Senior Audio-Visual Project Consultant - New Const

 Salary: $100,000 - $115,000+ / year

Other Forms of Compensation: 10% Annual bonus potential 

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Relocation assistance or Corporate housing included, if applicable

 

Founded in 1996, Waveguide LLC is an internationally renowned independent consultant in audiovisual design, information technology design, acoustics consulting, on-site technology management and workplace data analytics. Waveguide is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with regional consulting locations in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston, Raleigh, Tampa and Portland.

Our award-winning designers and consultants create world-class communication environments that look as good as they perform. And our data analytics solutions empower facility managers with the resource insights they need to optimize building performance and our clients’ technology investment.

Our trusted AV operations teams are among the most experienced and highly qualified in our industry. They are at our clients’ side to tackle the daily technical and logistical challenges of their meetings and events so they can focus on what matters most.

At Waveguide, we build relationships. Whether it’s your relationship with a client, or the relationship of a technology system to its environment, our success and the success of our clients depends on how we apply our expertise to meet our clients’ needs. Together, we help create strategic technology plans that reflect the way people live, learn and work. We help design efficient buildings and infrastructure that save dollars and make sense. And we design effective technology systems regular people can actually use. But we’re only as good as our people.

We are seeking associates who are passionate, creative thinkers and who will be tirelessly dedicated to building lasting relationships and finding innovative answers to our clients’ most challenging questions.

Within Compass Group, Waveguide is part of the Eurest family that provides dining services to local, regional and national companies across the United States. Services include operating employee dining centers, on-site catering, executive dining rooms, and other managed services.

Job Summary:

Reporting to VP of Strategic Initiatives, the Senior Audio-Visual Project Consultant must live in or relocate to Richmond, VA for the duration of the project (approximately 2.5 years). This role will manage the on-site coordination between design, construction and systems installation teams on a large corporate headquarters new construction project. Considered applicants must have significant AV/IT and construction installation/high-end workplace technology installation experience. This role will work on-site 3-5 day days and remotely from your home office when not at the site. Relocation assistance or corporate housing assistance consideration for non-local candidates.

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Lead the technical oversight of project teams in the deployment and verification of technology systems (AV/IT/Security) and associated infrastructure for new building construction and renovation projects.
• Take ownership of projects and the processes. Challenge ideas and find ways to improve work products and processes.
• Provide technical oversight of the deployment of technology systems
• Verify the deployment and proper functioning of technology systems at client locations and offsite staging facilities
• Assist the project team with project delivery, including meeting preparation and participation, report writing, and general coordination
• Provide regular project updates and reporting to owner. This will typically include lists of non-compliant items identifying relevant dates and responsible parties.
• Provide consultation and education to all levels of end users on presentation technologies including involvement with client training and initial technical support
• Build relationships that ensure successes for both internal and external teams
• Troubleshoot audiovisual and videoconferencing related technology
• Maintain understanding of current and new technology
• Pursue ongoing professional growth and development of technical skills
• Assist and contribute to the Waveguide community

 

Qualifications:

 

• A minimum of 8 to 10 years of relevant professional experience managing professional AV/IT projects, preferably as an independent consultant
• Four-year or higher degree in a relevant technical field (BSEE)
• AVIXA Certified Technology Specialist in Design (CTS-D)
• In addition, project experience with a $2 to $5 million AV budget, experience with multi-year deployments, and international project experience is desired
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deliverables and shift prior