.
• Experience and/or knowledge in telephone network, telephone switching, 9-1-1 network, and computer telephony.

vrecruiting is a national search and staffing firm offering customized solutions to our clients and professional representation of our candidates. Qualified candidates will be contacted and screened before being submitted to any of our client companies.  vrecruiting, is a vcfo company with offices in Austin, Dallas, Denver and Seattle.